ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29053
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| Date: | Friday 20 November 1942 |
| Time: | 14:35 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 9 (O) AFU RAF |
| Registration: | N4981 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moel Eilio near Betws Garmon, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Penrhos |
The crew of N4981 were on a cross country training flight from RAF Penrhos on the Lleyn Peninsular near Pwllheli when after only 25 minutes at around 14:35 the aircraft struck Moel Eilio above the village of Betws Garmon. This was heard by people in the village and they quickly located the crash site
Normally a search party would have been sent out by 9 (O)AFU from Llandwrog but this team was already occupied with the search for Hawker Henley L3334 which had also been lost in the area. It fell to personnel from the RAF bomb storage depot at Llanberis to attend to scene and recover the crew. They arrived at 18:00 and found that one of the crew had survived the crash but had died from the effects of shock and exposure as they arrived.
The following day RAF Llandwrog recovered the five bodies, having given the task of recovering the body of the Henley pilot to RAF Penrhos.
Crew of N4891:
Sgt Alfred Edward Clay (Pilot) Killed
Sgt Frederick Herbert George Trimmer (Observer u/t) Killed
Sgt Bernard Henry Walter (Observer u/t) Killed
Sgt Albert Walton (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner) Killed
LAC Arthur Charles Lever (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner u/t) Killed
Sources:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/wales/avro-anson-n4981-moel-eilio/
http://www.nantlle.com/history-tanrallt-plane-crash.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Mar-2012 00:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2016 13:33 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
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