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Date: | Wednesday 6 September 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson T.21 |
Owner/operator: | CNCS RAF |
Registration: | VV989 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Sibford Farm, Sibford Ferris, near Banbury, Oxfordshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson T.Mk.21 VV989/"FGF-P" of the CNCS (Central Navigation & Control School) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair 6-9-1950. Sustained engine failure while flying in heavy rain storm, force landed in a field at Sibford Farm, Sibford Ferris, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. During the approach to the intended landing site, the Anson struck HT Overhead wires and then collided with a tree. No reported injuries to crew.
The reported crash location of Sibford Ferris is a village and civil parish about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of Banbury in Oxfordshire. It is on the south side of the Sib valley opposite its larger sister village, Sibford Gower, at approximate co ordinates 52.034°N 01.480°W
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.106 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.81
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p,150)
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VV 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibford_Ferris Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Dec-2020 21:57 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Feb-2021 09:44 |
HB |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |