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Date: | Friday 21 June 1940 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | ANS RAF |
Registration: | K6272 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Adamton House, Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF St. Athan, Glamorgan, South Wales |
Destination airport: | Glasgow-Prestwick Airport |
Narrative:Avro Anson Mk.I K6272 of the RAF School of Air Navigation, RAF St. Athan, crashed 26/6/1940 on approach to Glasgow-Prestwick Airport. The aircraft's air speed was low then stalled and it dived into the ground at Adamton House, Monkton, Ayrshire just 1 km from the airport. All 4 crew died:
Crew:
Sgt(741041) Irving Alfred Haig Gliddon, (nav.) RAFVR : killed
Sgt (517158) Charles Bernard Hazel (pilot) RAF : killed
Sgt (625019) James Percy Ross, (WOp/AG) RAF : killed
Sgt (580985) William Rowan Speir (pilot) RAF : killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/SAN.html 3.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-prestwick-4-killed 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2438958/gliddon,-irving-alfred-haig/ 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2427313/hazel,-charles-bernard/ 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2700853/ross,-james-percy/ 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2455442/speir,-william-rowan/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Jun-2012 00:42 |
ryan kirkatrick |
Added |
21-Jan-2016 10:20 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Date, Source] |
06-Jul-2018 19:15 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Nov-2018 08:59 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
06-Dec-2019 18:25 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
01-Jun-2024 09:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |