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| Date: | Wednesday 1 June 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson C Mk 19 |
| Owner/operator: | BC CS RAF |
| Registration: | VV298 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Express Dairy, Victoria Road, Ruislip, Middlesex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Northolt, Middlesex |
| RAF Marham, Norfolk |
No 1 engine failed just after take off from Northolt. The pilot was forced to make a deliberate emergency landing on the roof of the nearby Express Dairy Co causing extensive damage and seriously injuring both crew. The two passengers - reported to be a BBC Film crew - were uninjured. It was indeed a BBC news film crew. Bill baglin and my Dad, Jim Taylor. He told the story of hitching a lift back to the airport in the ambulance to get a spare camera and filmed it for that nights news. Actually my family still have many photos of the story. I will scan when next down in the west country
Sources:
https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/379570-egg-packing-anson.html
http://album.sixappealwheel.org/index.php/Kens-Album/album187/album63/anson
www.ukserials.com/losses-1960.htm
Netherlands National Archive, press photo of the crash scene: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/645b9f26-d9b0-babe-1d1f-49014656cdda
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2012 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Apr-2013 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Dec-2013 18:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2016 20:31 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 06-Mar-2021 11:52 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 01-Jun-2024 17:10 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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