Date:	Wednesday 11 February 1942
Time:	night
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	256 Sqn RAF
Registration:	T3946
MSN:	486
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire
Destination airport:	RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I T3946, 256 Squadron: Crew abandoned aircraft at night near RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, after undercarriage leg jammed 11 February 1942

Crew: Both bailed out, parachuted to the ground, survived OK

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. "The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night Fighter", by Phil H. Listemann, ISBN 979-&0-96490-07-3, page 56
3. ORB of 256 Squadron for February 1942: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1523/22: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8397499
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._256_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Airport#RAF_Squires_Gate

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Feb-2008 22:21	JINX	Added
24-Jan-2012 13:21	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport]
02-Jul-2022 09:20	Nepa	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]