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Date: | Thursday 29 July 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro 652 Anson Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 38 SFTS RCAF |
Registration: | 8532 |
MSN: | 8532 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 9 miles west of Estevan, Saskatchewan -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | RCAF Estevan, Saskatchewan |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Anson 8532: Crashed in the low flying area 8 miles west of the main aerodrome while conducting an engine test. 29/07/1943
Crew:
F/O Joseph Wallace BANCROFT (124681) RAFVR : killed
LAC Benjamin COX (1426137) RAFVR : killed
F/Sgt Eric LUCAS (564274) RAF : killed
LAC Norman Kingsley RILEY (1031595) RAFVR : killed
LAC Philip Raymond SAYERS (1384788) RAFVR : killed
Sources:
1.Saskatoon Star-Phoenix 30 July 1943, p3
2.https://caspir.warplane.com/pdoc/pn/600011759
3.database/serials/details.php?uniq=RCAF%208532
4.CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2018 19:38 |
TB |
Added |
04-Jun-2024 16:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
04-Jun-2024 16:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Registration, Source, Operator] |