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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
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
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/ Revision history:
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] |