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Date: | Tuesday 16 April 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 19 SFTS RAF |
Registration: | MG903 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Avro Anson Mk.I MG903, 19 SFTS (Service Flying Training School), RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 16 April 1946 when the starboard undercarriage collapsed, following a swing off the runway at RAF Cranwell during the take off run.
Although the Anson was Struck Off Charge on 16-4-1946 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.125
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft AA100-AZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. The Anson File (Ray Sturtivant, Air Britain, 1988 p.114)
5. 19 SFTS ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1-5-1945 to 30-4-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1145/1 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162665 6.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1946 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell#Post_war Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Jul-2021 19:25 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
07-Jul-2021 19:32 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
07-Jul-2021 19:35 |
DG333 |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |