Mid-air collision Accident Avro Manchester Mk I R5792,
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Date:Monday 24 November 1941
Time:
Type:Avro Manchester Mk I
Owner/operator:97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF
Registration: R5792
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk, 3 km SE of RAF Sutton Bridge, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:RAF Coningsby
Narrative:
Mid-air collision with Hurricane I V6864 whilst on a training flight and crashed.
All on board were killed. They were :
F/O Henry Thomas Hill
F/Sgt Arthur Carris Smith
Sgt Francis Martin Edwards
Sgt Jesse Frew
Sgt Fred Holt
Sgt Ernest Charles Hutton
Sgt John Newton
R.I.P.

Sources:

- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996

RAF Casualties-1941.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Jan-2012 06:50 Uli Elch Added
22-Mar-2013 22:42 angels one five Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
22-Mar-2013 22:44 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
07-Jun-2013 13:38 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]
06-Aug-2013 05:05 JINX Updated [Operator, Location]
24-Oct-2013 23:15 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
01-Nov-2018 15:25 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
22-Dec-2019 09:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
26-Jun-2023 17:24 Nepa Updated [[Operator, Operator]]

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