ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 185897
Last updated: 16 June 2020
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Date: | 31-OCT-1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 456 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | T4003 |
C/n / msn: | 524 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Athelstaneford, East Lothian -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF East Fortune |
Destination airport: | RAF East Fortune |
Narrative:The aircraft ran out of petrol on a routine training mission. The crew bailed out and the aircraft crashed five miles from the Base near the village of Athelstaneford and was completely burnt out. The pilot PLTOFF W.P Woodward and the unknown Air Gunner suffered minor injuries and bruising.
Sources:
456 Sqn RAAF ORB, and
ADF Serials.com.au
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Mar-2016 07:12 |
Paul McGuiness |
Added |
03-Sep-2017 15:53 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type] |