ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2038
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| Date: | Friday 1 April 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 269 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6320 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Whittlemoor Dam, Howwood, Renfrewshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abbotsinch |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Anson K6320 took off from RAF Abbotsinch (now, Glasgow Airport) on an exercise sortie around the Renfrewshire area. However, while flying low over moorland between the villages of Howwood and Elderslie, the aircraft entered a patch of heavy mist.
Apparently, the pilot became disorientated, and allowed the Anson to descend too low. Without warning it struck a raised area of the moor, crashing into very boggy ground.
On impact with the ground, the aircraft engine was propelled into the cockpit area, killing one of the crew. The other was thrown clear of the aircraft but died at the scene.
When the wreckage was discovered, RAF Recovery Team members, police and other personnel had to wade through waist deep bog to reach the aircraft. At one stage, a boat was employed to assist the teams.
Crew of Anson K6320:
Sgt William Alexander Sutherland killed
Cpl Robert Hunter (34) killed
This reservoir has since been drained. For location purposes, the aircraft crashed approximately midway between High Burnside Farm and Mid Hartfield Farm, near Howwood, Renfrewshire
When the wreckage was examined in 1979, live 10-pound practice bombs were still to be found in the wreckage!
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?10720-Bombing-Ranges/page3
3. https://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/anson-howwood.htm
4. http://www.oca.269squadron.btinternet.co.uk/history/squadron_history/chronology/1936-1940.htm
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
6. http://www.wtdwhd.co.uk/Hartfield.html
7. https://www.facebook.com/paisleyoorweetoon/posts/1214827761963589:0
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-whittlemoor-dam-2-killed
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2008 10:53 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Mar-2012 08:16 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2012 17:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2012 12:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jul-2013 21:45 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 12-Aug-2014 14:33 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 26-Feb-2018 23:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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