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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1622 (AAC) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | DR989 |
| MSN: | 1019 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Detling, Detling, 4 miles NE of Maidstone, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent |
| RAF Gosport, Hampshire |
Boulton Paul Defiant TT. Mk.I DR989, 1622 (AAC) Flight RAF: Written off (destroyed) 7 September 1943 when crashed on takeoff from RAF Detling, Detling, 4 miles North East of Maidstone, Kent
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain, 1987)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/880/20: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162020
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Detling
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2008 23:15 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Oct-2014 15:55 | Paix | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, ] |
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