Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Carneddau: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 12, 1944 at 0200 LT
Operator:
Registration:
MG804
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Mona - Mona
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a night training flight. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the twin engine aircraft hit the east slope of Mt Foel Fras near Carneddau. Rescuers arrived on the scene around 0830LT and four crew members were evacuated while the instructor was killed.
Crew (8th AFU):
F/S Alan Biffen, pilot,
F/S Albert Francis Standring, wireless operator and instructor, †
P/O Victor Joseph Sibthorpe, navigator,
Sgt Dalton, air bomber,
Sgt Lorrimer, wireless operator.
Crew (8th AFU):
F/S Alan Biffen, pilot,
F/S Albert Francis Standring, wireless operator and instructor, †
P/O Victor Joseph Sibthorpe, navigator,
Sgt Dalton, air bomber,
Sgt Lorrimer, wireless operator.
