ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1472
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| Date: | Sunday 14 February 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FPP ATA |
| Registration: | N1551 |
| MSN: | 104 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | High Carley Sanitorium, Carley Lane, Lindal in Furness -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland |
| RAF Ratcliffe, Leicester |
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.II N1551, 6 FPP ATA (Ferry Pilots Pool, Air Transport Auxiliary): Written off (destroyed) 14 February 1943 abandoned High Carley Sanitorium, Carley Lane, Lindal in Furness, near Ulverston, Lancashire, after loss of control in cloud while being ferried. Pilot bailed out, and parachuted safely to the ground.
Lindal-in-Furness is a village on the Furness peninsula of Cumbria, England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies eight miles to the north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, on the A590 trunk road.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Brtiain, 1977 p.9)
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1637313 [Photo - N1551 at A&AEE Boscombe Down in October 1940]
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7884-430213-Unaccounted-airmen-13-2-1943&p=45587#post45587
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindal-in-Furness
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2008 13:18 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Apr-2015 18:56 | Fuxs | Updated [Operator, Source] |
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