Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II in Woodchester: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 18, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P1078
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
PAC.0009
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a solo training exercise when the airplane collided with high tension wires and crashed near Woodchester. The pilot LAC Andrew O'Neil Wontner-Smith was killed.