Date & Time:
Jan 9, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
L9153
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Heathfield - Heathfield
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:
The crew was performing a night training exercise out from RAF Heathfield (Prestwick). While flying over the Kirkcudbrightshire, the twin engine aircraft impacted the slope of a hill (2,448 feet high) located some 9 miles west of Dalry. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all four occupants were killed. The wreckage was spotted a day later on the slope of the mountain.
Crew:
F/O Iain Douglas Shields, pilot,
Norman Hector Duff, wireless operator,
LAC Gordon Eric Betts, navigator,
LAC Henry Gilbert Stewart Briggs, navigator.
Crew:
F/O Iain Douglas Shields, pilot,
Norman Hector Duff, wireless operator,
LAC Gordon Eric Betts, navigator,
LAC Henry Gilbert Stewart Briggs, navigator.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
