ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22271
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| Date: | Sunday 16 June 1940 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N5067 |
| MSN: | UL-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ¼ mile SE of East Pasture Farm, North Skelton, 4 miles of Guisboroug. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
Anson N5067(L: Took off at 17:00hrs for a Convoy escort duties. 19/06/1940
The plane soon after taking off at 17:20hrs the aircraft struck high tension cables between Brotton and Moorsholm. The aircraft crashed into the ground and overturned near North Skelton, North Yorkshire.
The crew were taken to North Ormesby Hospital.
Crew:
Sgt (745085) Leslie Bertram WALPOLE (pilot) RAFVR: Died of Injuries sustained in crash 19/06/1940
P/O (42677) Bruce DUNCAN (pilot) RAF: Seriously injured.
Sgt (808404) Oswald SHEPHERD (WOp/AG) RAFVR: injured
AC.1 (808308) George Edward LUMLEY (AG) RAFVR: injured
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. The Kipper Patrol By Louise Wilkinson p 67
3. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Airt Britain, 1988)
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2714203/walpole,-leslie-bertram/
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/608_squadron.html#1606
6. https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/70/a4233070.shtml
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-guisborough-1-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Aug-2008 08:53 | Anon. | Added |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 07:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Feb-2012 10:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2012 01:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Aug-2013 18:09 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Sep-2013 11:26 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2016 20:51 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase] |
| 22-Feb-2016 08:34 | DG333 | Updated [Operator] |
| 10-Dec-2017 14:44 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Sep-2019 17:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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