ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 95216
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| Date: | Thursday 3 December 1942 |
| Time: | 13:45 LT |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 7th Air Depot Gp 9th AF USAAF |
| Registration: | R6179 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fron Hen Mountain, Clwydian Range, Llanferres, Denbighshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Liverpool Airport, Speke, Liverpool |
| USAAF Sta.597 / RAF Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland |
On 3 December 1942 the Airspeed Oxford II R6179 of the 7th Air Depot Group, 9th Air Force, USAAF was returning to Langford Lodge (USAAF Station 597) in Northern Ireland after delivering radio equipment to Liverppol Airport in Speke. The aircraft was flown by 2nd Lieutenant Joseph E Lowe and 1st Lieutenant John L Pearce of the Signals Corps as a passenger. The weather at the time of take of was not good with icing at 1,500 feet and visibility about a mile.
The aircraft headed out across the River Mersey to avoid the Liverpool defences. The pilot had to fly down to 800 feet as the cloud base lowered. As the aircraft was not fitted with radio he had to maintain visual contact with the ground, however he was forced to climb up through clouds to clear barrage balloons that were in the area and then the aircraft suddenly crashed at 13:45 hours into the 1,450 feet high Fron Hen Mountain, Clwydian Range, Llanferres, Denbighshire in North Wales.
The aircraft was completely wrecked but the crew survived with major injuries and were taken to the hospital at RAF Sealand.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 38)
2. http://www.south-lancs-aviation.bravepages.com/R-6179.htm
3. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?p=51574
4. https://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/tourist-attractions/Mountains/Wales12260.htm
5. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20312
6. https://www.walesdirectory.co.uk/G_Maps/attmap.php?id=12260
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2015 09:38 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2017 22:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 18:59 | DB | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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