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Date: | Thursday 22 January 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 9 AFTS RAF |
Registration: | HM786 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
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 HM786/"PA", 9 AFTS, RAF: Delivered to 9 AFTS (Advanced Flying Training School), RAF 29 January 1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22 January, 1953: The port tyre burst immediately after landing at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, and the aircraft swung violently to port during the landing run. The aircraft then ground looped through 90 degrees off the runway, and tipped up onto its nose. The pillot - sole crew emember on board - was uninjured.
Not repaired: deeemd "damaged beyond economic repair" and Struck Off charge as Cat.5(c) on 3 February 1953, then authorised to be reduced to spares and produce.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.140 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 333
3. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.156)
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 6. CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Apr-2021 17:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
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10-Apr-2021 18:48 |
ABBA |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
10-Apr-2021 18:49 |
ABBA |
Updated [Source, Operator] |