Date:	Tuesday 17 February 1942
Time:	night
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II
Owner/operator:	96 Sqn RAF
Registration:	AA319
MSN:	689
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Sealand, Denbeighshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Sealand, Denbeighshire
Destination airport:	RAF Sealand, Denbeighshire

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I AA319, 96 Squadron RAF: Written off (destroyed) 17 February 1942 when Crashed on approach to RAF Sealand, Denbeighshire, after stalling during test flight. Both crew killed

Crew of Defiant AA319:
Pilot Officer (106189) Dennis Potter SMITH (pilot) RAFVR, aged 20 - killed on active service 17 February 1942, buried at Llanishen Cemetery, Cardiff, South Glasmorgan, Wales
Leading Aircraftman (1400753) Malcolm George STEED (Air Gunner) RAFVR - killed on active service 17 February 1942, buried at Cwmbran Cemetery, Cwmbran, Monmouthshire

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (2nd Edition) 2000 p.5)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/12261: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083011
3. 96 Squadron ORB for the period 1.1.1942 to 30.4.1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/764/25: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8384699
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2717023/denis-potter-smith/
5. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2448014/malcolm-george-steed/
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA319
7. https://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1942/Casualties_1942_02-6.htm
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._96_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Sealand#Early_history

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Feb-2008 08:36	JINX	Added
12-Jan-2012 13:18	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
12-Jan-2012 13:19	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Oct-2013 01:17	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
01-Nov-2013 20:11	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]