ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22142
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| Date: | Friday 26 April 1940 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 SFTS RAF |
| Registration: | N4731 |
| MSN: | 2461 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Queensferry near RAF Sealand, Flintshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
| RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
Written off (destroyed) 26 April 1940: The crew was performing a night training exercise from the RAF Sealand. En route, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Queensferry, near the airbase. Both pilots were killed:
Sgt (741275) Peter William Roberson (Pilot) RAFVR: killed
Sergeant Thomas George Horsfield (Pilot, RAFVR, Service Number 748463, aged 19)
Cause: Crew error.
It is notable that the official accident report file at the Public Record Office (PRO/National Archives) at Kew have been sealed and are unavailable until January 1 2024 (82 years instead of the usual 30). A decision to open the file for public scrutiny was overturned in 2015 (see link #3)
Sources:
1. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-queensferry-2-killed
2. http://www.cpat.org.uk/resource/reports/cpat1249.pdf
3. Air Ministry File AIR 81/2037 at PRO Kew: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16471215
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2651502/roberson,-peter-william/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2402574/horsfield,-thomas-george/
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N4731
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2008 08:36 | Anon. | Added |
| 31-Jan-2012 01:09 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 01-Apr-2012 07:45 | rvargast17 | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities] |
| 24-Jul-2017 20:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2019 20:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2019 12:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2023 21:29 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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