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Date: | Tuesday 21 October 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 1689 Flt RAF |
Registration: | PH173 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Bridgnorth, 7 miles ENE of Ludlow, Shropshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Airspeed Oxford Mk.1 PH173, 1689 Flight, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21 October 1952 when crashed on a sortie from RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire: During a training flight, while cruising at an altitude of 1,700 feet, a propeller blade detached and hit the nose of the airplane which then lost altitude. In such a situation, both pilots decided to abandon the aircraft, which then dove into the ground and crashed in a field near Bridgnorth, located 7 miles east-north-east of Ludlow, Shropshire.
One pilot, Flight Lt A J Rendell was injured when he struck the tailplane of the Airspeed Oxford while baling out. but landed safely. The other crew member - Flying Officer John Pryse - was killed as his parachute did not deploy fully before he hit the ground
Crew of Oxford PH173
Flight Lt A J Rendell RAF (pilot) - bailed out, but injured during bailing out, as per the above
Flying Officer John Pryse (navigator, aged 29, Service Number (172118) - killed during bale out, parachute failed to deploy fully. He is buried in Kingston on Thames Cemetery. He was born on the 7th May 1923 in Aberystwyth
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.136 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 303
3. The Oxford, Envoy and Consul File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p 189)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/118:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424239 5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2598:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578444 6.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?50860-Looking-for-info-on-1689-Flt-amp-No-2-CAACU&p=788992 7.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-t1-near-ludlow 8.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3670-Shropshire-s-casualties-and-aircraft-crashes Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Sep-2008 01:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
14-Apr-2013 19:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
02-Sep-2013 21:57 |
JINX |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
30-Sep-2013 10:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
26-Jul-2017 21:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
26-Jul-2017 21:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities] |
29-Dec-2019 19:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |