ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16137
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 July 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | R6266 |
| MSN: | 2716 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire |
Written off (destroyed) 3 July 1940: Airspeed Oxford R6266 collided on take-off with parked Oxford N4580 at Chipping Norton airfield (at approximate Coordinates: 51°55′28″N 001°31′35″W).
Flight Sergeant Roderick George Morison RAF (Service Number 564050, aged 26), attached to 15 Flying Training School, piloting R6266 was killed. He was born in Richmond, Surrey to parents Roderick and Ruth Morison. He is buried in Chipping Norton cemetery. His three passengers survived the crash.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 39)
2. http://www.chippingnortonbritishlegion.com/wartime-plane-crashes-around-chipping-norton.php
3. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/M.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2421460/morison,-roderick-george/
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79370457/roderick-george-morison
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R6266
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2008 07:29 | JINX | Added |
| 28-Jul-2017 16:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 21-Mar-2019 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 21:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2019 12:28 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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