Date:	Monday 19 August 1946
Time:
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk 1
Owner/operator:	19 FTS RAF
Registration:	NM597
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford NM597: Written off (destroyed by fire) 19 August 1946. The engines were started up at RAF Cranwell, and were "run up" prior to the taxy to the end of the runway. After a short while, both of the engines caught fire, due to a significant accumulation of inflammable fuel and oil staining of the airframe adjacent to the aircraft's exhausts. The Oxford then caught fire and was severely fire damaged.

As far as in known, both crew members escaped uninjured, but Oxford HM597 was written off as Cat.E2 and struck off charge

1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.103: https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.200
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft NA100-NZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
5. The Oxford, Envoy and Consul File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001)
6. 19 FTS RAF ORB for the period 1-5-1945 to 30-4-1947: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1145/1: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162665
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs#1946
8. https://www.cranwellian-ian.com/ewExternalFiles/PostWarTrgAcv1.0.pdf
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_College_Cranwell#Post_war

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
11-Jun-2023 16:44	Dr. John Smith	Added
11-Jun-2023 17:17	Nepa	Updated