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| Date: | Saturday 28 November 1942 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 31 ANS RCAF |
| Registration: | N9838 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Lake Huron, Ontario -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RCAF Port Albert, ON |
| RCAF Port Albert |
Anson RCAF N9838, of No. 31 Air Navigation School RCAF Port Albert, was on a scheduled night navigation exercise. The last reported location was over Ripley Bombing Range and approximately 15 minutes ETA from the aerodrome. The crew was reported overdue and not heard from again. No immediate air search for the missing aircraft was launched from the flying unit due to inclement weather. Searchers eventually located some aircraft wreckage near the shore of Lake Huron, but the four crew members were never found and were declared missing/killed. The loss of the aircraft was obscure but the AIB stated that they could not disregard the possibility of icing as a cause for the loss.
The crew that were lost in the crash of Anson N9838:
RAFVR Sgt Joseph L. Shaw, 1138056 (P)
FFAF F/Sgt Robert Brown, alias for Robert Basquin, 30907 (Nav)
RAFVR LAC Cecil P. James, 1535161 (AB)
RAFVR AC1 William H. Addis, 1146619 (W/Op)
Sources:
https://caspir.warplane.com/crashcards_pdf/0025/00000031.pdf
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12327/1557
https://www.france-libre.net/robert-basquin/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18428339/joseph-leslie-shaw
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18428045/cecil-penrose-james
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18427702/william-henry-addis
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2024 17:06 | Cosmo | Added |
| 30-Jun-2024 21:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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