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Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Chapel-en-le-Frith

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
V3210
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
MSN:
2877
YOM:
1940
Location:
Chapel-en-le-Frith
Derbyshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Cranwell on a solo training exercise. After he completed the flight above the clouds, he started the descent back to the base. Flying in clouds, the airplane crashed into a hill located near Chapel-en-le-Frith. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot was injured.
Crew:
LAC Brian C. Forsdick, pilot.
Probable cause:
It was reported that the pilot failed to follow the instruction not to fly above the clouds.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.50 Heyford III near Chapel-en-le-Frith: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.50 Heyford
Operator:
Registration:
K6875
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Leconfield - Leconfield
Location:
Chapel-en-le-Frith
Derbyshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Leconfield on a night training exercice. While cruising over the Peak District National Park, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions when the airplane impacted the slope of the Bloadlee Bank Tor near Chapel-en-le-Frith. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Newton William Baker,
Sgt James William Barker,
Sgt Charles Patrick Dugald McMillan,
AC1 Eric James McDonald,
AC1 William Henry Gray,
AC2 Ernest John Musker.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
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