ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305819
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| Date: | Friday 7 May 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | AA325 |
| MSN: | 695 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sywell, Hall Farm, Sywell, Northamptonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
| RAF Sywell, Hall Farm, Sywell, Northamptonshire |
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I AA325, 16 OTU: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7 May 1943 when undercarriage collapsed on landing at RAF Sywell, Hall Farm, Sywell, Northamptonshire. Not repaired, and Struck off Charge as FACE (Flying Accident Cat.E) on 20 July 1943. Both crew uninjured.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (2nd Edition) 2000 p.6)
2. 16 OTU ORB for January 1943 to May 1945: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/656: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100365
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA325
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._16_Operational_Training_Unit_RAF
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sywell_Aerodrome#Second_World_War
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