Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Kayl: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1952
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AIRZ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Elstree – Strasbourg
MSN:
2816
YOM:
1946
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While flying at low height on an aerial photography mission, the twin engine aircraft hit the top of a hill and crashed near Kayl, south Luxembourg. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
L. C. Sharling, pilot.
Passenger:
D. G. Darvell, photographer.