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Date: | Wednesday 7 October 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 12 (P) AFU RAF |
Registration: | L4625 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Newmarket, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.I L4625 of 12 (P) AFU, RAF, written off (destroyed) when crashed 7 December 1942: En route, the pilot lost his orientation and was unable to localize his position due to weather deterioration. Few minutes later, both engines failed due to fuel exhaustion. All four crew members decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft dove into the ground, crashed in a field near Newmarket, Suffolk, and was destroyed while all four crew were unhurt.
Causes of accident: Pilot disorientation and fuel exhaustion
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Briotain, 1996)
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1942/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-newmarket-afb/]
3.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/spitalgate-history.php Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Mar-2008 15:33 |
JINX |
Added |
12-Feb-2015 14:33 |
Apen |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
08-Aug-2017 01:31 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Aug-2017 01:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
15-Feb-2018 19:35 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |