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Date: | Friday 22 June 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson T Mk 21 |
Owner/operator: | 3 CAACU RAF |
Registration: | VV914 |
MSN: | 1409 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles WNW of RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Exeter, Devon (EXT/EGTE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson T.21 VV914: Delivered 3/8/49. RAF Service career was with 15 RFS (Reserve Flying School) and 3 CAACU (Civilian Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit) coded "63"
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22/6/56: Loss of power just after liftoff from RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, caused the aircraft to stall and to crash, two miles west north west of the airfield. Both pilots were slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.181 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 92)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.200
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain 1988 p 148)
5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 6.
http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/events-for-22nd-june.html 7.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652a-anson-t21-raf-pembrey 8.
https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1340724 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Mar-2012 03:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
20-Oct-2015 18:27 |
Jixn |
Updated [Operator] |
21-Jun-2020 22:36 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2020 10:31 |
MIG21 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Operator] |