ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2011
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | 21:15 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 32 ANS (Canada) RAF |
| Registration: | K6265 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Into Tracadie Bay, Price Edward Island -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| RCAF Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
First date: 21 August 1941 - Taken on strength
Assembled at de Havilland Canada. To No. 3 Training Command on 9 September 1941, for use at No. 32 Air Navigation School at Charlottetown, PEI. To Canada Car & Foundry for modifications on 20 April 1942, back to EAC on 30 July 1942.
On the 25 August 1942, the aircraft was returning from a General Reconnaissance (G.R.) exercise and was 80 miles from Charlottetown when an engine began to fail. Just past PEI landfall, the engine quit and the aircraft lost height rapidly. IAW the AIB Crash Card, the pilot could not find a clear space on land and made a successful ditching into Tracadie Bay, PEI (not Nova Scotia). All four crew members escaped uninjured. Assigned to No. 4 Repair Depot on 29 August 1942 for write off.
Last date: 21 October 1942 - Struck off after crash, reduced to spares and produce
Sources:
Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
https://caspir.warplane.com/crashcards_pdf/0018/00000176.pdf
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12366/640
http://web.archive.org/web/20071107122228/http://www.ody.ca/%7Ebwalker/RCAF_K8745_detailed.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2008 00:01 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Mar-2012 11:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2012 15:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2012 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 15-Jul-2013 21:53 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2016 19:02 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Jul-2023 05:15 | Cosmo | Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator]] |
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