Oxfordshire

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Plain, Valley

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Bicester - Bicester

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The pilot was performing a solo training flight on behalf of the 108th Squadron. In flight, the twin engine aircraft collided with another RAF Avro 652 Anson I registered N5177 and carrying a crew of two. Both aircraft crashed in a prairie located in Weston-on-the-Green, some 6 km southwest of RAF Bicester. All three crew on both aircraft were killed.
Crew (108th Squadron):
F/O D. R. D. Green, pilot.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Bicester: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 19, 1939 at 1950 LT

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L1213

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Takeoff (climb)

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Bicester - Bicester

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8496

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1938

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Almost immediately after takeoff from RAF Bicester, the twin engine airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Dennis Charles Lamb.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Kidlington

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1939

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P4862

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9377

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1939

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Belly landed in Kidlington and was damaged beyond repair. There were no casualties.
Crew:
F/O D. Smith +2.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Upper Heyford

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1939

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P4841

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Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford

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9356

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1939

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The airplane crashed while taking from RAF Upper Heyford. There were no casualties.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Brize Norton

Date & Time: May 9, 1939

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Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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L4600

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Flight

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De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth

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Brize Norton - Brize Norton

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1938

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While on a local night training flight our from Brize Norton Airport, the crew was forced to attempt an emergency landing in a field following an engine failure. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and both pilots were unhurt.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80 in Chipping Norton

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1938

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The Plymouth & District Aero Club

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G-ABWZ

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Plymouth – Oxford-Kidlington

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2236

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1932

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The single engine aircraft crashed en route to Oxford-Kidlington for unknown reason. All three occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Upper Heyford

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1938

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Landing (descent or approach)

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L1144

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Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford

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8427

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1938

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The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Upper Heyford. The airplane made a belly landing after the undercarriage got jammed for unknown reasons. There were no casualties.

Probable cause:

Belly landing following undercarriage problems.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Shipton-under-Wychwood: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1938

Type of aircraft:

Avro 652 Anson

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L7929

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Flight

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Plain, Valley

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Little Rissington - Little Rissington

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Shipton-under-Wychwood

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United Kingdom

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Europe

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While flying in poor weather conditions, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed in Shipton-under-Wychwood, northwest of Oxford. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O John Goodhart Mason,
P/O Roderick Gordon James.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I at RAF Upper Heyford

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1938

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L1136

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