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| Date: | Monday 18 October 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 44 MU RAF |
| Registration: | AA380 |
| MSN: | 731 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Edzell, Brechin, Angus, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Edzell, Angus |
| RAF Edzell, Angus |
Boulton Paul Defiant AA380, 44 MU, RAF Edzel: Written off (destroyed) 18 October 1943 when Stalled on approach after test flight and flew into the ground at Edzell, Brechin, Angus. Both crew killed
Crew of Defiant AA380:
P/O David James Reoch RITCHIE (159495) pilot RAFVR, Pilot - killed
Cpl Harold Aubrey STEVENS (946877) Air Gunner RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain (2nd Edition) 2000 p.6)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AA380
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2457027/david-james-reoch-ritchie/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2416725/harold-aubrey-stevens/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3201-Help-with-six-casualties&p=17160#post17160
6. https://www.northlincsweb.net/RAFElshamWolds/html/misc_raf_burials_n_lincs.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_Maintenance_units#No._1_MU_%E2%80%93_No._100_MU
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Edzell#Second_World_War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2008 12:55 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Jun-2013 16:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2015 07:22 | Faun | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2024 10:27 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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