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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson C.19 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | VV955 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Llandudno, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bovingdon, Hertfordshire |
| RAF Ballykelly, Northern Ireland |
Flew into Foellwyd, in the Tal-y-fan Mountains near Llanduno, North Wales at approximate coordinates 53°13.807′N, 3°54.809′W, while flying in cloud. It had been en-route Bovingdon to Ballykelly and had been told to divert to Valley to pick up a passenger. The three crew were killed.
Sources:
http://wrecksiteuk.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/anson-vv955.html
http://peakwreckhunters.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/avro-anson-vv995.html
https://www.flickr.com/photos/28731066@N03/2757063852/
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
https://geotopoi.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/foel-lwyd-avro-anson-t21-vv955-cccs-20-may-1959/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2012 20:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Apr-2012 12:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 06-May-2013 19:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 29-Mar-2015 17:01 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, ] |
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