ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1537
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| Date: | 08-MAR-1942 |
| Time: | c. 14:30 |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 10 AGS Royal Air Force (10 AGS RAF) |
| Registration: | N1811 |
| MSN: | 287 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Carr Lane Walney about 200 yards south of Beach Crescent, Barrow-in-Fu -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
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.
Sgt Tadevsz Krol ( Polish Air Force ) and Sgt Charles Lambert ( Royal Aux. Air Force ), both killed in a flying accident. R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties 1942
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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