ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71955
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| Date: | Saturday 6 January 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 48 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6246 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Hermitage, St. Catherines Down, near Whitwell, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island, Emsworth, Hampshire |
| RAF Thorney Island, Hampshire |
This Avro Anson, K6246, was the first allied aircraft of World War II to crash on the Isle of Wight. The Anson from 48 Squadron was flying normally from Thorney Island when the returning from convoy patrol flew too low, navigating in thick fog and crashed into St Catherine's Down near the Hermitage, Little Dolcoppice Lane, north-west of Whitwell.
There was only one survivor from a crew of four, being that of Aircraftsman C.M.Ritter. He was pulled from the wreckage and latterly sent to Ryde Hospital with serious injuries.
Crew of Anson K6246 were:
F/O (37983) Humphrey Brisbane Maunsell Pearson (pilot) RAF - KIA
Sgt (580304) Follett Mattinson Pennell (Navigator) RAF - KIA
AC1 (237377) Francis Herbert Rook (Wop/AG) RAF - KIA
LAC C M Ritter (RAF) injured
It is worth noting that the official documents and Board of Inquiry reports into the accident (held at the National Archives Under file AIR 81/1772) are closed for 99 years - until January 1 2039
Sources:
1. Battle in The Skies over the Isle of Wight (H J T Leal) Isle of Wight County Press,1988
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1772
3. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html
4. http://www.islandeye.co.uk/history/air_crashes_of_wwii/allied-anson-k6246.html
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-saint-catherines-down-3-killed
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2959335/pearson,-humphrey-brisbane-maunsell/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2959344/rook,-francis-herbert/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2959336/pennell,-follett-mattinson/
9. https://www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/accommodation/the-hermitage-p1518331
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2010 03:04 | John Baker | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 14:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 18-Mar-2012 08:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 14:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 14-Aug-2013 21:49 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2015 16:27 | Don Diego | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 27-Apr-2019 05:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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