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Date: | Tuesday 10 April 1945 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 22 AACU (India) RAF |
Registration: | AA368 |
MSN: | 719 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Digri, Mindapore, Bengal, British India -
India
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Digri, Mindapore, Bengal, British India |
Destination airport: | RAF Digri, Mindapore, Bengal, British India |
Narrative:Defiant TT.Mk.III AA368, 22 AACU (India) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10 April 1945 in belly landing on sandy strip beside runway at RAF Digri, Mindapore, Bengal, British India after tyre burst on take-off. Pilot was Flight Lieutenant N G James, RAF
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (2nd Edition) 2000 p.6)
2. 22 AACU (India) ORB June 1942 to March 1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/49/2:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7159135 3.
https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Aircraft/AA368 4.
https://www.key.aero/forum/historic-aviation/40623-indian-air-force-boulton-paul-defiants 5.
https://www.midnapore.in/arifield/digri-airfield.html 6.
https://wikimapia.org/2156727/Digri-Airfield Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Feb-2008 09:06 |
JINX |
Added |
25-Apr-2015 07:28 |
Yety |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |