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| Date: | Wednesday 27 May 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 96 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AA546 |
| MSN: | 846 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Old Camp Ranges, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranage, Middlewich, Cheshire |
Boulton Paul Defiant AA546: Crashed after stalling during simulated low flying attack at Old Camp Ranges, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire 27/05/1942. Of the two crew, one was killed and one was injured
Crew of Defiant AA456:
P/O (106138) Robert Bernard BOWRAN (pilot) RAFVR - killed on active service 27 May 1942.
P/O (119115) Bernard Stenbecken CADMAN (Air Gunner) RAFVR - injured.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1987)
2. ORB 96 Sqdn RAF: AIR 27/764/27:
3. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8384701
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA546
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/nwcrashes1942.htm
7. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06865.php
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._96_Squadron_RAF#World_War_II
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Cranage
X. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cannock-chase-military-training-grounds
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2008 08:40 | JINX | Added |
| 12-Jan-2012 13:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2014 14:29 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2014 14:29 | Charlie Harper | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-May-2023 09:07 | Nepa | Updated |
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