Date:	Monday 1 December 1947
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	21 (P) AFU RAF
Registration:	PH355
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Blockley, 3 miles NW of RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:	RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford Mk. I PH355 ("FDD-J" of 21 (P) AFU, RAF). Written off (destroyed) 1 December 1947 when crashed at Blockley, 3 miles North West of Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire: The pilot, the sole crew member on board, was performing a training sortie from RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, consisting of stall maneuvers.

While conducting a stall, he lost control of the airplane when went into a spin. This developed into a flat spin. from which it did not recover, and the Oxford struck the ground. The pilot tried to bail out but the aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field near the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. For undetermined reasons, the pilot's harness was not properly secured.

Crew: Pilot flying solo.
Sqn/Ldr Alan John Madge, (39098) RAF - killed. Buried at Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London

The 'Gloucestershire Echo' of December 19th 1947 reported the inquest into his death. It was suggested that the Oxford got into a spin during a refresher flight and crashed into a field near Batsford. Madge had been a PoW during the war*. A verdict of 'Death by misadventure' was recorded. The National Probate Calendar records that he died at Downs Farm, Bourton-on-the-Hill.

*Squadron Leader Alan John Madge was one of the crew of Fairey Battle P2251 of 88 Squadron, which was shot down on 11.5.1940. He then spent the period from May 1940 to June 1945 as a PoW at Stalag Luft III (see separate entry)

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.69 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.353
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
4. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p 192)
5. Gloucestershire Echo of December 19th 1947
6. http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAF_officers_M01.html
7. http://www.wellingtonaviation.org/history/docs/index.htm
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2430943/madge,-alan-john/
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164995350/alan-john-madge
10. https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/630111
11. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-raf-moreton-marsh-1-killed
12. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/awards/details.php?qname=MADGE&qnum=39098
13. https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?25066-471201-Unaccounted-Airmen-01-12-1947&highlight=Madge&p=145007#post145007
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockley

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
26-Apr-2013 09:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
03-Sep-2013 03:42	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2017 20:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Nov-2018 18:34	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
29-Nov-2019 02:13	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Nov-2019 22:22	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator]