ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1537
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| Date: | Sunday 8 March 1942 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 10 AGS RAF |
| Registration: | N1811 |
| MSN: | 287 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Carr Lane Walney about 200 yds S of Beach Crescent, Barrow-in-Furness -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland |
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1811, 10 AGS (Air Gunnery School) RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland. Written off (destroyed) 8 March 1942 when crashed at Carr Lane, Walney Island about 200 yards South of Beach Crescent, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland. Both crew killed. According to an eyewitness report:
"I observed the aircraft fall from low overcast cloud with insufficient height to recover. It struck the wires and the embankment of the dyke and exploded. My Brother and I visited the crash site on the next morning. The airframe was being loaded onto a trailer".
Crew of Defiant N1811:
Sgt Tadeusz Krol (Polish Air Force) Service Number: P/780585, aged 23; killed on active service 8 March 1942, buried at Thorncliffe Cemetery, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland
Sgt Charles Lambert (Royal Aux. Air Force) Service Number: 808244, aged 24: killed on active service 8 March 1942, buried at Acklam Cemetery, Middlesborough, North Yorkshire
Sgt Tadeusz Krol was based at RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland. His plane (Boulton Paul Defiant N1811) crashed at Carr Lane, between Ocean Road & Biggar Village on Walney Island
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1977 p 9)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) Filer AIR 81/12540: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083290
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7503764/tadeusz-krol/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2409164/charles-lambert/
5. https://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/pdf/11b%20Polish%20Forces%20graves.pdf
6. https://listakrzystka.pl/en/krol-tadeusz/
6. https://checkmypostcode.uk/la143yh#.Y6ed29jx4Yg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2008 23:41 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Apr-2015 05:10 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 04-May-2018 14:43 | arobert 2@aol.com | Updated [Date, Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2018 02:59 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2018 03:09 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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