ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19561
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| Date: | Saturday 20 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford |
| Owner/operator: | 18 (P) AFU RAF |
| Registration: | LW863 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hillmorton, Rugby, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire |
| RAF Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire |
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford LW863 of 18 (P) AFU, Royal Air Force was written off (damaged beyond repair) on 20 January 1945 when it crashed at Hillmorton, Rugby, Warwickshire: The Oxford was operating a training flight from (and back to) RAF Snitterfield, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. En route, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a snowstorm.
Due to icing conditions, the captain ordered his co-pilot to bail out and attempted to make an emergency landing alone, but the aircraft went out of control, and eventually crashed in a wooded area near Hillmorton. While the co-pilot was unhurt, the captain was killed.
Crew of Oxford LW863:
Flying Officer D.J. Turner(Co-Pilot) RAFVR - baled out
Flying Officer (154503) Fred Waddingham (Pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1945/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-united-kingdom-1-killed-24/]
2. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1945.htm
3. https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/3546026
4. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Lincolnshire/Louth.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2008 03:39 | Nepa | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2017 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 19:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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