Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in The Wreckin: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 7, 1939
Operator:
Registration:
P1845
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Shawbury - Shawbury
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training sortie from RAF Shawbury. While cruising at low height in limited visibility, the airplane impacted the slope of a hill (407 metres high) located in The Wreckin, some eight km west of Telford. A crewman was injured while the second was killed.
Crew:
P/O George Hugh Hamilton Coates, †
P/O William Oliver Cramer.
Crew:
P/O George Hugh Hamilton Coates, †
P/O William Oliver Cramer.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
