Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I near Bawdeswell: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 24, 1942 at 1600 LT
Operator:
Registration:
V4137
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Swanton Morley - Swanton Morley
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Swanton Morley on a training exercise. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine airplane collided in mid-air with a second RAF Oxford registered V4063 and also carrying a crew of two out from the same airbase. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and were destroyed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ben Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Stephen Harry Robinson, pilot.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ben Johnson, pilot,
Sgt Stephen Harry Robinson, pilot.
