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| Date: | Friday 9 August 1940 |
| Time: | 03:30 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N5356 |
| MSN: | Mk-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Katwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Detling, Kent |
Anson N5356 /MK-B: Took off at 02:35 hrs. for mission. 09/08/1940
Failed to return from a patrol between Oostende and Hook van Holland. It was subsequently reported by German sources that the aircraft has been captured in searchlights and then brought down by AAA fire ("flak") west of Scheveningen, and that two of the crew were taken as POWs
Crew:
P/O Herbert George Ross PIRIE (42077) Pilot RAF killed
F/Lt Jack Boyce Shadwell BROCKWAY (78530) RAF PoW
Sgt Stanley Raymond CROFT (632266) WOp/AG RAF PoW
Sgt Montague Adam PRENTICE (812244) WOp/AG RAF killed
After being hit by AAA flak, the Anson crashed into the North Sea off Katwijk.
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=1614
http://www.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/SGLO-Verlieslijst-T-1940-versie-03-19-10-2011.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Mar-2012 08:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Aug-2012 14:19 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jun-2013 18:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2013 18:09 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, ] |
| 03-Jun-2015 16:13 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Sep-2015 07:58 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 04:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 16-Oct-2024 23:05 | Nepa | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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