Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I N1651 / JT-Z of No.256 Squadron, RAF, crashed on Hawthornthwaite Fell near Abbeystead in the Forest of Bowland on the 18th August 1941 while on a night training flight from Squires Gate

Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon

 

Norman Jack Sharpe Pilot Officer Pilot Killed

 

Wreckage at the crash site of Boulton Paul Defiant N1651 near Marshaw, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire
The small remains of N1651 on the fell, this photo was taken while visiting the site with members of LAIT.