Incident Avro Anson C Mk 19 VM391,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238813
 
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Date:Tuesday 5 February 1957
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic ANSN model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Avro Anson C Mk 19
Owner/operator:24 Gp CF RAF
Registration: VM391
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAF Spitalgate, Lincolnshire
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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