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| Date: | Thursday 12 October 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 776 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | N1674 |
| MSN: | 182 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Waltham, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waltham, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Andreas, Isle of Man |
Boulton Paul Defiant T.T. Mk.III N1674, 776 Squadron FAA RN: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12 October 1944 when collided with a lorry while taxiing at RAF Waltham, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p.9)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Grimsby#Second_World_War
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/776_Naval_Air_Squadron
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Andreas#776_Squadron_(FAA)
5. https://www.bcar.org.uk/new1944-incident-logs#oct
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2008 21:34 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Jan-2012 06:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 25-Apr-2015 07:35 | yarbi | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 30-May-2024 10:57 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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