Date & Time:
Feb 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
AX293
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Millom - Millom
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training exercise out of RAF Millom when the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off the airbase. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (2nd AFU):
Sgt Arthur Page, pilot,
F/Sgt Harry Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt T. J. Thompson, navigator,
Cpl C. W. Revell, navigator,
Lac H. J. Sapsed, navigator.
Crew (2nd AFU):
Sgt Arthur Page, pilot,
F/Sgt Harry Smith, wireless operator,
Sgt T. J. Thompson, navigator,
Cpl C. W. Revell, navigator,
Lac H. J. Sapsed, navigator.
