Date:	Tuesday 15 April 1941
Time:	night
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	96 Sqn RAF
Registration:	T3954
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	RAF Cranage, Middlewich, Cheshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Cranage, Middlewich, Cheshire
Destination airport:	RAF Cranage, Middlewich, Cheshire

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant T3954/'ZJ-K', 96 Squadron: Crashed On the night of 15/16 April 1941 - landing accident at RAF Cranage, Middlewich, Cheshire Crew: Sgt.W.B. Angell and J.E.Goldsmith survived OK (without injuries), and Defiant T3954 was repairable.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. 96 Squadron ORB for October 1940 to December 1943: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR/27/764: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2503402
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/
4. https://www.middlewich-heritage.org.uk/RAF_Cranage/raf-cranage-1941.html
5. https://www-modelforum-cz.translate.goog/viewtopic.php?f=503&t=105803&_x_tr_sl=cs&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T3954
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cranage#RAF_units_and_aircraft
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._96_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Jan-2011 11:13	ThW	Added
12-Jan-2012 13:06	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
24-Aug-2014 14:51	Fort Knox	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
02-Jul-2022 09:10	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]