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Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford T1 in Wildboarclough: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 11, 1946 at 0945 LT
Type of aircraft:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
Operator:
Registration:
LX673
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Wheaton Aston - Wheaton Aston
Location:
Wildboarclough
Cheshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew left RAF Wheaton Aston in the morning for a training mission. About 37 minutes after departure, while cruising at a too low altitude in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and was destroyed. Both crew members were killed. The crew was flying at an insufficient altitude, maybe to maintain a visual contact with the ground.
Crew (21st AFU):
F/O David Fairless Oliver, instructor,
F/Sgt Eric Bulcock , pilot.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Wildboarclough: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Avro 652 Anson
Operator:
Registration:
N9858
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Ternhill - Ternhill
Location:
Wildboarclough
Cheshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Captain / Total flying hours:
109
Captain / Total hours on type:
36.00
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo navigation cross country exercise from RAF Ternhill when the twin engine airplane impacted the slope of a hill located near Wildboarclough. The pilot was killed.
Crew (10 FTS):
LAC Martin James Walton Taylor.
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