Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Torrance: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 18, 1939
Registration:
K6321
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Abbotsinch - Abbotsinch
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training exercise out from RAF Abbotsinch on behalf of the 269th Squadron. En route, the twin engine aircraft entered a thick layer of cloud, went out of control and crashed in a field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Lynn McPhee, pilot,
Sgt George Charles MacDonald,
AC1 William George Reid,
AC2 Donald MacDonald.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Lynn McPhee, pilot,
Sgt George Charles MacDonald,
AC1 William George Reid,
AC2 Donald MacDonald.