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Date: | Monday 13 October 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Avro 652 Anson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
Registration: | N9668 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Upper Heyford |
Narrative:Anson N9668: Took off for a demonstration flight and landed safely. 13/10/941
Sgt Phillips RCAF then taxied across the direction of the prevailing wind and had stopped the Anson when, without warning, it was hit by a Hampden P5345 from the same unit. Two unnamed wireless operators were uninjured. Sgt D.F. Allen was injured in the Hampden P5345 .
Crew:
Sgt (R/78379) William Herbert Edward PHILLIPS (pilot) RCAF : slightly injured
P/O (????) PAXTON: RAF slightly injured
???? (WOp/AG) RAF - Ok
???? (WOp/AG) RAF - Ok
Sources:
1.https://www.bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca/canadaairwar/canadaairwar1941.pdf
2.ORB 16 OTU RAF
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