ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65527
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 October 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ1263 |
| MSN: | 574 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Renwick, Marlborough -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Woodbourne |
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.I P8867. Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 19 August 1940. Assigned RNZAS Serial NZ1263. Issued To No.2 SFTS, Woodbourne.
Written off (destroyed) when Crashed at Renwick, near Blenheim on 22 October 1941: The crew was performing a training flight. Shortly after take off, while climbing to a height of some 500 feet, the twin engine aircraft stalled, hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located 200 metres past the runway end. Both pilots were killed.
Crew of Oxford NZ1263:
L/AC Wylie Hoog, pilot,
L/AC Harry Roughton, pilot.
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-woodbourne-afb-2-killed/]
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 16:03 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Sep-2009 13:38 | angels one five | Updated |
| 23-Jan-2012 02:37 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2013 06:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2013 00:28 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2017 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2022 01:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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