ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2096
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| Date: | Tuesday 1 November 1938 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 206 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8836 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Flamborough Head, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into sea on night navex. Taking off from RAF Bircham Newton in Norfolk on a night sea navigation exercise. Communications were lost and assumed to be lost in the North Sea, possibly as a result of a lightning strike. The Times reported that 11 aircraft took off on the 3rd November on a search for the crew and aircraft. All four crew lost:
Pilot: Flt Lt. Patrick Jonathan Kenyon Pike RAF Age 24. Missing - believed killed
Observer: Pilot Officer Matthew Angus Scott RAF Missing - believed killed
Passenger: AC/1 Reginald William Stanley Rae RAF Age 23. Missing - believed killed
Passenger: AC/2 Derek Alexander Wilson RAF Missing - believed killed
Sources:
1, Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/pike-patrick-jonathan-kenyon.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-flamborough-4-killed
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2008 08:42 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Jul-2013 04:20 | JINX | Updated [Source] |
| 07-Jan-2016 20:49 | Jixn | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Nov-2016 13:55 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 28-Feb-2018 16:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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