Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Woodford Halse

Date & Time: Jan 3, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V3878
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Snitterfield - Snitterfield
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a supply mission from RAF Snitterfield. En route, severe icing conditions forced the crew to abandon the aircraft that crashed in a field and was destroyed. Both crew members escaped uninjured.
Probable cause:
Icing conditions.