Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford at Woodbourne AFB: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 20, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NZ1226
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Woodbourne - Woodbourne
MSN:
2606
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was engaged in a night training flight. Shortly after take off from Woodbourne Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed five km from the airfield, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.
Crew (2nd SFTS):
LAC Felix Ulenberg, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I on Mt Gatland's Fell: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 19, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AT478
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
3714
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RAF Millom on a transit flight with three crew members on board. While cruising in bad weather conditions, it impacted the slope of Mt Gatland's Fell located in the Lake District National Park. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Richard Anthony Leslie White, pilot,
LAC Stanley Harold Bingham, observer,
LAC Eric Edward Claridge, observer.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford near Longnor: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941 at 1205 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V3626
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Spitalgate - Spitalgate
MSN:
3168
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was performing a solo training flight out from RAF Spitalgate. En route, he lost his orientation due to poor weather conditions. Probably to determine his position, he decided to reduce his altitude when the airplane impacted the ground and crashed in Fawside Edge, near Longnor. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and the pilot was killed.
Crew (12th SFTS):
LAC Raymond Henry Wattie Dix, pilot.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I on Mt Caw Fell: 2 killed

Date & Time: Nov 2, 1941 at 0955 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AT486
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Millom - Millom
MSN:
3722
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a cross country navigation exercise and departed RAF Millom in the morning. While flying in clouds, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Caw Fell located 8 km southeast of Ennerdale Bridge. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Charles-André Des Baillets, pilot,
LAC Henry Hodgkinson, observer.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at Woodbourne AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NZ1263
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Woodbourne - Woodbourne
MSN:
574
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight for the second Army Training School. Shortly after takeoff, while climbing to a height of some 500 feet, the twin engine aircraft stalled, hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located 200 metres past the runway end. Both pilots were killed.
Crew (2nd ATS):
LAC Wylie Hoog, pilot,
LAC Harry Roughton, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near North Battleford: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 17, 1941 at 1115 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AS490
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
North Battleford – North Battleford
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Captain / Total flying hours:
170
Captain / Total hours on type:
51.00
Circumstances:
The crew departed North Battleford on a training exercise. The airplane was flying low and made a very steep bank to the right, as a result of which wither it stalled and nosed into the ground or the pilot over-corrected when levelling out and touched ground with the port wing and so caused the aircraft to crash some 12 miles south of North Battleford. The airplane was destroyed and both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpl F. A. Mitchell, pilot,
Cpl T. E. E. Leahy, pilot.
Probable cause:
Deliberate unauthorized low flying.
Final Report:

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II at RAF Cranwell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P1080
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
MSN:
PAC.0011
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 at RAF Cranwell when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons west of the airbase. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
LAC Joseph Leo Coen, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Waitara: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NZ1238
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Ohakea - Ohakea
MSN:
2659
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Ohakea AFB on a navigation training exercise. While cruising over the area of Waitara and completing a turn, the crew lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed on the slope of a hill, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and both pilots were killed.
Crew (3rd ATS):
F/Lt Harold Wiles,
LAC Norman Wilson.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Grantham: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941 at 2119 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AB767
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Spitalgate - Spitalgate
MSN:
PAC.219
YOM:
1941
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Spitalgate on a night training exercise. While cruising over the city of Grantham, the airplane collided with a German Air Force Junkers JU.88. Both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed. The Oxford crashed at Dysart Road in Grantham and the JU.88 crashed near Barrowby, west of Grantham. All five crew members in both airplanes were killed.
Crew:
Cpl Samuel John Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Daye Graham, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near RAF Fulbeck

Date & Time: Oct 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V4033
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Waddington on a solo training exercise. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot was instructed to bail out. He abandoned the airplane that entered a dive and crashed east of RAF Fulbeck. The pilot was uninjured.
Probable cause:
Aircraft abandoned due to poor weather conditions.