Date:	Wednesday 6 December 1939
Time:	morning
Type:	Avro Anson Mk I
Owner/operator:	206 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K6189
MSN:	VX-R
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, 70 miles N of Texel, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Destination airport:	RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Avro Anson Mk.1 K6189 ("VX-R") of 206 Squadron, RAF: took off from RAF Bircham Newton, Kings Lynn, Norfolk at 09:25, and failed to return from an operational flight. Collided in combat with Bf.110 from II/ZG26 which also crashed, killing both crew. The aircraft was on a recon around Maas & Haaks L.V's (Light Vessels). Total fatalities: six - four in the Anson, two in the Bf 110.

Crew:
Pilot: 41237 Pilot Officer John Henry Grimes RAF killed.
Co-pilot: 526547 Sgt. Victor Donald MacMillan RAF killed.
550939 Corporal Harold John Cockayne RAF killed.
528459 AC.1 John Charles Bagley RAF killed.

No trace of the aircraft or crew was ever found; all four crew of Anson K6189 were commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

1. Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol 1. p 20
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 p 50)
3. The Anson File (Ray Srutivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 40)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/53: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142170
5. https://www.oldcicestrians.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/The-Fallen-Victor-Donald-MacMillan.pdf
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-north-sea-4-killed-0
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1798926/grimes,-john-henry/
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1079678/macmillan,-victor-donald/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084650/cockayne,-harold-john/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1083145/bagley,-john-charles/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Nov-2015 07:03	JINX	Added
07-Jan-2016 20:58	JIXN	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
01-Dec-2017 10:42	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Aircraft type]
04-Jun-2019 01:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 18:34	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]