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| Date: | Friday 24 April 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro Anson C Mk 19 |
| Owner/operator: | Debden SF RAF |
| Registration: | VM308 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Roborough airfield, Plymouth, Devon, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Debden, Essex |
| Roborough, Devon |
The pilot approached the airfield at Roborough, Plymouth, Devon from the wrong direction. He swung off the runway on landing to avoid an ambulance and came to rest in a cutting on the airfield boundary
Sources:
www.ukserials.com/losses-1959.htm
www.baaa-acro.com/Pays/R/Royaume%20Uni-1955-1959.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2012 19:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 06-May-2013 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Nov-2019 17:51 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 01-Jun-2024 17:13 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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