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| Date: | Tuesday 23 January 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 8 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | L4669 |
| MSN: | 136 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off RAF Montrose, Angus, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Montrose, Angus |
| RAF Montrose, Angus |
Oxford L4669 was the last of the initial production batch 136 aircraft (c/nos. 1-136) ordered from Airspeed Ltd., Portsmouth, to contract 537876/36. Delivered between September 1937 and January 1939.
Destroyed 23 January 1940: The crew was performing a training flight with 8 FTS at RAF Montrose. En route, the aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea off Montrose.
Both crewmen were rescued while the aircraft was lost.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft L1000-L9999, published 1996
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-i-raf-montrose
3. http://britishaviation-ptp.com/airspeed_as10.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 12:37 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 24-Jul-2017 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 21-Mar-2019 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-May-2024 17:51 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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