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

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
N6431
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Buscot Park
Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane collided with a RAF De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth registered AW156 and carrying one pilot. Both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in Buscot Park, about 11 km southwest of RAF Brize Norton. All three crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ralph Norman Allen, pilot,
Sgt Philip Henry Burston, pilot.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth in Buscot Park: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1942
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth
Operator:
Registration:
AW156
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hendon - Brize Norton
MSN:
7062
YOM:
1934
Location:
Buscot Park
Oxfordshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The single airplane was on a transit flight from Hendon to RAF Brize Norton when it collided with a RAF Oxford registered N6431 and carrying two crew members. Both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in Buscot Park, about 11 km southwest of RAF Brize Norton. All three crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Philip Henry Burston, pilot.
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