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| Date: | Sunday 7 August 1938 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 224 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8816 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Groombridge, East Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Avro Anson K8816: Written off 7/8/38 when belly landed & hit hedge in fog on night defence exercise being DBR. On a training flight, crew encountered problems and made a wheels up landing in a field at Groombridge, East Sussex. Aircraft was damaged beyond repair and all three crew from 224 Squadron escaped uninjured.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-groombridge
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groombridge
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2008 08:13 | JINX | Added |
| 19-Mar-2012 05:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Jun-2012 11:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 15-Jul-2013 21:49 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 12-Jan-2016 20:17 | JIXN | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2018 18:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2023 10:39 | Nepa | Updated |
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