ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146570
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| Date: | Friday 21 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | ANS RAF |
| Registration: | K6272 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Adamton House, Monkton, Ayrshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF St. Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales |
| Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |
Avro Anson Mk.I K6272 of the RAF School of Air Navigation, RAF St. Athan, crashed 26/6/1940 on approach to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport. The aircraft's air speed was low then stalled and it dived into the ground at Adamton House, Monkton, Ayrshire just 1 km from the airport. All 4 crew died:
Sergeant(Nav)Irving Alfred Haig Gliddon, RAFVR 741041, age 22, buried at Medstead Cemetery, UK
Sergeant (Pilot) Charles Bernard Hazel, RAF 517158, age unknown, buried at Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery, UK
Sergeant (W.Op.) James Percy Ross, RAF 625019, age 20, buried at Urmston Cemetery, UK
Sergeant (Pilot) William Rowan Speir, RAF 580985, age 24, buried at Ayr Cemetery, Ayrshire, UK
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/SAN.html
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-prestwick-4-killed
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2438958/gliddon,-irving-alfred-haig/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2427313/hazel,-charles-bernard/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2700853/ross,-james-percy/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2455442/speir,-william-rowan/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2012 00:42 | ryan kirkatrick | Added |
| 21-Jan-2016 10:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Date, Source] |
| 06-Jul-2018 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2018 08:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2019 18:25 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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