Incident Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III T4056,
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Date:Thursday 24 September 1942
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III
Owner/operator:2 AGS RAF
Registration: T4056
MSN: 558
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Castle Stuart, Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Dalcross, Inverness
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk.III T4056, 2 AGS (Air Gunnery School), RAF Dalcross, Inverness; Written off (Damaged Beyond Repair) 24 September 1942 after engine failed while in the RAF Dalcross circuit, and aircraft force-landed in field at Castle Stuart, Dalcross, Inverness. Both crew survived uninjured.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. 2 AGS ORB for the period 1.6.1941 to 31.10.1945: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/589/3: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7160857
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T4056
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Stuart

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
06-Feb-2008 22:26 JINX Added
06-Feb-2008 22:37 JINX Updated
22-Apr-2015 20:13 King T. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source]

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