ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196700
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| Date: | Tuesday 26 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | ANS RAF |
| Registration: | N5056 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aberdaron Bay, near Caernarvon, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 26 March 1940 the port engine of the Anson I N5056 of School of Air Navigation RAF cut out on a night navigation exercise. The aircraft lost height and eventually ditched into Aberdaron Bay, near Caernarvon. The four crew left the Anson before it sank. Only one, Flg Off Sanders, was wounded and sustained fracture of left radius.
Crew:
Flg Off Gordon Packe
Flg Off Thomas Edward Sanders WIFA
Plt Off Swain Moxham (later DFC)
AC2 Joseph Goddard
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21753-Air-81-Trance-4-Part-1-Air-81-1742-to-AIr-81-1999-Now-with-Open-Status
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17402-Anson-N5056-Ditched-26-3-40-Air-Navigation-School-Crew-Details-for-Reference
http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/515619/details/avro-anson-1-n5056
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Jul-2017 07:07 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 01-Dec-2017 10:42 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Nov-2018 08:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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