Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Chipping Norton: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 9, 1942 at 0350 LT
Registration:
AB694
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Chipping Norton - Chipping Norton
MSN:
PAC.165
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff, while on a night training exercise, the aircraft failed to gain height, hit trees located past the runway end and crashed. Both pilots were killed.
Crew (6th AFU):
F/O H. A. Kallend, pilot,
Sgt James Greenall, pilot.
Crew (6th AFU):
F/O H. A. Kallend, pilot,
Sgt James Greenall, pilot.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the aircraft was unable to gain sufficient height after rotation because the elevator trim was incorrectly set by the crew.