Two Anson losses September 1939

[Peter Clare]

Originally Posted by robert

Hello,

I`m looking for details concerning two Anson losses:
5.9.39 Anson K8845

TIA

Regards

Robert

Taken from Coastal Command Losses Vol.1 - McNeill

5 September 1939

233 Squadron
Anson I K8845 ZS-N
Op. Anti-submarine Patrol

P/O. G J D. Yorke. safe
Sgt. D J. Muir. safe

Took off 1600 hrs Leuchars. On the return from patrol P/O. Yorke sighted a submarine submerging in position ZGCB 4000 and attacked dropping his entire bomb load. The submarine was logged as damaged at 2005 hrs in the attack and the Anson set course for base. On the return leg fuel was draining away through shrapnel holes in the wing tanks and resulted in a forced landing into the River Eden estuary off Shelly Point. All the crew escaped by dinghy and were rescued.
Mess celebrations were short lived when they were informed by the Admiralty that they had attacked HMS Seahorse and that the well placed bomb load had caused no appreciable damage.