ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16128
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 September 1938 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | L4580 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ampney St. Mary, near Poulton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire |
| RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed Oxford Mk.I L4580 "15" of 3 FTS, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 13.9.1938: The pilot was performing a solo training flight from the RAF South Cerney. En route, in unknown circumstances, he lost control of the aircraft that crashed in an open field at Ampney St. Mary, near Poulton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire [at approximate co ordinates 51.709°N 1.854°W]. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.
Crew:
Acting Pilot Officer Robert Ernest Winter, pilot, aged 21, killed
According to a contemporary newspaper report (see link #7)
"17/9/38
RAF/ Casualties
RAF Pilot’s death near Cirencester
Acting pilot Robert Ernest Winter aged 21 of Liverpool, stationed at No.3 Flying Training School, South Cerney, was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed at Ampney St Mary on Tuesday afternoon. He was flying solo in an Airspeed Oxford on an altitude training flight, when his machine was seen to go into a spin and crash into a meadow near the Cirencester to Quenington Road, ½ Mile from the Red Lion Inn."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-poulton-1-killed
3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576841
4. https://www.airteamimages.com/airspeed-oxford_L4580_united-kingdom---royal-air-force_193681.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?314-RAF-officer-deaths-1-1-29-3-9-39&p=2440#post2440
7. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%202655.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2008 02:44 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Jun-2017 19:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2018 21:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2018 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Oct-2018 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Mar-2019 17:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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