Bicester AFB

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L9039

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Mountains

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Bicester - Bicester

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The crew departed RAF Bicester on a training mission. While cruising in limited visibility due to clouds, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Craig yr Ysfa (650 metres high) located some 10 km south-southeast of Bethesda. The wreckage was found the following day. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred Ernest Hall, pilot,
Sgt Anthony Charles Catton, observer,
Sgt Fred Graham, observer,
LAC Geoffrey Halstead James, wireless operator.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Bicester

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1940 at 2115 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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P6929

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Bicester - Bicester

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9454

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1940

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Undershot and crashed into the bomb-dump during a night landing at RAF Bicester. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O E. R. Hale +2.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Bicester

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1940

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Landing (descent or approach)

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L8873

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The airplane crashed upon landing at RAF Bicester and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew members were injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. N. Wittaker,
Sgt J. Friendly.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Bicester

Date & Time: Jan 7, 1940

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Landing (descent or approach)

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L1214

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Bicester - Bicester

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8497

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1938

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Bicester. While on a night approach, the crew initiated a go around when one of the engine failed. The airplane stalled and crashed. Both crew members were uninjured.
Crew:
Sgt H. L. Broughton,
P/O H. F. Mitchinson.

Probable cause:

Engine failure on final approach.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Stony Stratford

Date & Time: Dec 2, 1939

Type of aircraft:

Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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L8868

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The crew was forced to make an emergency landing in Stony Stratford. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and both occupants were injured.
Crew:
P/O T. C. McGillivray,
Sgt E. Evans.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I at RAF Bicester

Date & Time: Nov 24, 1939

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L4147

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The pilot was conducting a night solo training flight at RAF Bicester. While cruising at a low level in the vicinity of the airfield, the airplane impacted trees and crashed. The pilot was injured.
Crew:
P/O T. G. Hynes, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Ludgershall: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1939 at 1900 LT

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L1275

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Plain, Valley

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Bicester - Bicester

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8558

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1938

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The pilot departed RAF Bicester on a night solo training exercice. En route, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Glebe Farm near Ludgershall. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
P/O Kenneth Charles Harvey Jacobs.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Weston-on-the-Green: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1939

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Avro 652 Anson

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N5177

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Plain, Valley

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The crew was performing a training mission on behalf of the 108th Squadron. In flight, the twin engine aircraft collided with another RAF Avro 652 Anson I registered N5158 and carrying one pilot. Both aircraft crashed in a prairie located in Weston-on-the-Green, some 6 km southwest of RAF Bicester. All three crew on both aircraft were killed.
Crew (108th Squadron):
F/O J. D. Cody, pilot,
F/O R. E. Cox, pilot.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Weston-on-the-Green: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 31, 1939

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Avro 652 Anson

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N5158

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