Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Huddlesford: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LW788
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wheaton Aston - Wheaton Aston
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a night cross country exercise from RAF Wheaton Aston. Enroute, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Huddlesford. The pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (21st PAFU):
W/O Matthew Hamilton Orr.
Probable cause:
It appears that the loss of control was caused by the loss of a propeller blade on the left engine.