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| Date: | Tuesday 5 February 1957 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Avro Anson C Mk 19 |
| Owner/operator: | 24 Gp CF RAF |
| Registration: | VM391 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Spitalgate, Lincolnshire |
Avro Anson C.Mk.19 VM391, 24 Group Communications Flight RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5/2/1957 when overshot into a hedge during a night landing in bad weather at RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire. No injuries to the crew were reported.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.182 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 90)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.210
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 142)
5. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1957.htm
6. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1950s-incident-logs
7. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=VM
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2020 19:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 01-Aug-2020 11:44 | Apen | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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