ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 95217
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| Date: | Thursday 9 March 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 384th Service Sqn /97th Service Gp USAAF |
| Registration: | R6050 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Bodney /AAF Sta.141, near Watton, Thetford, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bodney /AAF Sta.141 Norfolk |
| RAF Kings Cliffe /AAF Sta.367 Northamptonshire |
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford R6050: Delivered to the RAF in August 1940. RAF Service with 15 SFTS, 15 (P) AFU. Transferred to the USAAF: assigned to 384th Service Squadron, 97th Service Group, 8th AF, USAAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9 March 1944 when crashed on take off from USAAF Station 141, RAF Bodney, 4.5 miles west of Watton, Thetford, Norfolk, after left engine quit during take off run.
Aircraft was on a sortie to USAAF Station 367, RAF Kings Cliffe, Northamptonshire. Pilot Harvey Mednick, injured, but RTD (Returned To Duty). Aircraft Struck off charge on 23 March 1944
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 180 page 38)
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Mar1944O.htm
3. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20307
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2017 23:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2019 16:48 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2021 14:20 | Zoule | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2021 14:24 | JINX | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 10-Jun-2022 10:04 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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