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| Date: | Wednesday 7 August 1940 |
| Time: | 22:45 LT |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ271 |
| MSN: | 493 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Woodbourne AFB, Marlborough -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woodbourne AFB, Blenheim, Marlborough |
| Woodbourne AFB, Blenheim, Marlborough |
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk I. Built by Airspeed Ltd, Portsmouth, England with RAF Serial P2004. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 4 May 1940 and assembled at No.1 Aircraft Depot. Allocated RNZAF Serial NZ271. Issued to No.2 SFTS, Woodbourne.
Writtten off (destroyed) when crashed at Woodbourne at 22:45 hours on 7 August 1940. The aircraft failed to gain altitude, crashing into the ground after stalling in a steep turn. Pilot - LAC Thomas Denbee - the sole person on board, was killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. http://www.baaa-acro.com/1940/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-woodbourne-afb-1-killed/
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/miscairdeaths.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2008 23:38 | angels one five | Added |
| 07-Aug-2009 03:10 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated |
| 17-Jan-2012 06:00 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2013 00:04 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jul-2014 04:38 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2017 21:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 26-Sep-2019 06:07 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Aug-2020 03:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 16-Jan-2022 04:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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