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Date: | Tuesday 2 September 1941 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
Owner/operator: | RAF College |
Registration: | V3210 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Cowburn Moor, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
Narrative:Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.II V3210 of the RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (destroyed) when crashed on 2 September 1941. The pilot was carrying out a solo cross country navigation flight from the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell, he had flown above cloud cover and while descending back down flew into Cowburn Moor, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, in the region of the vent shaft for the Cowburn railway tunnel. The aircraft was written off but the pilot survived and was able to walk off the moor.
On the accident record card, it is recorded that while the pilot disobeyed orders in flying above cloud; his instructor had also failed to properly approve the route.
Crew of Oxford V3210:
L/AC Brian C. Forsdick (Pilot) survived, Injured
Sources:
1. Aircraft Accident Record Card (Air Ministry Form 1180), RAF Museum, Hendon, London
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-united-kingdom-6/]
3.
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/airspeed-oxford-v3210-chapel-en-le-frith/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jan-2012 11:00 |
Uli Elch |
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08-Aug-2017 19:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
08-Aug-2017 19:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
08-Aug-2017 19:35 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
23-Dec-2017 18:52 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
17-Dec-2019 18:19 |
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Updated [Operator, Operator] |