Incident Airspeed Oxford Mk I L4581,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16129
 
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Date:Wednesday 16 August 1944
Time:
Type:Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:6 (P) AFU RAF
Registration: L4581
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Little Rissington, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire (EGVL)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk.I L4581 of 6 (P) AFU, RAF was written off (destroyed) on 16 August 1944 when it crashed at RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire: While taxiing at RAF Little Rissington, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and came to rest down in a ditch. No casualties.

Sources:

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1944/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-little-rissington-afb/]
3. Oxford L4581 in pre-war Overall Yellow, 1938: https://www.mediastorehouse.com/airspeed-as10-oxford-i-l4581/print/9892649.html and
4. https://yooniqimages.com/images/detail/216314819/Creative/airspeed-as10-oxford-i-l4581

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Mar-2008 02:47 JINX Added
31-Jul-2017 21:03 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Nov-2018 20:43 Nepa Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]

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