ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157442
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| Date: | Sunday 29 December 1940 |
| Time: | 12:05 |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College |
| Registration: | P1071 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
The aircraft was wrecked at 12:05 local time, when it stalled and spun into the ground from 200 feet, shortly after take off, from RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The aircraft was trimmed tail-heavy, the wing and nose rose too steeply, before the aircraft entered a right hand spin, from which, at such a low altitude, it could not recover. The pilot - Leading Aircraftman (Pilot Under Training) Vernon Ferguson Le Feuvre Allen (Service Number 1259510) - was killed
Sources:
1. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999
2. http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1940-incident-logs#dec
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2417235/allen,-vernon-ferguson-le-feuvre/
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119906496/vernon-ferguson_le_feuvre-allen
5. http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/WWII/library/Victoria-College-Jersey-The-Second-Book-of-Remembrance-1939-1945/HTML/files/assets/basic-html/page6.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2013 02:54 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Mar-2019 20:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2019 18:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 13-Jul-2023 21:47 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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