Crash of an Avro 652A Anson in Rose Lynn: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 23, 1943 at 1510 LT
Operator:
Registration:
8262
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Medicine Hat - Medicine Hat
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed Medicine Hat on a cross country navigational exercise. While flying at low height over Rose Lynn, the airplane impacted the roof of a building, damaging the elevators. Out of control, the airplane crashed, bursting into flames.
Crew:
Lac Colin Thomas Cooper, instructor pilot,
Lac Denis Gerard Degryse, pilot,
P/O Andrew William Joseph Grellis, pilot,
Lac Peter David Sim Moodie, pilot.
Passenger:
Lac Andrew Thomas Kidd.
Crew:
Lac Colin Thomas Cooper, instructor pilot,
Lac Denis Gerard Degryse, pilot,
P/O Andrew William Joseph Grellis, pilot,
Lac Peter David Sim Moodie, pilot.
Passenger:
Lac Andrew Thomas Kidd.
Probable cause:
Unauthorized low flying or aerobatics on part of the flying crew.
Final Report:
