Date:	Monday 14 August 1944
Time:	16:30 LT
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk II
Owner/operator:	1 ITS RNZAF
Registration:	NZ1284
MSN:	2688
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Halswell, Canterbury -   New Zealand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RNZAF Wigram, Christchurch
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Airspeed AS10 Oxford Mk II ex-RAF R6224: Built by de Havilland Ltd, Hatfield, England. Struck off RAF charge 26 July 1940 upon transfer to the RNZAF. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 19 November 1940. Test flown at No.3 SFTS, Ohakea on 5 February 1941 still with original RAF serial as R6224. To No.1 ITS, Wigram. and became NZ1284:

Written off (destroyed) in a mid air-collision 14 August 1944. The pilot was performing a solo training flight in the region of Wigram AFB. While circling around the airbase, the Airspeed Oxford collided with another RNZAF Oxford (NZ286) and carrying one pilot as well. Following the collision both aircraft went out of control, diving into the ground and crashing at Halswell, located about 2 miles southeast of the airfield. Both pilots on both aircraft were killed. It appears that NZ1284 lost a part of its wing in the collision and crashed about a mile south of the other aircraft.


LAC Keith Hodge, pilot - killed.
R.I.P.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 39)
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1944/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-wigram-afb-1-killed-4/]
3. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-May-2008 03:39	Nepa	Added
18-Jan-2012 01:52	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
28-Sep-2014 06:34	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
09-Jun-2015 17:51	Angel dick one	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2017 20:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Aug-2017 20:12	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative]
15-Nov-2018 10:24	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
24-Sep-2019 20:45	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
05-Oct-2021 10:31	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]