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Date: | Friday 30 July 1943 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 288 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T4069 |
MSN: | 571 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Scopwick, Linconshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Coltishall, Norfolk |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.I T4069, 288 Squadron, RAF Digby, Scopwick, Lincolnshire. Written off (Damaged Beyond Repair) 30 July 1943 after swinging on landing and undercarriage collapsing at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. C.G.Jefford (1988) RAF Squadrons. UK Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR27/1624 (288 Squadron ORB for 1/1/41 to 30/6/1946):
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504266 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._288_Squadron_RAF#Formation_in_World_War_II 5.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/288_wwII.html 6.
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T4069 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2008 22:37 |
JINX |
Added |
03-Jun-2013 09:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source] |
18-Mar-2022 11:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Operator] |