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Date: | Monday 12 March 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson C.19 |
Owner/operator: | JASS RAF |
Registration: | VM311 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Magilligan Point, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland (EGQB) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson C.19 VM311, JASS (Joint Anti-Submarine School) RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12/3/1951. Force landed due to engine failure on the beach at Magilligan Point, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Aircraft ran into the sea at the water's edge, and was overwhelmed by the rising tide. Struck off Charge and scrapped due to prolonged immersion in salt water. No reported casualties to the crew
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.121
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988)
5. JASS (Joint Anti-Submarine School) ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to 31/12/1951: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2307 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4102017 6.
http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VM 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magilligan 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Ballykelly#Post-war Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Jan-2021 21:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
15-Feb-2021 10:22 |
Dr.Roup |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |