Date:	Thursday 11 December 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk II
Owner/operator:	9 AFTS RAF
Registration:	LW865
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire
Destination airport:	RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford Mk.2 LW865/"O-G", 9 AFTS (Advanced Flying Training School), RAF: Delivered to 9 AFTS, 24 January 1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11 December 1952 when collided with EB805, another Airspeed Oxford of 9 AFTS, while taxying at night at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire.

The aircraft was deemed "damaged beyond economic repair"; Oxford LW865 was Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(c) on 12 December 1952. Oxford EB805 was repaired and returned to service, being finally withdrawn from use on 21 August 1953, and Struck Off Charge Cat.5(s) on 6 March 1956.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.139 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.169)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.318
4. 9 AFTS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/12/1951 to 30/4/1954: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2142/2 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162853
5. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-Apr-2021 19:51	Dr. John Smith	Added
02-Apr-2021 16:13	Werich26	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]