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Date: | Wednesday 11 February 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 256 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T3946 |
MSN: | 486 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire |
Destination airport: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I T3946, 256 Squadron: Crew abandoned aircraft at night near RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, after undercarriage leg jammed 11 February 1942
Crew: Both bailed out, parachuted to the ground, survived OK
Sources:
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, ISBN 979-&0-96490-07-3, page 56
3. ORB of 256 Squadron for February 1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1523/22:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8397499 4.
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._256_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Airport#RAF_Squires_Gate Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Feb-2008 22:21 |
JINX |
Added |
24-Jan-2012 13:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
02-Jul-2022 09:20 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |