ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181220
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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 1939 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N5066 |
| MSN: | MK-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel, off Seasalter, Kent. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent |
| RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Anson Mk.I N5066, 500 (County of Kent) Squadron RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/9/39 when ran out off fuel & ditched into the English Channel, off Seasalter, Kent, while on recon mission in fog, over North Sea. A small number of vessels were launched, including the lifeboats from Southend-on-Sea (Essex) and Margate (Kent). All four of the crew were found and rescued
Crew:
Pilot: Pilot Officer Lane OK
Co-pilot: Pilot Officer E.N. Harris OK.
812107 AC.2 Ronald Harold Coomber R.Aux.AF OK, (died 10/10/41 in Blenheim V6171 while still with 500 Sqn.).
812204 AC.2 William Joseph Smith R.Aux.AF OK, (died 05/06/40 while still with 500 Sqn.).
Sources:
1. Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol 1 by Ross McNeill page 14
2. https://www.aviationartprints.com/airframe_data.php?FrameID=25159
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084907/coomber,-ronald-harold/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2655313/smith,-william-joseph/
5. 500 Squadron RAF ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) September-October 1940: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2504588
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasalter
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2015 09:15 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Nov-2015 16:58 | JINX | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2016 21:17 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities] |
| 07-Jan-2016 21:18 | JIXN | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 29-Jan-2016 20:50 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:16 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 14-Nov-2016 00:52 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
| 02-May-2018 20:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2018 20:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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