ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144917
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| Date: | Friday 30 October 1942 |
| Time: | 08:00 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 32 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L7056 |
| MSN: | AN794 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Six miles northwest of Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Patricia Bay (YYJ/CYYJ) |
| RCAF Patricia Bay |
First date: 25 June 1941 - Taken on strength at Aircraft Repair, Edmonton, Alberta
To Western Air Command on 5 November 1941, for use at No. 32 Operational Training Unit at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, BC. Went missing while on a routine navigation exercise over Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and off the Pacific coast. Believed crashed into Pacific on 30 October 1942. Still not recovered when struck off.
Last date: 1 December 1942 - Struck off charge as "missing".
The wreckage was found in steep, wooded country near Mesachie Lake by a logging crew on 25/10/2013. The crash probably occurred when a front of bad weather began to move in. A recall was issued for all aircraft, but Anson L7056 failed to return. It is suspected that the crew became lost and got off course in poor visibility.
The remains of the crew were given a military burial by RAF and RCAF personnel at Royal Oak Buriral Park in Victoria, BC on 10 November, 2014.
The crew that perished in the crash of Anson L7056:
RAFVR Sgt Robert Ernest Luckock (Pilot),
RCAF Sgt William Baird (W/Op),
RAFVR P/O Charles George Fox (Nav), and
RAFVR P/O Anthony William Lawrence (Nav).
Sources:
1. Victoria Times Colonist, 17 October 2014
2. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ww-ii-aircraft-and-remains-recovered-from-vancouver-island-mountainside-1.2659691
3. https://www.bcam.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Luckock-RE.pdf
4. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/casualty-identification-military/anson-l7056-lost-1942-found-2013.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?820-32-Otu
6. https://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/canadian-avro-anso-mk1.html
7. https://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/avro-anson-l7056-recovery.html
8. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1917898040/the-loss-and-discovery-of-avro-anson-l7056
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2012 16:14 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Dec-2013 05:02 | JEV13 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2013 07:16 | JEV13 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2014 17:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2014 08:57 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 17:07 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2017 17:57 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2023 05:44 | Cosmo | Updated [[Location, Narrative]] |
| 20-Nov-2023 20:33 | Cosmo | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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