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Date: | Thursday 9 July 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 10 AFTS RAF |
Registration: | PH132 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pontshill, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England, -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Pershore, Throckmorton, Worcestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Airspeed Oxford Mk.1, PH132, 10 AFTS (Advanced Flying Training School), RAF: Delivered to 10 AFTS Pershore on 9 October 1952. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9 July 1953: While conducting a training sortie and flying at low height, the twin engine aircraft hit overhead high tension cables and crash landed in a field at Pontshill, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Both occupants were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.146 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.167)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.308
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
5.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-pontshill 6.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1950-88.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross-on-Wye Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2013 12:53 |
JINX |
Added |
26-Jul-2017 19:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
06-Dec-2018 18:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
03-May-2021 16:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-May-2021 21:29 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |