ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1968
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| Date: | Sunday 21 February 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 OAFU RAF |
| Registration: | K6160 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wigtown, Wigtownshire |
| RAF Wigtown |
Avro Anson Mk.1 K6160: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing at RAF Wigtown, Wigtownshire 21 February 1943. No fatalities or casualties reported, but aircraft written off as a Ground Instructional Airframe (GIA). To GIA 3621M at 1 OAFU, Wigtown. Used a a "dinghy drill trainer" to teach aircrews how to evacuate from a sinking aircraft. For this purpose it was immersed in a water tank. Struck off charge 9 November 1945 and scrapped.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p 79)
2. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 40)
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/index.php/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-raf-wigtown
4. https://www.Avro Anson production list.com.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Feb-2008 02:16 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Mar-2008 16:11 | JINX | Updated |
| 16-Jan-2016 19:14 | JIXN | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 18-Feb-2020 19:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2020 20:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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