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Date: | Thursday 19 March 1953 |
Time: | |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | Esk.722 Flyvevåbnet |
Registration: | 21-237 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Rydderknægten, 9 km NE of Rønne Airport (Bornholm Island), Hovedstaden -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Værløse, Denmark |
Destination airport: | Rønne Airport (Bornholm Island), Hovedstaden, Denmark (EKRN) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Ex-RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford NJ372. Delivered to the Flyvevåbnet (Danish Air Force) 16 June 1947. Issued to ESK 722 at Kastrup/Værløse, near Copenhagen
Written off (destroyed) 19 March 1953: While descending to approach Rønne Airport, Bornholm Island, Hovedstaden, the twin engine aircraft went through a patch of fog when it struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area then into a cliff face at Rydderknægten, about nine km northeast of the airfield. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Captain N. B. Larsen,
Lt Bent Helge Stier Andersen.
Sources:
1. Het vrije volk 19 March 1953, page 1
2. Het nieuwsblad voor Sumatra 21 March 1951, page 2
3.
http://www.milfly.dk/pdf/oxford.pdf 4.
http://drabssageridanmark.beboer2650.dk/html/danske_soldater_faldet_i_tjene1.html 5.
http://minisoldater.dk/airforce/Oxford.htm 6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1953/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-i-near-ronne-2-killed/]
7.
https://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/album%20dk.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2016 13:41 |
TB |
Added |
03-Jan-2016 14:30 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jan-2016 18:02 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
12-Jan-2016 19:56 |
TB |
Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2017 20:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-Apr-2020 16:19 |
Reno Raines |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |