ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 311065
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| Date: | Friday 23 November 1945 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk XI |
| Owner/operator: | Bomber Command HQ Flt RAF |
| Registration: | NL185 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Cloughs nr Edale, Kinder Scout, High Peak area Derbyshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire. |
| RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Anson NL185: Took off for a ferry flight from Halton nr High Wycombe to Feltwell nr Thetford. 23/11/1945
For an unknown reason he had flown some 70o off course and with no navigation aids other than a compass in the poor weather that prevailed that day he became hopelessly lost. Eventually he ended up flying across the southern end of the Pennines and flew into Kinder.
At approximately 10:25hrs, the aircraft flew into The Cloughs, a 625 m hill in Derbyshire.
Crew:
W/Cdr (37696) Richard Douglas "Dickie" SPEARE DSO DFC & bar (Pilot) RAF : killed
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 221.
2.https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/avro-anson-nl185-the-cloughs/
3.https://aircrashsites.co.uk/air-crash-sites-5/avro-anson-nl185-kinder-scout-uk/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2023 19:11 | redsix | Added |
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