Date:	Thursday 18 June 1953
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	Wattisham SF RAF
Registration:	LX566
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Wattisham, Suffolk
Destination airport:	RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford Mk.I LX566, RAF Wattisham Station Flight: Delivered to RAF Wattisham, Suffolk, and taken on charge 7/11/1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 18/6/1953 in a landing accident at RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. The aircraft swung off the runway on landing, and with the pilot unable to correct the swing, the Oxford ground-looped through 90 degrees, and the undercarriage collapsed.

Although the aircraft was wrecked (deemed "damaged beyond economic repair") the pilot seems to have escaped uninjured.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents, Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.145 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 379
3. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air BrItian, 2001 p.173).

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
01-May-2021 20:41	Dr. John Smith	Added
01-May-2021 20:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
01-May-2021 20:45	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
02-May-2021 21:40	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
03-May-2021 21:37	Iwosh	Updated [Operator, Operator]