Wirestrike Accident Avro Anson Mk I N5259,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144474
 
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Date:Thursday 21 May 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ANSN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Anson Mk I
Owner/operator:21 OTU RAF
Registration: N5259
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kingham -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Moreton-in-Marsh
Destination airport:
Narrative:
21st May 1942, Anson Mk.I of 21 OTU, N5259, hit HT power lines near Kingham, killing two and injuring three.

Pilot : F/S Edmund Verner Shaw RAFVR 748518 [Killed]
Obs : Sgt Ernest Brocklebank RAF 656934 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt F Dodd RAF [Injured]
Crew : F/S Townsend RAF [Injured]
Crew : Sgt W G Watkins RAAF [Injured]

(the previously noted Sgt Thomas Alfred Worley (Aus/407659) was killed on this day, but the aircraft was Wellington R1142 of 21 OTU, Edgehill.)

Sources:

http://www.wellingtonaviation.org/history/docs/42.htm
http://www.griffon.clara.net/19/19otu_ansons.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20120324045946/http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/war-grave-photographs/11149-raaf-burials-europe-3.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Mar-2012 07:02 Dr. John Smith Added
04-Oct-2018 14:59 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
19-Apr-2022 19:10 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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