Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Normanton-on-Trent: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 19, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
PG994
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Swinderby - Swinderby
Location:
Normanton-on-Trent
Nottinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off from RAF Swinderby, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Normanton-on-Trent. All three crew members, Polish citizens, were killed. They were engaged in a night training exercise.
Crew (16th SFTS):
W/O Stanislaw Mierniczek,
F/Sgt Bogdan Koper,
LAC Ignacy Tomarzewki.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Normanton-on-Trent: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1942 at 0115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5863
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Normanton-on-Trent
Nottinghamshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Normanton-on-Trent while practicing overshooting procedures on three engines at night. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt William Dundas Fordwych, pilot,
P/O Denis Victor Morris-Edwards, observer,
Sgt John Charles Murphy,
Sgt Stanley Oswald Spicer, wireless operator,
Sgt Bernard Murray Smith, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander John Boyne, air gunner.
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