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| Date: | Wednesday 4 October 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 49 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N5096 |
| MSN: | EA- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Radcliffe-on-Trent, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire |
Anson N5096: Written off (destroyed) when crashed near Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire. 04/10/1939
Both crew on board killed:
P/O Brian Leslie Gordon Harker (NZ40620) RNZAF killed
AC.2 Francis Leo McGurk (546733) RAF killed
Both are buried at Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery, United Kingdom.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
2. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C25496
3. https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/brian-leslie-gordon-harker
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-radcliffe-trent-2-killed
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21762-Air-81-Trance-3-Part-1-Air-81-1489-to-AIr-81-1741-Repost-Now-with-Open-Status
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2358620/harker,-brian-leslie-gordon/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2358640/mcgurk,-francis-leo/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2018 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 11-Jul-2025 08:55 | MMR | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
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