ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141468
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1944 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | HQ Sqn / 445th BGp USAAF |
| Registration: | R6093 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USAAF Station 481, RAF Bottesford, 6.8 miles NW of Grantham, Lincs. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USAAF Sta 481 |
| USAAF Sta 124 / RAF Tibenham |
Ex-RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk.II R6093, delivered in August 1940. RAF service was with 14 SFTA and 42 OTU before transfer to the USAAF.
On 8 July 1944, USAAF station 481 (RAF Bottesford, 6.8 miles north-west of Granthan, Lincolnshire) time 08:30 local, Oxford II R6093 assigned to USAAF Station 124, 445th Bomb Group, HQ Flight 445th Bomb Group. Pilot Major Richard C. Harding, weather 3 miles visibliity, 2/10th cloud coverage. Cleared from AAF Stn. 481 to AAF Stn. 124.
On 8 July 1944 at 08:30 hours local time aircraft number R6093 was cleared from Station 481 (RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire) to Station 124 (RAF Tibenham, Norfolk) on a cross-country flight. While proceeding down the runway at 60 mph, the right tire blew out, causing the aircraft to pull to the right edge of the runway; approximately 5 feet from the edge of runway, the right landing gear collapsed causing the aircraft to do a half ground loop and skid on the right wing causing considerable damage to the right landing gear, right wing, aileron and propeller.
Aircraft initially declared as Cat.3(R) (=Repairable) but may have not been repaired, as the next known activity was on 7 March 1945, when it was struck off charge.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 38)
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?751-USAAF-RAF-aircrft-accidents
3. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Jul1944O.htm
4. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20347
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 10:53 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 05-Aug-2017 21:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2018 18:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2019 16:48 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2019 08:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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