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Date: | Monday 4 August 1941 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 96 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N3447 |
MSN: | 392 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Whitegate, near Winsford, Cheshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranage, Middlewich, Cheshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Pilot Officer J R Duncan and Flight Sergeant F A Allcroft were killed; Flight Lieutenant V B Verity, Sergeant F W Wake: uninjured; mid air collision over Whitegate, near Winsford, Cheshire, between Defiant N3434 and Defiant N3447, 96 Squadron, 5 August 1941.
Crew of Defiant N3447:
P/O (61964) John Rogers DUNCAN (pilot) RAF - killed
F/Sgt (902259) Frederick Augustus ALLCROFT (AG) RAFVR - killed
Whitegate is a small village in Cheshire, England, located near the towns of Northwich and Winsford. It is situated in the civil parish of Whitegate and Marton, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester, at approximate co ordinates 53.219988°N 2.556943°W
Sources:
1. The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night Fighter By Phil H. Listemann
2. Eyes of the Night: Air Defence of North-western England, 1940–41 By Joe Bamford & Ron Collier
3. 96 Squadron ORB for August 1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/764/19:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8384693. 4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/8088:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757385 3.
http://aircrashsites.co.uk/aviation-history/attachment/07037/ 4.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59358426/frederick-augustus-allcroft 5.
https://nekropole.info/lv/Frederick-Augustus-Allcroft 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2403668/duncan,-john-rodger/ 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2722910/allcroft,-frederick-augustus/ 8.
https://www.middlewich-heritage.org.uk/RAF_Cranage/raf-cranage-1941.html 9.
https://hi-in.facebook.com/fenlandaviationmuseum/posts/5598844536847643/ 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitegate,_Cheshire Revision history:
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