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| Date: | Tuesday 7 November 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 11 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | P1845 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Wrekin, 5 miles West of Telford, Shropshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Shawbury, Shropshire |
Airspeed Oxford Mk.II P1845, 11 FTS, RAF Shawbury: Written off (destroyed) 7/11/39 when flew into a hillside in bad visibility, near the summit of the 407-metre (1,335 feet) hillside of The Wrekin, five miles west of Telford, Shropshire. (at approximate co ordinates 52.66843°N 2.55153°W) One of the crew of two was killed, one was injured:
Pilot Officer George Hugh Hamilton Coates (Service Number 42333, aged 18) killed
Pilot Officer William Oliver Cramer injured
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2430792/coates,-george-hugh-hamilton/
3. http://www.witchphotographer.com/shop/most-popular/wrekin-and-the-ghost-spitfire/
4. http://www.shropshirehillsaonb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Wrekin-Arch-Report.pdf
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrekin
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148580315/george-hugh_hamilton-coates
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2018 20:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-Apr-2018 20:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
| 09-Oct-2022 17:41 | Lipatov Sergey | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
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