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Date: | Friday 12 September 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson T Mk 21 |
Owner/operator: | CNCS RAF |
Registration: | VV987 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | The Wrekin, 5 miles west of Telford, Shropshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Anson T.21 serial VV987/"FGF-N" of CNCS (Central Navigation Control School) RAF Shawbury flew into the lower slopes of The Wrekin, Shropshire on 12th September 1952 killing the pilot Flight Sergeant Alexander Walter Gee.
The pilot had completed a ground controlled descent through cloud (QGH) to RAF Shawbury, and was flying away from the airfield to begin another QGH descent. The pilot reported that he had elevator control problems, but subsequently reported that he had regained control. However, he flew into high ground at The Wrekin, which rises some 407 metres (1,335 feet) above the Shropshire Plain, five miles (8 km) west of Telford
The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. It is possible that the accident was caused by a lack of concentration of the pilot due to the technical issue with the elevators. However, the other possible cause of the accident was the pilot losing track of his location in relation to the rising terrain, causing a CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain).
Crew of Anson VV987
Flight Sergeant (1066637) Alexander Walter Arthur GEE (pIlot) RAF - killed in service 12/9/1952
He was born 24th September 1916 in Moscow. He is buried in Shawbury Cemetery, Shawbury, Shropshire
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.134 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 291
3. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 150)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/15:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424236 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/32/S2596:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578442 6.
http://www.shropshirewarmemorial.org.uk/Shawbury%20Post%20War%20Graves.html 7.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-t21-near-telford-1-killed 8.
http://wrecksiteuk.blogspot.com/2018/04/avro-anson-t21-vv987-wrekin-shropshire.html 9.
http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/5ad22d1d3d2d2e53468b457d/avro-anson-t21-vv987-the-wrekin-shropshire-12th-of-september-1952 10.
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/12266.php 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrekin Revision history:
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27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
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17-Apr-2012 00:01 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
16-Jan-2016 20:11 |
JIXN |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
24-Dec-2019 19:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
24-Dec-2019 19:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
24-Dec-2019 19:26 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
25-Dec-2019 11:57 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
07-Dec-2020 23:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
23-Mar-2021 19:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
24-Mar-2021 10:08 |
werich |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative, Operator] |