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Date: | Monday 27 November 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PG969 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed 27 November 1950: While completing a GCA approach to RAF Tangmere in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the ground and crashed short of runway threshold. Both pilots were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.108 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.95
4. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain p187)
5. 43 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/2/1949 to 31/12/1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) file AIR 27/2414/2 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8439235 6.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-raf-tangmere Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2013 07:53 |
JINX |
Added |
06-Jun-2015 16:11 |
Angel dick one |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
27-Jul-2017 00:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
20-Apr-2020 20:44 |
Allach |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
04-Jan-2021 23:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source] |
12-Jan-2021 13:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
01-Mar-2021 01:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |