Date & Time: Jan 30, 1943 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
L7964
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Cranage - Cranage
Location:
Great Kimble
Buckinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a night training sortie from RAF Cranage, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the twin engine aircraft crashed in a field at 0250LT near Great Kimble. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward A. Merry, pilot,
Sgt James R. Craven, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth R. Blaskey, pilot,
Sgt Albert C. Poulton, wireless operator and air gunner.