Date:	Wednesday 29 May 1940
Time:	18:30
Type:	Avro Anson Mk I
Owner/operator:	48 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K8773
MSN:	OY-X
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	English Channel off Deal, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Detling, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF Detling, Kent

Narrative:
29 May 1940 Anson I K8773 (OY-X) of 48 Squadron based at RAF Detling, Maidstone, Kent. Took off 14:50 hrs on a "Shamrock" Patrol sortie. Attacked by three Bf-109s of JG 26 two miles off Oostende, Belgium, and suffered extensive damage to the wings and aileron controls. After beating off the attack an engine failed and a forced landing was made into the Channel off Deal at 18:30 hrs. All four crew survived, although one was injured:

Crew of Anson K8773:
Leading Aircraftman L S Dilnutt
Pilot Officer G C Alington
Flying Officer G H Wherry (RAF 568952)
Corporal A D C Harding (RAF 523495) - injured

The crew were rescued by a destroyer then transferred to a drifter before being landed at Ramsgate, Kent

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain 1976 p 73)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/691: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502355
3. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 44)
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/07862.php
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/48_squadron.html
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-deal
7. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=234222
8. https://goodwinsandssos.org/save-our-shipwrecks/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Apr-2012 11:33	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Aug-2012 14:15	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
24-Aug-2013 18:09	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
10-Jul-2015 19:14	DG333	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]
30-Aug-2019 23:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
31-Aug-2019 06:32	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]