On the 7th September 1941 Avro Anson N9617, 10th OTU RAF.Abingdon, Oxfordshire took off on a training flight over the west of England.
Onboard was a crew of 5, the pilot 2 navigators and 2 radio operators, flying over the borders of Wales the plane entered the cloud and mist that frequently cover the area around the Berwyns. One of the navigators Sgt L.Copland called the pilot informing him to climb as they were in amongst high ground, pulling up just in time the plane impacted sloping ground on the lower flanks of Moel Sych.
After the crash the surviving crew with varying degrees of injury had to find help before dark, Sgt Frank Mitchell the least hurt of the 4 made his way down the mountain to find rescue [sadly Mitchell was to die only a year later in Whitley BD576 in a training accident at RAF Stanton Harcourt]
Crew =
P/O T.L.Weller
Sgt F.Mitchell
Sgt R.Keen
Sgt L.Copland
P/O J.E.Tay
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