Zone
Yorkshire

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

Date & Time: Oct 13, 1942 at 2030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
AP395
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Acaster Malbis - Acaster Malbis
Location:
Acaster Malbis AFB
Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On a training mission at RAF Acaster Malbis, the crew was approaching the airfield in poor visibility when the aircraft crashed in a field located in Escrick, east of the airbase. Both crew members were killed.
Crew (15th Squadron):
F/Sgt John Neil MacIver, pilot,
F/Sgt Harold Winston Cutler, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IF at RAF Church Fenton

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L8732
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Church Fenton - Acaster Malbis
Location:
Church Fenton AFB
North Yorkshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the airplane crashed just after takeoff from RAF Church Fenton and came to rest in a field 1/4 mile south of the airbase. All three crew members were rescued, among them one was seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O Walter Frame Gibb, pilot,
LAC Clifford Hayden Stephens,
AC1 T. H. Bennison.
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