Accident Avro Anson I 6391,
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Date:Sunday 29 June 1941
Time:15:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic ANSN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Anson I
Owner/operator:33 SFTS (CAN) RAF
Registration: 6391
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 miles NE of Pleasant Point Station, MB -   Canada
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Carberry, MB
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Anson 6391, (ex-RAF W1911) of No. 33 SFTS (Service Flying Training School), RAF Carberry MB, was on a local instrument flying exercise with a crew of two RCAF pilots. During the flight, one of the pilots entered a spiral power dive from which they did not recover. The aircraft exploded when it hit the ground, killing the two student pilots.

The RCAF pilots that perished in the crash of Anson 6391:
LAC Edward C. Helmer
LAC Donald H. Ross

Sources:

https://caspir.warplane.com/crashcards_pdf/0080/00000113.pdf
https://rcaf.info/orb/no-33-sfts-orb/no-33-sfts-orb-1941-06/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194548110/edward-charles-helmer
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95664859/donald-hugh-ross
The Winnipeg Tribune, Monday June 30, 1941, p2

Revision history:

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