ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 344959
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| Date: | Friday 16 April 1943 |
| Time: | 12:31 UTC |
| Type: |  Avro Anson I |
| Owner/operator: | 31 GRS (Canada) RAF |
| Registration: | AX348 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf Of St. Lawrence, 20 mi NW of Cheticamp, NS -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Charlottetown, PE |
| RCAF Charlottetown, PE |
Anson AX348, of No. 31 GRS (General Reconnaissance School), RCAF Charlottetown, was on a Convoy control. There were four occupants on board the Anson, including a pilot, a W/Op and two Navs. The aircraft suffered a port engine failure and the pilot was unable to maintain level flight. The aircraft was successfully ditched in the Gulf of St. Lawrence NW of Cape Breton. The crew was able to get into a dinghy and they pulled it up onto an ice flow. Search aircraft sighted the dinghy just as darkness fell and it could not be located by rescue boats. Thirty-six aircraft launched early the next day, 17-APR-1943, but heavy snow forced them back to base without sighting the survivors. Later that day, the Canadian Coast Guard ice-breaker Sorel, located the crew and brought them to safety at Sydney, NS.
Sources:
https://caspir.warplane.com/crashcards_pdf/0032/00000137.pdf
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12366/825
https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian:19430417
https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19430419
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2023 05:52 | Cosmo | Added |
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