Photo: B. Chandler

Acknowledgments: S.C. Knox

Simon Glancey has provided the following:

The Defiant N1679 was taking part in a cross country training flight. The conditions at the time were extremely bad with very poor visibility. The aircraft crashed into the ground at high speed near Edlington Hill, Edlingham, Northumberland.

(Source: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1941/2/blasinskiwladyslaw.html)

Northumberland Aviation Diary: Aviation Incidents from 17901999 ; Derek Walton; Norav Publications; 1999; ISBN 0 9536189 0 0

"In This Quiet Lane" Chevington and Broomhill in World War Two ; J.H. Hardy; 200; Glen Graphics; ISBN 1 900038 75 7

Their Corner Of A Foreign Field: a guide and tribute to the Commonwealth and exiled airmen who are buried in the Scottish border; Clark, Peter, Glen Graphics, 2002. ISBN 1 900038 50 1.

Wladyslaw Blasinksi is remembered in Chevington on C27.03 which carries no names but the list was included on the Unveiling Programme.

The CWGC entry for Por Blasinski