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The crew left RAF Bishops Court for a night training exercise. While flying over the north of Wales by night and marginal weather conditions, the aircraft hit the east slope of Mt Mynydd Perfedd and was destroyed. All four crew members were killed. Crew (7th AOS): Sgt John George Shepherd, pilot, Sgt Edwin John Keightley, wireless operator and air gunner, LAC John Chrystal, navigator, LAC John Thomas Key, navigator. Probable cause (official findings): The accident was caused by a navigational e
Avro 652 Anson · 4 fatalities