Date:	Wednesday 29 November 1939
Time:	night
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	207 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L5279
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:	RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Fairey Battle Mk.I L5279, 207 Squadron, RAF Cranfield: Written off (destroyed) 29/11/39 when engine failed on night take-off, RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire. Aircraft stalled and dived into the ground. Pilot - Pilot Officer Thomas Ross Williams (Canadian, aged 21, Service Number 41512) - was killed

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley Air Britain, 1978 p 34)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 147
3. National Atchives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1690: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16359592
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2705934/williams,-thomas-ross/
6. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=63377&postcount=8
7. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/remembering-today-28-11-39-pilot-officer-t-r-williams-of-canada-41512-royal-air-force-207-sqdn.43822/
5. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/williams-tr/
6. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2705934
7. http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/rollofhonour/207cemeteries_England.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Apr-2018 18:38	Dr. John Smith	Added
01-Nov-2018 08:42	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Jun-2019 20:15	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
16-Jul-2023 21:22	Nepa	Updated [[Source, Narrative]]