ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27176
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| Date: | Monday 18 December 1939 |
| Time: | 01:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS RAAF |
| Registration: | N4887 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Richmond Golf Course, Richmond, NSW -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAAF Richmond, NSW |
| RAAF Point Cook, Victoria | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Anson Mk.I N4887 (No RAAF serial issued). TOC by RAAF at No.1 Aircraft Depot 17.1.39. Issued to 1 FTS 18.7.39 at Richmond, NSW.
Crashed into the Richmond Golf Course almost immediately after take-off from Richmond, NSW, in the early hours of the morning on a flight to Point Cook, Victoria, on 18.12.39. The aircraft took off at about 1.30 am, seconds before another aircraft was to take-off. Ground crew heard a loud roar then the sound of a crash. Many of the ground crew ran with torches and flares to the area of the sounds and found the aircraft debris scattered over a wide area. One engine had been driven deep into the earth.
All five crew - Flight Lieutenants Arthur Moorhouse Watkins and Hugh B. Horner, Flying Officers Henry Parker Fitzgerald and Malcolm Musgrave McInnes and Leading Aircraftsman Leonard J King - died instantly, some bodies being found a significant distance from the aircraft.
Sources:
http://www.adf-gallery.com.au//2a4.shtml
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Feb-2012 14:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2016 20:31 | JIXN | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
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