Date:	Wednesday 19 July 1944
Time:	night
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	16 (Polish) SFTS RAF
Registration:	PG994
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Near Normanton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire (EGXN)

Narrative:
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk.I PG994: Shortly after take off from RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Normanton-on-Trent, Notinghamshire. All three crew members, Polish citizens, were killed. They were engaged in a night training exercise.

Crew of Oxford PG994

Warrant Officer (P.780164) Stanislaw Mierniczek (29) Polish Air Force,
Flt Sgt (P.794710) Bogdan Koper (24) Polish Air Force, and
L/AC (P.704806) Ignacy Tomarzewki (21) Polish Air Force.
R.I.P.

All three men are buried in Newark-on-Trent Cemetery.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. RAF Casualties-1944
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1944/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-i-in-normanton-on-trent-3-killed/]
4. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/PolishHonourRollDatabaseSearch/?q=Tomaszewski
5. http://www.polishairforce.pl/_cmnewark.html (Polish text)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Sep-2013 08:04	JINX	Added
28-Sep-2014 21:41	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
31-Jul-2017 21:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Dec-2018 17:54	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]