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Date: | Sunday 14 April 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk X |
Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
Registration: | NK657 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Avro Anson Mk. X NK657, CGS (Central Gunnery School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14 April 1946, when the pilot over-corrected the swing off the runway at RAF Leconfield, and the undercarriage collapsed.
Although the Anson was Struck Off Charge on 14-4-1946 as FACE (Flying Accident Cat. E), there were no reported casualties or injuries to those on board
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.38 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.124
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p.121)
5. CGS RAF ORB for the period 1-1-1946 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1789:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101499 6. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.98:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf111 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Leconfield#Post_War Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jul-2021 19:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Jul-2021 19:33 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
02-Jul-2023 00:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
02-Jul-2023 17:23 |
Nepa |
Updated |