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Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk XI |
Owner/operator: | 62 Gp CF RAF |
Registration: | PH620 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Colerne, Wiltshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Colerne, Wiltshire (EGUO) |
Destination airport: | RAF Colerne, Wiltshire (EGUO) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson Mk.XI PH620, 62 Group Communications Flight RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15 March 1950. The crew was engaged in a local training sortie in RAF Colerne, Wiltshire. On final approach, an engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a field short of runway threshold. All three crew members were injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.. One press report states "Two on board seriously injured" (see link #1) other state that there were three on board (see link #6)
Sources:
1. Noticias de hoy 16 March 1950, p6**
2. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
4. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.29
5. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988)
6.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-xi-raf-colerne Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Sep-2013 05:02 |
JINX |
Added |
19-Feb-2015 20:38 |
Jixon |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
15-Aug-2018 18:01 |
TB |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
02-Nov-2019 17:47 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
15-Dec-2020 17:33 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |