ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202754
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| Date: | Sunday 10 December 1939 |
| Time: | 07:41 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N5231 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Detling, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Anson N5231 MK-P of 500 Sqn RAF took off at 07:41 hrs from RAF Detling for a Dover Patrol but flew into trees in low clouds just after take-off and crashed. All four crew were injured and the wireless operator, LAC Henry John Le Gassick, attached from the 48 Sqn, died the same day in West Kent General Hospital. The three other crew were Plt Off B H Arkell (pilot), LAC J Walton and Sgt Braybrooks.
Sources:
1. "Coastal Command losses of the Second World War, vol 1. Aircraft and Crews losses 1939-1941", by Ross McNeill, ISBN 1-85780-128-8
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21762-Air-81-Trance-3-Part-1-Air-81-1489-to-AIr-81-1741-Repost-Now-with-Open-Status
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2824437/le-gassick,-henry-john/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Detling
5. http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=51.305000&lon=0.593333&z=13
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2017 14:07 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 24-Jun-2018 00:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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