Date:	Thursday 19 March 1953
Time:
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	Esk.722 Flyvevåbnet
Registration:	21-237
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Rydderknægten, 9 km NE of Rønne Airport (Bornholm Island), Hovedstaden -   Denmark
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Værløse, Denmark
Destination airport:	Rønne Airport (Bornholm Island), Hovedstaden, Denmark (EKRN)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Ex-RAF Airspeed AS.10 Oxford NJ372. Delivered to the Flyvevåbnet (Danish Air Force) 16 June 1947. Issued to ESK 722 at Kastrup/Værløse, near Copenhagen

Written off (destroyed) 19 March 1953: While descending to approach Rønne Airport, Bornholm Island, Hovedstaden, the twin engine aircraft went through a patch of fog when it struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area then into a cliff face at Rydderknægten, about nine km northeast of the airfield. Both crew members were killed.

Crew:
Captain N. B. Larsen,
Lt Bent Helge Stier Andersen.

1. Het vrije volk 19 March 1953, page 1
2. Het nieuwsblad voor Sumatra 21 March 1951, page 2
3. http://www.milfly.dk/pdf/oxford.pdf
4. http://drabssageridanmark.beboer2650.dk/html/danske_soldater_faldet_i_tjene1.html
5. http://minisoldater.dk/airforce/Oxford.htm
6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1953/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-i-near-ronne-2-killed/]
7. https://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/album%20dk.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Jan-2016 13:41	TB	Added
03-Jan-2016 14:30	TB	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
11-Jan-2016 18:02	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Narrative]
12-Jan-2016 19:56	TB	Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
26-Jul-2017 20:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Apr-2020 16:19	Reno Raines	Updated [Operator, Operator]