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Date: | Wednesday 19 July 1944 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 16 (Polish) SFTS RAF |
Registration: | PG994 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Normanton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire (EGXN) |
Narrative:Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk.I PG994: Shortly after take off from RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Normanton-on-Trent, Notinghamshire. All three crew members, Polish citizens, were killed. They were engaged in a night training exercise.
Crew of Oxford PG994
Warrant Officer (P.780164) Stanislaw Mierniczek (29) Polish Air Force,
Flt Sgt (P.794710) Bogdan Koper (24) Polish Air Force, and
L/AC (P.704806) Ignacy Tomarzewki (21) Polish Air Force.
R.I.P.
All three men are buried in Newark-on-Trent Cemetery.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. RAF Casualties-1944
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1944/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-i-in-normanton-on-trent-3-killed/]
4.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/PolishHonourRollDatabaseSearch/?q=Tomaszewski 5.
http://www.polishairforce.pl/_cmnewark.html (Polish text)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2013 08:04 |
JINX |
Added |
28-Sep-2014 21:41 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
31-Jul-2017 21:38 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Dec-2018 17:54 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |