ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1625
Last updated: 18 September 2021
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| Date: | 26-FEB-1942 |
| Time: | 20:05 |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 256 Squadron Royal Air Force (256 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | T3995 |
| MSN: | 516 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Squires Gate |
Two RNZAF crew of 256 Sqn RAF, Sgt Francis William Joyce (pilot) and Flt Sgt Gordon Fitzgerald Walden (air gunner), were killed when their Defiant I T3995 stalled on approach to RAF Squires Gate and crashed at 2005 hrs.
Sources:
ORB of 256 Sqn, February 1942 (AIR 27/1523)
"The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night Fighter", by Phil H. Listemann, ISBN 979-&0-96490-07-3, page 56
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T3995
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Airport
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=53.771667&lon=-3.028611&z=14&m=w
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2008 11:42 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jan-2012 13:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2020 11:54 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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