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Date: | Tuesday 28 November 1939 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Avro Anson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 148 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N5084 |
MSN: | BS-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Simonsbath, Exmoor, 15 miles WSW of Minehead, Somerset, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Avro Anson Mk.I N5084,("BS-P") 148 Squadron, RAF Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire: Written off (destroyed) 28/11/39 when flew into high ground at Simonsbath, Exmoor, fifteen miles west-south-west of Minehead, Somerset (at approximate co ordinates 51.1416°N 3.7524°W) during a night cross country navigation training flight. All five crew were killed:
F/O Thomas William Storey (39179) pilot RAF: killed
Sgt Thomas Robert Moss (518032) obs.RAF : killed
Sgt Gerald Roland Cecil Talbot (580855) obs.RAF : killed
AC.1 Arthur John Whittaker (537645) WOp/AG RAF : killed
AC.2 Frederick Challenger Overall (632442) RAF : killed
Aircraft initially posted as "missing"; The wreckage was found 40 hours later (on 30/11/39) in the Exmoor National Park.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. More Than Just A Name By Frank Bull, Chris Bonnett, Steve Adamson (page 293)
3.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2447706/storey,-thomas-william/ 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2949411/moss,-thomas-robert/ 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2436418/talbot,-gerald-roland-cecil/ 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720769/whittaker,-arthur-john/ 8.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2436405/overall,-frederick-challenger/ 9.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-avro-652-anson-i-exmoor-national-park-5-killed 10.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64697736/frederick-challenger-overall 11.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64698377 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2018 16:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Apr-2018 16:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
28-Apr-2018 16:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative, ] |
01-Jun-2024 09:16 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |