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| Date: | Friday 17 June 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 652A Anson T.21 |
| Owner/operator: | 3 ANS RAF |
| Registration: | VS502 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sawmills, Northern Matabeleland, Rhodesia -
 Zimbabwe
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornhill, Southern Rhodesia |
Went missing on a sortie from RAF Thornhill, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Wreckage later found near Sawmills in northern Matabeleland: all 4 crew killed
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130401223815/http://baaa-acro.com/Pays/Z/Zimbabwe.htm
http://rhodesiaandtheraf.blogspot.com/
http://nvva.nl/renekrul/catalogs/avro.anson.t.20s.vs502-zx.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Mar-2012 09:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Apr-2012 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2013 06:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 09-Apr-2022 07:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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