Date:	Thursday 7 May 1942
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II
Owner/operator:	264 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF
Registration:	AA400
MSN:	738
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.II AA400, 264 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire: Written off (Damaged Beyond Repair) 7 May 1942 when undercarriage collapsed avoiding collision on ground while taxiing at RAF Colerne

1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (2nd Edition) 2000 p.6)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/1555: 264 Squadron ORB for 1/5/1940 to 31/10/1943; https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504197
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._264_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
4. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA400
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Colerne#Second_World_War

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Feb-2008 14:09	JINX	Added
01-Feb-2013 14:38	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location]
16-Oct-2013 01:17	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
01-Nov-2013 19:28	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source]
11-Nov-2014 13:16	DB	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
02-Jul-2022 09:23	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]