ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1786
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| Date: | Friday 11 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 25 AACU RAF |
| Registration: | DS154 |
| MSN: | 1055 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi -
 Kenya
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya (HKRE) |
Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk.I DS154, 25 AACU (Anti-Aircraft Cooperation Unit) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11 February 1944 when crashed near RAF Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya. Pilot killed
Crew of Defiant DS154:
Wing Commander Gerald Hamilton LOUGHNAN RAF (Service Number 16142) - killed on active service 11 Feburary 1944, buried at Nairobi War Cemetery, Nairobi, Kenya
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=DS154
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2160727/gerald-hamilton-loughnan/
4. https://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Cranwell%20Cadets/Graduations%201924.htm
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moi_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2008 08:26 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jan-2012 13:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2015 07:40 | C.C.Catch | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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