ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151039
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| Date: | Thursday 11 December 1941 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College |
| Registration: | T1052 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Roxholme Hall, Seaford, Ruskington, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.I T1052 of the RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (destroyed) 11 December 1941. En route, the twin engine aircraft collided with a pair of Spitfires at 1,400 feet south-east of Wellingore, an RAF station in Lincolnshire. The exact Spitfire involved was AD291 "VZ-H" of 412 Squadron, RCAF. The pilot of the Oxford attempted to divert to RAF Cranwell for an emergency landing but the aircraft crashed on final approach at Roxholme Hall, Seaford, Ruskington, Lincolnshire. The pilots of both aircraft were killed.
Crew of Oxford T1052:
L/AC Ernest Aubrey Griffin, (1314735) RAFVR, pupil pilot under training, killed.
The pilot of Spitfire AD291 was Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, RCAF, who is famous for the poem "High Flight" which he wrote in August-September 1941
Sources:
1. RAF Casualties-1941.
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-roxholm-1-killed/]
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59983876
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=9477
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?112794-A-tribute-to-John-Gillespie-Magee-%96-%91The-Pilot-Poet%92&p=1830012
6. https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/supermarine-aviation-works-ltd/
7. http://www.bcar.org.uk/new1941-incident-logs#dec
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee_Jr.#Death
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2012 01:49 | angels one five | Added |
| 08-Aug-2017 17:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2017 17:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2019 16:08 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Dec-2019 18:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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