L7047 — routes, history & safety record

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Safety history

June 4, 1940Accident
While returning to RAF Thorney Island following a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea, the aircraft went out of control on final approach and plunged into the sea, few hundred yards offshore. All four crew members were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost. Crew (48th Squadron): P/O Carson C. Proby, P/O B. A. P. Williams, LAC W.
Avro 652 Anson
It is believed that the pilot was blinded by searchlight on approach, causing the airplane to crash into the sea. Full accident record