ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302714
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| Date: | Sunday 31 August 1941 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Avro 652 Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | N5074 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire |
| RAF Croughton |
Anson N5074: Took off for a Training flight /night cross-country exercise. 31/08/1941
On return to the base at around 23:00hrs the pilot was somwhat alarmed to see tracer fire on his starboard side. The pilot then felt the impact of heavy bullets or cannon shells striking the Anson. P/O Bosch, who was the co-pilot, was killed immediately and the three trainees were wounded. F/Sgt Maries took evasive action and skillfully crash landed the aircraft near the airfield.
Crew:
F/Sgt (740568) Philip Charles MARIES (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
P/O (80134) Johannes Carolus BOSCH (pilot) RAFVR - Killed
Sgt (926261) Ronald Stanley John HUBBARD (obs) RAFVR : injured
Sgt E.A.J HOOK (obs) RAFVR : injured
Sgt W. HOLLAND (obs) RAFVR : injured
Sources:
1.https://aviationresearch.my-free.website/16-operational-training-unit-1941-1945
2.AIR81/8758
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