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Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Upper Heyford: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 19, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
AD831
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed near RAF Upper Heyford while completing a local training exercise. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O William Howard Corbett, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles William Davis Jr., observer,
Sgt Joseph Jossie Goldman, pilot,
Sgt Patrick Lally, wireless operator.

Crash of a Douglas A-20 Havoc I at RAF Abingdon

Date & Time: May 24, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
BT461
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The nose gear collapsed while taxiing at RAF Abingdon. There were no casualties and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
The nose gear collapsed while taxiing.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Oxford: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 4, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
N1467
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Abingdon - Abingdon
MSN:
1607
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Abingdon. While passing over the city of Oxford, the airplane suffered an engine failure. It first hi the western bank of the River Cherwell the slid up Linton Road and eventually crashed on a cottage. All three crew members were killed as well as one people on the ground.
Crew:
P/O Charles Nairn Small, pilot,
P/O William Alexander Munro Halley, observer,
Sgt John Alfred Mochan, wireless operator.
The person who wer killed on the ground was Frances Emma Hitchox.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V at RAF Stanton Harcourt

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1941 at 0100 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N1411
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stanton Harcourt - Stanton Harcourt
MSN:
1565
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Stanton Harcourt. Following a circuit in the vicinity of the airbase, the crew initiated the approach at night. Upon landing, the airplane bounced and the crew attempted to go around when the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located one mile from the airfield. Two crew members were injured and a third was unhurt.
Crew:
P/O L. S. Davies,
Sgt H. J. Burton,
Sgt P. G. Brothers.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Yarnton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P1093
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Weston-on-the-Green - Weston-on-the-Green
MSN:
PAC.0024
YOM:
1940
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo training flight out from Weston-on-the-Green. An engine failed in flight, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in as pasture located in Yarnton. The pilot LAC Philip Pendlebury was killed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I at RAF Upper Heyford

Date & Time: Apr 17, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R9653
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Upper Heyford - Upper Heyford
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training exercise out from RAF Upper Heyford. Just after liftoff, the twin engine airplane was hit by an RAF Handley Page Hampden that was also taking off. The Anson went out of control and crashed near the airfield while the Hampden landed safely and was repaired.
Crew:
Sgt R. W Baxter, pilot +3.
Probable cause:
It was reported that the pilot of the Hampden, who was giving instruction to a trainee, admitted that he failed to see the Anson.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Brize Norton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N6288
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brize Norton - Brize Norton
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Brize Norton. On approach, the twin engine airplane collided with a second RAF Airspeed Oxford. Registered P1893, it was also engaged in a local training exercise with a pilot on board. Both airplanes dove into the ground and were destroyed, and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
LAC Lawrence Russell Horie, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Brize Norton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P1893
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brize Norton - Brize Norton
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo training flight at RAF Brize Norton. On approach, the twin engine airplane collided with a second RAF Airspeed Oxford. Registered N6288, it was also engaged in a local training exercise with a pilot on board. Both airplanes dove into the ground and were destroyed, and both pilots were killed.
Crew:
LAC George Norman Stickland, pilot.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I at RAF Bicester

Date & Time: Mar 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N5157
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bicester - Bicester
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training mission at RAF Bicester. For unknown reasons, the twin engine airplane crashed while circling in the vicinity of the airfield. All six crew members were injured.
Crew:
F/O Douglas Hickling Ivens, pilot,
P/O John Alfred Plumb, pilot,
Sgt Norman Joseph Ginlin, observer,
Sgt William Roy Meaker, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Henry Gray, wireless operator,
Sgt L. A. Froom, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P1922
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Brize Norton - Brize Norton
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a local solo training flight at RAF Brize Norton. While circling in the vicinity of the airbase, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field. He was injured.
Crew:
LAC J. S. J. Hamilton-Smartin, pilot.