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Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Queensferry: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 26, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N4731
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Sealand - Sealand
MSN:
2461
YOM:
1940
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night training exercise out from RAF Sealand. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a pasture located in Queensferry. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Peter William Roberson, pilot,
Sgt Thomas George Horsfield, pilot.