Incident Airspeed Oxford V4173**,
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Date:Friday 28 April 1944
Time:
Type:Airspeed Oxford
Owner/operator:381st Service Sqn / 7th PR Gp USAAF
Registration: V4173**
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:USAAF Station 597, RAF Langford Lodge, Belfast, Northern Ireland -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:USAAF Station 234, RAF Mount Farm, Dorchester, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:USAAF Station 597, RAF Langford Lodge, Northern Ireland
Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford V4173**, assigned to 381st Service Squadron, 7th PRG, 8thAF, USAAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a landing accident at USAAF Station 597, RAF Langford Lodge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Aircraft was at the end of a flight from USAAF Station 234, RAF Mount Farm, Dorchester, Oxfordshire). Airframe sustained Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Robert W Dideriksen. Struck Off Charge 30 April 1944

**partial registration recorded - assumed probable identity from production serials.

Sources:

1. http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
2. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20316

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Oct-2012 05:43 Uli Elch Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Country, Destination airport]
05-Aug-2017 22:22 Dr. John Smith Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Aug-2017 22:23 Dr. John Smith Updated [Narrative]
21-Feb-2019 16:48 stehlík49 Updated [Operator]

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