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Date: | Monday 13 December 1943 |
Time: | 11:15 |
Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant TT Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 691 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | DR927 |
MSN: | 968 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Crafthole, Torpoint, Cornwall, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Robrorough, Devon |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Boulton Paul Defiant TT.Mk.I DR927, 691 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 13 December 1943 when crashed after control lost while target towing. Aircraft came down at Crafthole, Torpoint, Cornwall. Both crew killed.
Crew of Defiant DR927:
F/O Colin Hamilton CAMPBELL (55013) pilot RAF - killed
LAC Thomas BARTLE (1203514) WOp/AG RAFVR - killed
NOTE: Some published sources give the crash location as "Blarrick Anthony, near Torpoint, Devon", which is about 2.7 miles to the east.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft DA100-DZ999 (James J Halley, Air Brtiain 1987)
2.
https://www.rafdavidstowmoor.com/clog43.html 3. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2721043/colin-hamilton-campbell/ 4. CWGC:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2812159/thomas-bartle/ 5. 691 Squadron ORB 1/12/1943 to 31/12/1945: National Archives (PRO) File AIR27/2215:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504854 6.
https://undyingmemory.net/Newmarket/campbell%20colin.html 7.
https://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/Exning.html 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crafthole Revision history:
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09-Feb-2008 09:30 |
JINX |
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18-Jan-2012 15:21 |
Nepa |
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05-Apr-2014 09:40 |
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25-Apr-2015 07:19 |
Yety |
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30-May-2024 09:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |