Date:	Tuesday 19 March 1946
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk II
Owner/operator:	224 Sqn RAF
Registration:	X7282
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Atlantic Ocean 10 miles NNE of RAF St. Eval, Cornwall, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall
Destination airport:	RAF St. Eval, Cornwall

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford X7282: Written off (destroyed) 19 March 1946: The pilot was performing a solo training sortie from RAF St Eval, Cornwall. While flying about 10 miles (15 km) north-north east of the airbase, the Airspeed Oxford went out of control, disappeared from radar, and is believed to have crashed in unknown circumstances into the Atlantic Ocean of the coast of North Cornwall. The reason for the aircraft flying into the sea were never discovered, and neither the aircraft wreckage nor the body of the pilot were ever found.

Crew (224 Squadron):
Flying Officer Thomas William Goodchild (Pilot, Service Number 57062, aged 24) - killed on active service 19/3/46.

As no trace of F/O Goodchild was ever found, he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, and at the North Walsham War Memorial

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.34. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Oxford, Envoy and Consul File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p 114)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.120
4. 224 Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for 1-31 March 1946: National Archives File AIR 27/2476/5 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._224_Squadron_RAF
5. https://www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/5406157812
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21591-460319-Unaccounted-Airwoman-amp-Airmen-19-03-1946&highlight=GOODCHILD&p=126255#post126255
7. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1798529/goodchild,-thomas-william/
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-ii-raf-saint-eval-1-killed
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_St_Eval#Post_World_War_II
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._224_Squadron_RAF

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
08-Mar-2013 17:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
30-Jul-2017 21:57	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jul-2017 21:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type]
30-Jul-2017 22:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
19-Feb-2018 08:15	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Source]
06-Nov-2019 01:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2021 19:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, Category]
06-Jul-2021 19:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
06-Jul-2021 19:09	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
07-Jul-2023 14:03	Dr. John Smith	Updated [[Source]]
08-Jul-2023 21:37	Nepa	Updated [[[Source]]]