ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263559
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| Date: | Friday 25 January 1946 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 799 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | NK738 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near HMS Daedalus /RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Daedalus /RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire |
| HMS Daedalus /RNAS Lee-on-Solent |
Avro Anson Mk.I NK738, 799 Squadron, RAF RN: Written off 25-1-46 when crashed and destroyed by fire after collision at 500 feet with DH.89 Dominie NR754 in circuit near HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire. Both crew of the Anson were killed
Crew of Anson NK738:
Sub Lt.(A) Eric Townley ALWOOD (RNVR), killed in service 28-1-46
Colin J. HOLDEN, Chief Petty Officer Airman, L/FX 91855, killed in service 28-1-46
Sub Lt Eric Townley Allwood, RNVR, was from Buenos Aires. He was killed on active service 25.1.46 (at the age of 20) at Royal Navy Air Station HMS Daedalus; his Avro Anson (NK738) collided with a De Havilland Dominie (NR754) at 500 feet whilst making his landing circuit. Son of Willie and Elsie Margaret Alwood, of Buenos Aires, Argentine. Left Argentina 20th October 1944.
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Mick Burrows & Lee Howard (Air Britain, 2004
2. The Anson file (Ray Sturtivant, Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. 1988)
3. https://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
4. http://www.cementeriobritanico.org.ar/Roll-of-Honour-WWII-1939-1945.pdf
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2438260/ALWOOD,%20ERIC%20TOWNLEY/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2438507/COLIN%20JOHN%20HOLDEN/
7. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1946-01JAN.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2021 00:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Jun-2021 21:27 | wifi | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Jun-2021 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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