ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 346570
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson |
| Owner/operator: | ATA |
| Registration: | NK773 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rodbourne, 5 miles northeast of Hullavington, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
Anson NK773 was being flown on a ferry flight, just below the cloud base, when it was struck from behind by Airspeed Oxford Mk II X7134 just as the latter was emerging from the cloud.
The two aircraft crashed in the same field at Rodbourne. All three occupants of the planes were killed.
Pilot of Anson NK773: First Officer Wilbur Washington ACTON (from the USA) Air Transport Auxiliary.
Pilot of Oxford X7134: Flt/Lt Bernard Norman PHILLIPS, 45885 RAF.
Passenger in the Oxford: Sqn/Ldr William Alfred LAW, 79047 RAFVR.
R.I.P.
Sources:
American ATA Pilots.
RAFWEB Casualties, 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2023 05:26 | angels one five | Added |
| 14-Oct-2023 07:14 | angels one five | Updated |
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