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| Date: | Sunday 4 March 1956 |
| Time: | forenoon |
| Type: |  Avro Anson C Mk 19 |
| Owner/operator: | Metropolitan CS RAF |
| Registration: | TX203 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dahlhausen (Attendorn) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wunstorf |
The aircraft had taken off from RAF Wunstorf on a casualty evacuation and was flying in cloud at 4,000 feet when the starboard engine lost oil pressure and was shut down. The pilot decided to make a forced landing because height could not be maintained but when breaking cloud, it was found that the terrain as heavily wooded. Despite attempting to clear the wood, the aircraft struck a tree and crashed.
Although the pilot and navigator - Flight Sergeant T E Went and Sergeant J Moynham - survived despite being injured, the medical staff being carried were killed:
Flying Officer Daphne Jane Budgeon PMRAFNS
Senior Aircraftman Robert William Flint
The unit that the aircraft belonged to, MCS, is , I'm fairly sure, the Metropolitan Communications Squadron. Also, I think the rank of the nursing sister who died should read Flight Officer. I seem to remember that the PM's had a different rank structure to the WRAF.
(1) crashed near the raiwaystation of Eiringhausen, Kreis Altena (Südwestphalen), today Bahnhof Plettenberg, Eiringhausen-Plettenberg, Märkischer Kreis, about ten km north of Dahlhausen/Attendorn (no railwaystation)
Sources:
https://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm
http://rafforum.activeboard.com/t33104872/anson-crash-in-germany/laurencembean.fotopic.net/
(1) Mannheimer Morgen 5 March 1956, p8
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Aug-2010 14:26 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Dec-2011 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Mar-2012 08:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Aug-2012 07:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Nov-2013 11:29 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Jan-2016 20:01 | JIXN | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 28-May-2025 09:51 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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