Date:	Tuesday 4 August 1942
Time:	day
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I
Owner/operator:	1 AACU RAF
Registration:	DR865
MSN:	923
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Weston Zoyland, Somerset
Destination airport:	RAF Weston Zoyland, Somerset

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.I DR865, 1 AACU (Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation Unit), RAF Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset. Written off (destroyed) 4 August 1942 when Stalled & crashed while in circuit at Weston Zoyland after wireless air test. Both crew killed.
Crew of Defiant DR865:
F/Lt (37228) Michael Warnford HAMLYN (Pilot) RAF - killed on active service
Sgt (650322) Charles Harold ODLE (Air Gunner) RAF - killed on active service

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1987)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/16694: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17478897
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2691889/michael-warnford-hamlyn/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2427356/charles-harold-odle/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=DR865
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Weston_Zoyland#History

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Feb-2008 14:43	JINX	Added
22-Apr-2015 16:20	H.Shaft	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-May-2024 18:07	Nepa	Updated [Location, Operator, ]