ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2018
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| Date: | Monday 24 January 1938 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Avro Anson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 51 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K6277 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ibworth, near Basingstoke, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| RAF Greenham Common, Newbury, Berkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Anson K6277 "51-T" of 51 Squadron RAF: Hit trees on high ground & crashed while descending in cloud on night navex at Ibworth, near Basingstoke, Hampshire on 24.1.38. Crew performing night training flight. Pilot started descent in low visibility & hit tree tops before crashing on wooded hill. One pilot seriously injured & the second one was killed. Crew of Anson K6277 were:
Pilot Officer David Lorraine Lloyd Morris (aged 23) - killed
Sgt Donald William Mansbridge (aged 24) - injured
Acting Pilot Officer Cecil Wardman Poulter (aged 24) - injured
AC2 Ronald Harry Price - injured
AC2 Ronald Harry Price sustained a broken arm in the crash, but was able to walk away from the wreckage to summon help, which arrived at 21:30 hours local time, two hours after the crash. A subsequent Board of Inquiry into the accident concluded that the pilot had mistaken the lights of the town of Basingstoke, Hampshire, for the runway lights at RAF Greenham Common
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-kingsclere-1-killed
4. http://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/aircrewprofile.php?AircrewID=11751
5. http://aircrewremembered.com/mansbridge-donald.html
6. http://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/airframeprofile.php?FrameID=25536
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2008 07:35 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Feb-2012 09:04 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2012 17:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2012 08:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 06-Jul-2013 13:43 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2013 21:48 | JINX | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 12-Jan-2016 20:10 | JIXN | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 16-Feb-2018 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2021 14:15 | Sergey L. | Updated [Total occupants] |
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