ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2034
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 July 1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 217 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6313 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
| RAF Tangmere, West Sussex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Anson Mk.1 K6313, 217 Squadron, RAF: Written off 21/7/37 when overshot on landing from dawn patrol on naval exercise & Damaged Beyond Repair. Following a maritime patrol flight, crew returned to Tangmere. Aircraft landed a long way down the runway, overrun and came to rest beyond runway end. All four occupants from 217 Squadron were unhurt but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://navigator.rafmuseum.org/results.do?view=enlarged&db=object&pageSize=1&id=217585 [photograph of crashed airframe]
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-raf-tangmere
4. 217 Squadron RAF ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) 01/10/1914-31/10/39: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8394159
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2008 10:32 | JINX | Added |
| 18-Mar-2012 17:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2012 11:48 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 14-Jul-2013 08:49 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 20-Oct-2015 18:23 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 05-Mar-2018 14:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 11-Apr-2018 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-May-2023 10:31 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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