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| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Cranfield, Bedfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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 RAF 41512 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 October, 1939) [Killed]
Sources:
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
8. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| 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 |
| 04-Jun-2024 10:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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