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Date: | Thursday 5 February 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 3 AOS RAF |
Registration: | K6228 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Llanymynech, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF ??? |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crew was performing a training flight. En route, while cruising in snow falls, both engines failed. Crew elected to make an emergency landing but aircraft hit a telephone pole and a hedge before crashing in a field near Llanymynech, Wales.
Crew fate unknown - there were RAF crew fatalities on that day, but no fatalities have been definitely linked to this incident.
Cause of accident: Double engine failure.
Sources:
Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/packages/war/war_p03.htm http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4786l-Unaccounted-airmen-5-2-1942
http://www.baaa-acro.com/Fiches%20d'accidents/1942/K6228.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Feb-2008 11:48 |
JINX |
Added |
16-Feb-2012 03:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature] |
18-Mar-2012 07:12 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
18-Jul-2013 22:07 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
05-Jan-2016 09:00 |
Jixn |
Updated [Operator] |
01-Jun-2024 12:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Operator] |