Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in East Grinstead

Date & Time: Sep 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
V4041
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Waddington - Waddington
Location:
East Grinstead
West Sussex
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training exercise out from RAF Waddington when he was forced to make an emergency landing for unknown reasons. The airplane crash landed in East Grinstead, ran into a hedge and came to rest. There were no injuries among the crew.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 in East Grinstead

Date & Time: Jan 26, 1929
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.60 Moth
Operator:
Registration:
G-EBQY
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Stag Lane - Stag Lane
MSN:
376
YOM:
1927
Location:
East Grinstead
West Sussex
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 Arthur Leonard Monger departed Stag Lane on a local solo training flight. En route, the engine failed. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a frozen pond. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was slightly injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
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