ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225161
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| Date: | Saturday 30 March 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FPP ATA |
| Registration: | N9545 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Machen,3 miles east of Caerphilly, Monmouthshire. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF St. Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales |
| RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
Anson N9545 was assigned to 1 Ferry Pilots Pool, Air Transport Auxiliary and was on passage from St Athan to Sealand.
The pilot flew low over his parent’s home and then hit high ground near Machen, three miles east of Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, on 30th March 1940. The pilot was killed.
Crew: Sergeant Hubert James Lewis Harris (Pilot) (Service Number 566343) - killed. Buried Michaelston-Y-Vedw (Tirzah) Baptist Churchyard, Row 1. Grave 5
Sources:
1. Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Clouds: High Ground Aircraft Crashes in South Wales, p.106.
2. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
3. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/H.htm
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/1957
5. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/sgt-hubert-harris-raf.28116/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machen
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2019 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-May-2019 04:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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