Incident Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II AA580,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1719
 
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Date:Sunday 25 July 1943
Time:day
Type:Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II
Owner/operator:1692 (Special Duties) Flt RAF
Registration: AA580
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland. -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Drem, East Lothian
Destination airport:RAF Drem East Lothian
Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.II AA580, 1692 (Special Duties) Flight, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when Undercarriage collapsed on landing 25/7/1943 at RAF Drem, East Lothian, Scotland. Crew OK

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain,1987)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA580
3. 1692 (Special Duty) Flight, Little Snoring ORB: National Archives (PRO Kew) ORB: File AIR 29/882/9 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162044?descriptiontype=Full&ref=AIR+29/882
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Drem#Units_and_aircraft

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Feb-2008 12:24 JINX Added
16-Jan-2012 14:07 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport]
02-Jul-2022 08:57 Nepa Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]

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