ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140280
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| Date: | Friday 18 July 1952 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AIRZ |
| MSN: | 2816 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kayl, 2 mi SE of Esch-sur-Alzette -
 Luxembourg
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Elstree Airport, Elstree, Hertfordshire (ETR/EGTR) |
| Strasbourg (SXB/LFST) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
G-AIRZ: c/no. 2816 (ex RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford HN610). Registered 31.10.46 to British Overseas Airways Corporation, Hurn. (C of A 8654 issued 22.4.47). Re-registered 5.3.51 to Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd, Luton [later based at Elstree]; named "The Odyssey".
Written off (destroyed) when crashed into a hill at Kayl, two miles south east of Esch, Luxembourg 18.7.52, en route Elstree-Strasbourg, during an aerial photo survey mission. Pilot L.C. Sharling and photographer D.G. Darvell killed. Remains sold locally for scrap. Registration cancelled 10.4.53 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft".
Sources:
1. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AIRZ.pdf
2. https://ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/airspeed_oxford_&_consul.pdf
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 220/50: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576838
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File BT 220/51: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C576839
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-kayl-2-killed
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayl
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2011 12:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Jul-2017 21:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2017 21:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2019 22:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source] |
| 17-Dec-2019 22:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Nov-2022 02:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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