ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302748
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| Date: | Monday 24 November 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles Master Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | W8630 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ashtead, Mole Valley, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales |
| RAF Heston, Middlesex |
On 24 November 1941 Miles Master W8630 was being flown by Sgt. J.W.Bickford RCAF and AC.1 E.J.Rutherford of 53 OTU at RAF Llandow. Thus it was a long way from home when they encountered bad weather and attempted to make a forced landing at Ashtead, Surrey. In the course of that one wing hit the ground. The two men on board were injured. The Master was so badly damaged that on 26 November 1941 it was struck off charge and reduced to produce.
Ashtead is a large village in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England, approximately 15.5 mi south of central London, between Epsom and Leatherhead.
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/10475: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16998722
2. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=19396.0
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=W8630
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/military/Crashes_in_the_South_East.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtead#20th_century
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._53_Operational_Training_Unit_RAF
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