Date:	Thursday 29 January 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	9 AFTS RAF
Registration:	NJ382
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
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 NJ382/"PD", 9 AFTS, RAF: Delivered to 9 AFTS (Advanced Flying Training School), RAF 29 January 1952. Written off (destroyed) 29 January 1953 (exactly one year later, to the day): Written off (damaged beyond repair) when struck overhead HT Power cables, during a low level navigation excercise. Aircraft managed to return to base (RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire) although damaged. The pilot - the sole person on board - survived uninjured.

Not repaired: deemed "damaged beyond repair" and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(s) 3 March 1953.

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 336
3. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.176)
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
10-Apr-2021 22:29	Dr. John Smith	Added
11-Apr-2021 11:09	Sicak	Updated [Location, Operator]
11-Apr-2021 11:09	Anon.	Updated [Operator, Operator]