Date:	Tuesday 21 October 1952
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	1689 Flt RAF
Registration:	PH173
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Bridgnorth, 7 miles ENE of Ludlow, Shropshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford Mk.1 PH173, 1689 Flight, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21 October 1952 when crashed on a sortie from RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire: During a training flight, while cruising at an altitude of 1,700 feet, a propeller blade detached and hit the nose of the airplane which then lost altitude. In such a situation, both pilots decided to abandon the aircraft, which then dove into the ground and crashed in a field near Bridgnorth, located 7 miles east-north-east of Ludlow, Shropshire.

One pilot, Flight Lt A J Rendell was injured when he struck the tailplane of the Airspeed Oxford while baling out. but landed safely. The other crew member - Flying Officer John Pryse - was killed as his parachute did not deploy fully before he hit the ground

Crew of Oxford PH173
Flight Lt A J Rendell RAF (pilot) - bailed out, but injured during bailing out, as per the above
Flying Officer John Pryse (navigator, aged 29, Service Number (172118) - killed during bale out, parachute failed to deploy fully. He is buried in Kingston on Thames Cemetery. He was born on the 7th May 1923 in Aberystwyth

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.136 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 303
3. The Oxford, Envoy and Consul File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p 189)
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT233/118: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C424239
5. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/31/S2598: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6578444
6. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?50860-Looking-for-info-on-1689-Flt-amp-No-2-CAACU&p=788992
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-t1-near-ludlow
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3670-Shropshire-s-casualties-and-aircraft-crashes

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
14-Apr-2013 19:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
02-Sep-2013 21:57	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
30-Sep-2013 10:42	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source]
26-Jul-2017 21:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
26-Jul-2017 21:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities]
29-Dec-2019 19:00	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]