Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II on Mt Fron Hen
Date & Time:
Dec 3, 1942 at 1345 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R6179
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Liverpool - Langford Lodge
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Liverpool-Speke Airport on a flight to RAF Langford Lodge after radio equipment have been delivered in Liverpool. After takeoff, the pilot followed the River Mersey to avoid the Liverpool defenses and was cruising at an altitude of 800 feet due to low clouds. Shortly later, to clear barrage balloon, he climbed and entered clouds when the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Fron Hen located in the Clwydian Mountain Range.
Crew:
2nd Lt Joseph E. Lowe, pilot.
Passenger:
1st Lt John L. Pearce.
Crew:
2nd Lt Joseph E. Lowe, pilot.
Passenger:
1st Lt John L. Pearce.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
