Date:	Saturday 16 August 1941
Time:	night
Type:	Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I
Owner/operator:	125 (Newfoundland) Sqn RAF
Registration:	N3499
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Langridge, Charlcombe, near Bath, Somerset, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Charmy Down, Somerset
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Boulton Paul Defiant N3499, 125 (Newfoundland) Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) in Aircraft accident at Langridge, Charlcombe, near Bath, Somerset 16 August 1941. The pilot was killed

Crew :
Sgt (798566) Harold Lewis LEARNING (pilot) RAFVR, aged 22 - killed on active service 16 August 1941, buried at St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Colerne, Wiltshire

RAF Charmy Down is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Somerset, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast of Bath and 96 miles (154 km) west of London.

1. Royal Air Force Arcraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley Air Britian 1977 p 20)
2. ORB 125 Squadron RAF for June to September 1941: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27/922/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8387461
3. National Archvies (PRO Kew) File AIR81/8452: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924294
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2709913/harold-lewis-learning/
5. http://www.rafweb.org/Members%20Pages/Casualties/1940s/1941/Casualties_1941_08-2.htm
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N3499
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Charmy_Down#Royal_Air_Force_use
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._125_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlcombe

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Aug-2020 21:39	Nepa	Added [Operator]
17-Aug-2020 22:17	Nepa	Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator]
22-Apr-2022 09:09	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]