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Date: | Saturday 14 October 1939 |
Time: | 20:30 |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 48 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K8711 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | English Channel, 2 miles NE of Shambles L.V., Dorset -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Thorney Island |
Destination airport: | RAF Thorney Island |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Aircraft was on an anti-submarine patrol and took off at 16:30pm
Extremely dense fog had set in and Sgt. Bodien was unable to see the cliffs to get over them. Short of fuel he ditched the plane into sea. Crew rescued, but aircraft sank when attempt to tow by HMS Kandahar detached the tail.
Crew:
Pilot: Sgt. Bodien ok.
Co-pilot: Sgt. Williams ok.
552077 AC D. Hider ok.
AC Fog ok.
Sources:
Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol 1.
National Archives Kew 48 squadron Record of Events doc AIR27/469/4 page 14
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Nov-2015 07:41 |
JINX |
Added |
07-Jan-2016 20:29 |
Juan P.Paco |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities] |
01-Dec-2017 10:53 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Aircraft type] |
28-Jan-2022 20:37 |
Adrian Low |
Updated [Narrative] |