Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I off Aberystwyth: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1945 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PH480
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Brawdy - Brawdy
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Brawdy in the evening on an experimental night radar meteorological research flight. Aircraft was due to overfly a marker dropped into the sea taking readings at 100 feet intervals up to 1,500 feet using a radar altimeter to secure accuracy. At 0200LT, while descending to 200 feet, the aircraft impacted the sea. No recovery of bodies or wreckage proved possible. Aircraft and crew were from the RAF Radar Meteorological Flight based at Defford, but detached to Brawdy for this particular sortie.
Crew:
F/Lt Daniel Joseph Cotter, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur Edward Bedwell, navigator,
W/O Edward Moore, observer.
Source:
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=164

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Temple Guiting: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DF332
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility due to snow storm. While flying at low altitude, the twin engine aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located in New Barn Farm, Temple Guiting. All three crew members were killed.
Crew (3rd AFU):
F/O Gordon Alexander Aubrey,
P/O Thomas Gould,
Sgt Howard Bryant Montgomery.
Probable cause:
The accident may have been caused by a loss of control due to excessive ice or snow accumulation on wings and fuselage.

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

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1945 at 1220 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LW824
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wheaton Aston - Wheaton Aston
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Captain / Total flying hours:
128
Captain / Total hours on type:
29.00
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a training sortie from RAF Wheaton Aston. While performing steep turns at a height of some 2,000 feet, he lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in flames in a field. The pilot was killed. It is believed that the loss of control may have been caused by two unidentified RAF Spitfire that distracted the Oxford's pilot by making a quick pass from his position.
Crew (21st AFU):
F/O James Smellie.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Mt Shutlingsloe: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 4, 1945 at 1015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4601
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft left RAF Cranwell for a cross country navigation flight. Around 45 minutes later, the weather worsened with low clouds. To maintain a visual contact with the ground, the pilot decided to reduce his altitude when the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Shutlingsloe. Three crew members were killed while two others were injured.
Crew:
F/O Horace Keith Shawyer, pilot,
F/Lt Horace Garth Featonby, pilot, †
LAC Fred Roscoe, †
Cpl Albert Joseph Burd,
LAC George Fishwick. †
Probable cause:
Pilot error.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near Edale

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NM683
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Warboys - Warboys
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training sortie from RAF Warboys. While cruising at low altitude in poor visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Rushup Edge located southwest of Edale. The aircraft was destroyed and all four crew members were injured.
Crew (PFNT):
F/Lt Brian Gipson, pilot,
F/Lt Douglas Ivor Jones, copilot,
F/Lt William John Barclay, navigator,
F/O Victor Percival Skone-Rees, bomber.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in RAF Church Lawford: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 19, 1945 at 0950 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HN311
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Church Lawford - Church Lawford
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On approach to RAF Church Lawford, the twin engine aircraft was too low, hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area. Both crew members were killed.
Crew (1533 BAT):
W/O Frank Needham, pilot,
Sgt Eric Kershaw, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 I Oxford in RAF Church Lawford: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 4, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HN854
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Snitterfield - Church Lawford
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
On final approach, the crew decided to perform a go around. For unknown reason, the twin engine aircraft overshot, hit tree tops located at the end of the runway and crashed in flames in a wooded area. Both pilots were killed.
Crew (18th PAFU):
F/O Albert William John Lyons, pilot,
F/O Alexander Stephen Lees, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Hillmorton: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 20, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LW863
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Snitterfield - Snitterfield
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a snowstorm. Due to icing conditions, the captain ordered his second to bail out and attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft went out of control and eventually crashed in a wooded area. While the second pilot was unhurt, the captain was killed.
Crew (18th AFU):
F/O D. J. Turner, pilot,
F/O Fred Waddingham, pilot.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Wassell Wood: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 19, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AT655
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While cruising in a snowstorm, the pilot encountered a double engine failure and was forced to attempt an emergency landing. While trying to land, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. A crew member was killed while both other occupants were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt Norman Butler Worswick, pilot,
F/Sgt J. R. Payne,
F/O Frank Reid Miller. †
Probable cause:
Double engine failure.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Bredon Hill: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1945
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V3769
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While conducting a GEE exercise, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Micheal Larkin, pilot,
F/Lt Ivor Reginald Sims, observer,
Sgt George William Stafford, observer.