ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29081
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| Date: | Friday 21 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:07 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | CNS RAF |
| Registration: | N4966 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | One mile W of Gath, Llangollen, Denbeighshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranage |
Flew into hill west of Ruabon, near Wrexham in bad visibility, on night navigation exercise (Navex): crashed at 00.07 hours. Flew too far west of intended track and into bad weather with drizzle and low mist, descended to 1,200ft to obtain fix. All four crew killed. Aircraft destroyed
Accident cause put down to error in navigation on part of Navigator, Board concurs but also mentions pilot inexperienced on type at night. Only 9 hrs. He was married and lived at East Barnett,Hertfordshire, but was buried in Southgate Cemetery,Middlesex, possibly his native county.
Sgt Searle was from Stoke Climsland and is buried in the All Saints churchyard extention there. W/O Wordsworth was from Chatham and is buried in Chatham (Maidstone Road) Cemetery and finally LAC Eckersley from Padiham,Lancashire was buried in Wrexham Cemetery. Pilot had flown a total of 250 hrs,181 of which were on Ansons.
PILOT: SGT DENNIS ARMSTRONG WAPSHOTT. 656707. RAFVR (K)
PUPIL: SGT HARRY DOIDGE SEARLE. 1315569. RAFVR. (K)
PUPIL: W/O CHARLES EDWARD WORDSWORTH. 562939. RAF. (K)
PUPIL: LAC JOHN FRANCIS ECKERSLEY. 639419. RAF. (K)
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6030-Anson-N4966-Nr-Garth-Denbighshire.
http://web.archive.org/web/20130605213757/http://www.rafcranage.org.uk:80/RAF_Cranage/RAF_Cranage_1942.html
http://minerahistory.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=mineragwynfryn&action=display&thread=1170
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-May-2010 12:34 | harro | Updated [Time] |
| 18-Mar-2012 08:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2013 18:09 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2016 19:01 | j | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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