Date:	Thursday 31 July 1952
Time:	night
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	14 AFTS RAF
Registration:	EB746
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2.5 miles SE of RAF Holme on Spalding-Moor, East Yorkshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Yorkshire

Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford Mk.1 EB746, 14 AFTS (Advanced Flying Training School), RAF: Delivered to 14 AFTS 9-4-52. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31-7-1952: The pilot, the sole person on board, was completing a local training sortie at night at RAF Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. On final approach, while making a steep turn to port at low height, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a field two-and-a-half miles south east of the airfield. The pilot was killed.

Crew of Oxford EB746
Acting Pilot Officer (2527575) David Walter NODDER (pilot) RAF - killed on duty 31-7-1952 (see link #7)

The pilot had been promoted to the rank of Acting Pilot Officer with effect from 17-1-52 (see link #8)

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.132 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p.140)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.274
4. Royal Air Force Aircraft EA100-EZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1988 page 8)
5. 14 AFTS ORB (Operational Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/3/1952 to 30/4/1953: National Archvies (PRO Kew) file AIR 29/2157/4 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7162871
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-airspeed-as10-oxford-t2-raf-holme-spalding-moor-1-killed
7. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/52514
8. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39493/supplement/1536/data.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
28-Jan-2014 22:35	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
16-Mar-2017 00:15	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Mar-2017 00:15	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Source, ]
18-Oct-2018 14:50	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
11-Mar-2021 23:05	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, ]
18-Mar-2021 13:16	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
18-Mar-2021 13:17	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ]
18-Mar-2021 13:37	Werich26	Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, Operator, ]
18-Mar-2021 21:33	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Phase, Narrative, ]
19-Mar-2021 21:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative, ]
31-May-2024 20:52	Nepa	Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ]