ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1967
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 22-FEB-1937 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk.I |
| Operator: | 48 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6158 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ewell Minnis, Kent -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Hit by lightning, control lost in snowstorm & crashed at Ewell Minnis, between Dover and Folkstone, Kent. Sergeant-Pilot Gwilym James Maurice and Aircraftman Stanley McCabe were killed and Flight Lieutenant George Edward Strangman and Flight Lieutenant Reginald John Cooper were injured.
However Flt Lt Stangman died in hospital two days later of injuries sustained
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?152-Another-Anson-query-48-Sq
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/104/83/19208350w18/purl=rc1_TTDA_0_CS236925015&dyn=3!xrn_1_0_CS236925015&hst_1?sw_aep=bed_ttda
http://www.baaa-acro.com/Fiches%20d'accidents/1937/K6158.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2008 02:12 | JINX | Added |
| 14-Feb-2008 02:13 | JINX | Updated |
| 23-Jan-2012 02:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2012 13:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2012 14:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
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