Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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P6803

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Sealand - Sealand

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2553

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1940

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The crew was performing a training flight on behalf of the 5th FTS at RAF Sealand. En route, the pilot was forced to attempt an emergency landing for unknown reason. The aircraft crash landed in Tarporley, some 23 km east of RAF Sealand. While both occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Sealand

Date & Time: Jan 10, 1940 at 1940 LT

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Registration:

P1941

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

Survivors:

Yes

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Sealand AFB (Shotwick AFB)

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Sealand - Sealand

Location:

Flintshire

Country:

United Kingdom

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Europe

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Following a territorial surveillance mission, the crew was returning to his base at RAF Sealand. On approach, the visibility was poor due to the night and foggy conditions. Pilots missed the runway, overshot and landed long. After touchdown, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and collided with a tree. Both crew members were injured while the aircraft was damaged.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Burford: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1939

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P1800

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Plain, Valley

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Brize Norton - Brize Norton

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The pilot was completing a local solo training flight out from RAF Brize Norton. In unknown circumstances, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Burford, some 7 km north of the airfield. The pilot Sgt Sidney Hallas Newbigging was killed.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Chavenage: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1939

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P1077

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Plain, Valley

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Sealand - Sealand

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PAC.8

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1939

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While on a training flight out from RAF Sealand, the pilot lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in Chavenage. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alfred George Banks.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford near Gosport: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1939

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G-AFFM

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Plain, Valley

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Heston - Heston

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1938

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The crew was performing a training flight out from Heston. While cruising over the area of Gosport, the twin engine aircraft collided with the moorings of a barrage balloon, went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
Arthur George Nicholson, pilot,
Arthur Edward Eady, radio operator.

Probable cause:

Loss of control following an in-flight collision with a barrage balloon.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in The Wreckin: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 7, 1939

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P1845

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Shawbury - Shawbury

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The crew was completing a training sortie from RAF Shawbury. While cruising at low height in limited visibility, the airplane impacted the slope of a hill (407 metres high) located in The Wreckin, some eight km west of Telford. A crewman was injured while the second was killed.
Crew:
P/O George Hugh Hamilton Coates, †
P/O William Oliver Cramer.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Brize Norton: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 6, 1939

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L4547

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Brize Norton - Brize Norton

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1937

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The crew departed RAF Brize Norton on a local night training flight. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of about 400 feet, the pilot-in-command initiated a right turn when the airplane entered an area of heavy rain falls. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed in Black Bourton, south of the airbase. Both pilots were killed.
crew:
P/O Robert Patrick Shene Davidson,
Sgt Richard Watkin Adcock.

Probable cause:

It was determined that the accident was probably caused by the aircraft running into the heavy rain shower at four hundred feet and that Davidson failed to rely on his instruments to maintain height and direction. The enquiry also established that Peter Davidson had flown thirty eight hours in Oxfords and it was considered that his experience was in instrument flying had not been tested before he was permitted to fly at night.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Lossiemouth: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1939

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N6434

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Lossiemouth - Lossiemouth

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326

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1939

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The crew was completing a local training exercice out from RAF Lossiemouth. While making a right turn in the vicinity of the airfield, the airplane stalled and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis John Brooks Moore,
P/O Eric Wilfred Allinson.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Cranwell

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1939

Type of aircraft:

Landing (descent or approach)

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L4627

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