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Date: | Wednesday 28 July 1954 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
Owner/operator: | Western Sector HQ Flt RAF |
Registration: | V4102 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | St. Mary's Airport, St. Mary's, Scilly Isles, off Cornwall -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Woodvale, Southport, Lancashire (EGOW) |
Destination airport: | St. Mary's Airport, Scilly Isles (EGHE) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Airspeed Oxford Mk.II V4102: RAF Service was as follows...
08/10/41: 1511 BAT (Blind Approach Training) Flight, RAF Upwood
02/10/43: 21 (P) AFU, RAF Babdown Farm (until 21/4/44)
26/11/46: 500 (County of Kent) Squadron, RAF West Malling, Kent (Coded "RAA-H")(until 1/3/48)
27/01/49: ITF (Instrument Training Flight) RAF Tangmere (coded "H")
10/08/50: ITF (Instrument Training Flight) RAF West Raynham (coded "H")
15/05/51: 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron, RAF Hooton Park, Cheshire (coded "H")
30/04/52: Western Sector HQ Flight, RAF Woodvale, Southport, Lancashire
28/07/54: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when undershot landing at St. Mary's Airport, St. Mary's, Scilly Isles, off Cornwall. Undercarriage collapsed, and aircraft collided with perimeter wall. No casualities or fatalities reported
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.161 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p,105)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.78
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Airport,_Isles_of_Scilly Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Apr-2020 18:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
18-Apr-2020 14:45 |
AlLach |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |