Date:	Friday 20 May 1949
Time:	day
Type:	Avro Anson C.19
Owner/operator:	61 Gp CS RAF
Registration:	VM366
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent
Destination airport:	RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent

Narrative:
Avro Anson C.19 VM366, 61 Group Communications Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20 May 1949 in a forced landing near Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent

The aircraft was being used to give air experience flying to a group of ATC (Air Training Corps) cadets. While in flight, the starboard engine failed due to the exhaust rocker valve fractured in the No.7 cylinder, and the pilot was unable to maintain altitude on one engine only. A forced landing was made in a field near Westerham, Kent, and the aircraft collided with a telegraph pole before coming to a halt. No injuries were sustained by the six persons on board (pilot and five passengers)

Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings - A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p.507
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985 p 69)
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 40)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VM
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerham

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Mar-2023 00:07	Dr. John Smith	Added