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| Date: | Thursday 6 May 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 AGS RAF |
| Registration: | N1686 |
| MSN: | 194 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 mile SW of Ardersier, Inverness, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss, Moray Firth, Scotland |
Boulton Paul Defiant N1686, 2 AGS (Air Gunnery School) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6 May 1943 when engine failed, and force-landed 1 mile South West of Ardersier, Inverness
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain 1977 p 10)
2. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_IOM_Scotland_and_NI.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardersier
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2008 01:51 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Feb-2008 14:43 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Apr-2015 06:43 | Xindel | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 23-Apr-2024 11:15 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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