Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

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L4649

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Takeoff (climb)

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Habbaniyah - Habbaniyah

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116

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1938

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The crew was engaged in a local training flight at Habbaniya AFB. After takeoff, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed. A crew was seriously injured and two others were killed. The next day, the only survivor died from injuries sustained.
Crew:
W/O John Osmotherley Barnes,
Cpl Edward James Myers,
LAC William Faulds McLeod.

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

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1941

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N6288

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Brize Norton - Brize Norton

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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

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P1893

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Brize Norton - Brize Norton

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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 Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Haversham: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1941 at 2220 LT

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N4572

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Plain, Valley

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Cranfield - Cranfield

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2412

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1940

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Captain / Total flying hours:

203

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The crew departed RAF Cranfield on a night training exercise. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in Haversham, killing both occupants.
Crew:
Sgt Roy Henry Mark Crook, pilot,
LAC Gregory William Lygo.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near RAF Fulbeck: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1941 at 2245 LT

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R6107

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Military

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Yes

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Cranwell - Cranwell

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The airplane was approaching RAF Cranwell when it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Fulbeck, west of the airfield. A crew was killed and a second was injured.
crew:
F/Lt Desmond Eernest Crosbie Trench, pilot, †
F/O D. M. Egan.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a German fighter.

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

Date & Time: Feb 15, 1941

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P1922

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Flight

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Yes

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Brize Norton - Brize Norton

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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.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II at RAF Alton Barnes: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 4, 1941

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P1081

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Alton Barnes - Alton Barnes

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PAC.0012

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1940

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The twin engine airplane was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Alton Barnes. It crashed on approach for unknown reasons, killing both pilots.
Crew:
Sgt Hector Ernest Bennett, pilot,
Sgt Frank Gordon Percy Shaw, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Cranfield

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1941

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L4568

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Takeoff (climb)

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Yes

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Cranfield - Cranfield

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1938

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The twin engine airplane crashed upon takeoff at RAF Cranfield for unknown reasons. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
P/O D. Wisdom,
LAC W. C. Bone,
LAC T. F. Wilmot,
LAC J. C. W. King.

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

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1941 at 0310 LT

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NZ256

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