ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181381
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| Date: | Monday 6 November 1939 |
| Time: | 18:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 269 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N4961 |
| MSN: | UA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cullen Bay, Moray Firth, Banffshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wick |
| RAF Wick | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Anson Mk.I N4961 ("UA-S") of 269 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 6/11/39 when ditched at 8:30 hours local time, due to fuel shortage, while on parallel track search. Aircraft came down in Cullen Bay, Moray Firth, Banffshire. Both crew were rescued:
Crew:
Pilot: Flight Lt. H.G.Mossford OK
Co-pilot: Pilot Officer Brinsden OK
Four men at once put out to stage a rescue in the motor vessel MV "Quest". A light south-westerly wind was blowing, with a slight swell, but the aircraft had ditched near the rocks, and the rescue boat was at risk of drifting onto those rocks.
The task of rescuing the crew was made much more dangerous by the fact that the Anson was carrying live bombs but the four men in the rescue boat succeeded in rescuing the crew of the Anson without any further mishap. The Fraserborough lifeboat also took part in the search for the aircraft
Sources:
1. Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol 1 by Ross McNeil (page 18)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2015 07:27 | JINX | Added |
| 07-Jan-2016 20:46 | Heil | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Dec-2017 10:42 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Apr-2018 17:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2018 07:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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