ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144964
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1944 |
| Time: | 04:50 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 4 (O) AFU RAF |
| Registration: | MG356 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bennanbrack, Lainachan Hill, 6 miles N of Newton Stewart, Kirkudbright -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Freugh, Wigtownshire |
On the 21st July 1944, Anson MG356 with a crew of five crashed into Bennanbrack, Lainachan Hill, 6 miles north of Newton Stewart, Kirkudbright, Scotland. The aircraft was on a night navigation exercise, when it struck the hill top at approx 2,250 feet at about 04:50 hours. All five crew on board were killed.
Crew:
RAAF 410957 Flt Sgt R J Crotty, (Pilot)
RAAF 432683 Sgt D B Northmore, (U/T Navigator)
RAF Sgt B E W Becker, (Pupil Air Bomber)
RAAF 407993 WO P Smith, (Staff Wireless Operator Air)
RAF Sgt H P Cresswell, (Wireless Air Gunner)
Four of the crew are buried in the Stoneykirk Cemetery, Wigtown, Scotland. Just for the record, because the RAF obviously got the spellings a little wrong or else the writing is illegible, MG356 crashed on the Bennanbrack area of Lamachan Hill. To add to the confusion, a 1960s-vintage OS map spells it Bennanbrackie! This is a very rough and remote area of high ground and wreckage still exists.
Sources:
https://www.awm.gov.au//catalogue/research_centre/pdf/rc09125z023_1.pdf
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4980-Crash-details-4(O)AFU-West-Freugh
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2012 14:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Apr-2012 14:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2012 14:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2018 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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