Date:	Saturday 10 January 1942
Time:	22:58
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	153 Sqn RAF
Registration:	T3931
MSN:	471
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Irish Sea, southeast of Ballyhalbert, Northern Ireland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ballyhalbert, Northen Ireland
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I T3931/'TB-E', 153 Squadron RAF Ballyhalbert: Took off for an evening patrol on 10 January 1942. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into the sea southeast Ballyhalbert at 22:58 hours, at approximate co ordinates 54'496"N, 05'47"W. Aircraft last heard of approximately 30 minutes after takeoff.

Crew:
Sgt (1052298) Robert WiIkinson Foreman (pilot) RAFVR - killed on active service 10 January 1942
Sgt (1386870) Ralph Henry John Winter (Air Gunner) RAFVR - killed on active service 10 January 1942

As no trace of Defiant T3931 or its crew of two were ever found, they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night Fighter By Phil H. Listemann
3. NationalArchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/11494: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17059223
4. 153 Squadron ORB for January 1942: National Airchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1027/8: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8389742
5. http://www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com/raf1942/foreman.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ballyhalbert
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._153_Squadron_RAF
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1270223/foreman,-robert-wilkinson/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1531917/winter,-ralph-henry-john/
10. https://barryniblock.co.uk/world-war-two-war-dead/names-listed-alphabetically-by-surname/fee-to-fulton/foreman-robert-wilkinson-no-1052298/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Feb-2008 12:16	JINX	Added
19-Jan-2012 14:31	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
10-Jan-2017 09:46	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
20-May-2019 00:31	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
22-May-2019 06:33	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
21-Apr-2022 20:57	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]