ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27004
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 April 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson Mk XII |
| Owner/operator: | Dennis Aviation |
| Registration: | G-AIXW |
| MSN: | RY/LW/25904. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mons, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Brussels, Belgium | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF Anson Mk.I NK648: To G-AIXW 30.11.46.
Crashed at Mons, Hainaut, Belgium 26.4.50: the crew was performing a mail flight from London to Brussels with an intermediate stop in Paris, carrying a load of newspapers. En route, he was forced to make an emergency landing in Mons for undetermined reason. The twin engine aircraft was damaged beyond repair and both occupants were injured.
Sources:
1. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p 301)
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIXW-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIXW-2.pdf
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File Reference BT 218/19: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10870249
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File Reference BT 218/20: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10870250
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1950-1959_26.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-mons
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Mar-2012 02:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2017 14:10 | A.J. Scholten | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2019 19:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2019 18:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2022 08:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Nov-2022 06:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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