ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1483
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 10 AGS RAF |
| Registration: | N1612 |
| MSN: | 137 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland |
Boulton Paul Defiant N1612, 10 AGS (Air Gunnery School) RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland. Written off (destroyed) 29 July 1942 when stalled, rolled and crashed on take-off from RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland, with prop in course pitch. Both crew killed
Crew of Defiant N1612:
Sergeant James Franklin Elliot, RAAF (Pilot Service Number: 404331, aged 25) - killed on active service 29 July 1942, buried at Thorncliffe Cemetery, Barrow-in-Furness
Leading Aircraftman Sydney Cooper (W/Op & Air Gunner, Service Number: 1092496, aged 21) - killed on active service 29 July 1942, bured at Eston Cemetery, Eston, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 9)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/16776: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478979
3. CWGC: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478979
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2407830/sydney-cooper/
5. https://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/pdf/11b%20Polish%20Forces%20graves.pdf
6. https://furnessstoriesbehindthestones.co.uk/stories/polish-airmen-struniewski-trzebiatowski-krol-and-ciurkot/
7. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrow/Walney_Island_Airport#No._10_Air_Gunnery_School
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2008 14:11 | JINX | Added |
| 22-Apr-2015 16:15 | Heil | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
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