Accident Airspeed Oxford Mk II V3744,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 182699
 
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Date:Friday 30 July 1943
Time:
Type:Airspeed Oxford Mk II
Owner/operator:410 (Cougar) Sqn RCAF
Registration: V3744
MSN: 3245
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wroxhall, 3 miles north of Hatton, Warwickshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Coleby Grange, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Oxford V3744: Took off for a navigational flight. 30/07/1943
Dived into the ground at Wroxhall or Wroxall, Warwickshire.
Crew:
F/O (J/5142) Elbert Alonzo MURRAY (pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (126.814) Peter Ronald Benjamin LITTLEWOOD (obs.) RAFVR - killed

Sources:

1. ORB 410 Sqdn RCAF
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1943.htm
3. http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2358949
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=90234

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Dec-2015 10:47 Nepa Added
06-Aug-2017 20:03 Dr. John Smith Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
17-Oct-2021 08:53 rvargast17 Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2022 21:50 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator]

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