Incident Avro 652A Anson Mk 1 N5157,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245842
 
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Date:Wednesday 19 March 1941
Time:c.
Type:Silhouette image of generic ANSN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro 652A Anson Mk 1
Owner/operator:13 OTU RAF
Registration: N5157
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire, England
Destination airport:-
Narrative:
No. 13 Operational Training Unit, Avro Anson Mk 1, N5157 was involved in an accident at RAF Bicester, 19th March 1941. Flying Officer Douglas Hickling Ivens was injured in the accident. Pilot Officer, John Alfred Plumb; Observer, Sergeant, Norman Joseph Ginlin; Wireless Op./Air Gunner, Sergeant, Charles Henry Gray; Sergeant, William Roy Meaker and Sergeant L. A. Froom escaped injury.

Flying Officer Ivens, was killed 6th Dec 1941, Blenheim IV Z7962, 13 OTU RAF
Observer, Sergeant, Ginlin, was killed 1st Jul 1941, Blenheim IV V6225, 21 Sqn. RAF
Sergeant, Meaker, was killed, 4th Jun 1941, Blenheim IV V6323, 21 Sqn. RAF
Wireless Op; Sergeant, Gray, was killed, 27th Mar 1942, Blenheim IV Z7276, 114 Sqn. RAF

Sources:

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/air81/index.php?qname=&qcntry=&cur=5500&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate=
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicester_Airfield
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100359

Revision history:

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19-Dec-2020 15:49 Peter Clarke Added

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