I was talking to my Dad today who recounted a collision he witnessed when he was about 8 years of age..He lived near Newport Essex [a few miles from RAF Debden ,now Carver Barracks ] and was blackberrying possibly September time.
He saw an Avro Anson and another plane collide whilst practicing near Widdington and he was on the scene before the emergency services.
Unfortunately the crews died but my Dad has never forgotten the sight and sounds that confronted him.I am only guessing at 1950 could be a few years after.He also thinks the crew were buried in Newport churchyard,we did see some Royal Canadian graves there today but the dates did’nt seem to match.
Does anyone have any information or how we would find the information.
Many thanks Trumper 🙂
By: Dave T - 18th July 2006 at 21:40
From the ‘Anson File’….
Anson T.20 VS598 ERS (TDE-E) (TDE-O0, RAFTC (S-O)
Tail severed in formation with VS603 & crashed Widdington 3m south of Debden 15/9/52
Anson T.20 VS603 ERS (TDE-C) (TDE-H),RAFTC (S-H)
Hit tailplane of VS598 rejoining formation & crashed Widdington 3m south of Debden 15/9/52
ERS=Empire Radio School / RAFTC=RAF Transport Command
By: trumper - 18th July 2006 at 20:15
WOW ,thanks Geoff,i will e mail my dad and see what he has to say,thanks again 😀
By: Geoff K - 18th July 2006 at 20:09
Is this the one?
From ‘Last Take-off’
’15-Sep-52, VS598, Anson T22, RAFTC, South of RAF Debden, 1 killed.
This aircraft and the Anson below were part of a mixed formation with some Oxfords in a Battle of Britain flypast. On completion of the flypast, the Ansons left the Oxfords to overfly the airfield again in line-astern. However they collided and both crashed.
Flight Lieutenant Kenneth William Jarvis’
The other Anson was VS603 also of the RAFTC, flown by Flight Lieutenant Peter Sherrif DFC AFC, aged 31 who also died.
Geoff.
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July 18, 2006 at 7:07 pm