6224 — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

January 16, 1941AccidentHull loss
The crew departed Fort McLeod on an instructional flight. As the crew neared Pincher Creek, the airplane went through thin patched of cloud. The pilot came down slowly through mist and in doing so hit rising ground. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were seriously injured. Crew: F/O R. J. Mansfield, pilot, LAC M. J. Strong, navigator.
Avro 652 Anson
Disobedience by the captain of the aircraft in carrying out dangerous and unauthorized law flying. Having dived dangerously, under adverse weather conditions, the secondary cause was an error of judgment on the part the of the captain of the aircraft in failing to pull out in sufficient time to avoid rising round. Full accident record