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Date: | 16-JAN-1941 |
Time: | 01:30 LT |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 54 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (54 OTU RAF) |
Registration: | L7002 |
C/n / msn: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | RAF Church Fenton airfield, North Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Church Fenton |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:The aircraft was hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Albert Schulz of the 2./NJG 2 (flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands) whilst flying a night flying exercise. The pilot performed a safe landing.
Damage: Cat.A/FB - Aircraft can be repaired on site
Pilot - P/O Hugh Graham Stanhope Wyrill RAFVR (89626).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york41/l7002.html http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3621-R-A-F-Aircraft-WWII-categories-of-repair
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
11-Jan-2019 12:25 |
TigerTimon |
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