K6183
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- September 5, 1939Accident
While approaching the German coast, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by a German fighter Heinkel He.115. The Anson crashed into the sea off the Borkum Island. A crew member was rescued while all three other occupants were killed. Crew (206th Squadron): P/O L. H. Edwards, Sgt Alexander Oliver Heslop, † AC1 Geoffrey Sheffield, † LAC John Quilter. † Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by enemy fighter.