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Date: | Sunday 25 October 1942 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 277 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AA284 |
MSN: | 654 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Stapleford Tawney, Abridge, Essex, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Stapleford Tawney, Essex |
Destination airport: | RAF Stapleford Tawney, Essex |
Narrative:Defiant AA284: Written off (Destroyed By Fire) 25/10/1942 after crashing while landing after training flight at RAF Stapleford Tawney, Essex. Both crew survived, albeit with serious injuries. One published source (see link #1) states "engine cowling came loose, control lost on approach to RAF Stapleford Tawney, and wing hit ground"
According to the official file at the National Archives at Kew (File AIR 81/19095 - see link #2): "Warrant Officer F T Hubbard (RCAF), Corporal R K J Prior: injured; Defiant AA284, 277 Squadron, aircraft accident, Stapleford Tawney aerodrome, Essex, 25 October 1942".
Crew of Defiant AA284:
W/O F.T. Hubbard (pilot) RCAF injured.
Cpl R.K.J.Prior (WOp & AG) RAF injured.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (Second Edition)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/19095:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17927708 3. ORB 277 Sqdn RAF for the period 1.9.1942 to 31.10.1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1600/20:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8398960 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._277_Squadron_RAF#Formation_in_World_War_II 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleford_Aerodrome#Second_World_War Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Feb-2008 03:45 |
JINX |
Added |
22-Apr-2015 20:22 |
King T. |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
01-May-2023 21:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |