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Date: | Wednesday 16 August 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 6 (P) AFU RAF |
Registration: | L4581 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (EGVL) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk.I L4581 of 6 (P) AFU, RAF was written off (destroyed) on 16 August 1944 when it crashed at RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire: While taxiing at RAF Little Rissington, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and came to rest down in a ditch. No casualties.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1944/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-little-rissington-afb/]
3. Oxford L4581 in pre-war Overall Yellow, 1938:
https://www.mediastorehouse.com/airspeed-as10-oxford-i-l4581/print/9892649.html and
4.
https://yooniqimages.com/images/detail/216314819/Creative/airspeed-as10-oxford-i-l4581 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Mar-2008 02:47 |
JINX |
Added |
31-Jul-2017 21:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Nov-2018 20:43 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |