Date:	Monday 8 February 1943
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	10 AGS RAF
Registration:	T4119
MSN:	598
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Walney Island, Cumberland
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I T4119, 10 AGS (Air Gunnery School): Written off 8 February 1943 (Damaged Beyond Repair) when hit by Defiant N1579 (also of 10 AGS) while parked at RAF Walney Island, Barrow in Furness, Cumberland. No casualties or fatalities reported (Defiant T4119 was 'parked up' and unoccupied at the time of the incident).

The other Defiant involved (N1579) was repaired and returned to service; it later saw service with the A&AEE (Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment) at Boscombe Down before being finally Struck off Charge on 10 September 1945.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft T1000-V9999 (James J Haley, Air Britain, 1987 p 32)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1977 p.9)
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_Northern_England.pdf
4. https://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/pdf/StoriesBehindTheStones.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Feb-2008 23:15	JINX	Added
23-Apr-2015 18:55	Fuxs	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, ]
29-May-2024 21:12	Nepa	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator, ]