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| Date: | Thursday 15 May 1941 |
| Time: | 14:55 LT |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 2 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ1276 |
| MSN: | 2681 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea off the Awatere River, Marlborough -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Woodbourne |
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mark II. Built by de Havilland Ltd, Hatfield, England with RAF Serial R6217. Struck off RAF charge 24 May 1940. Brought On Charge with Unit No.1, RNZAF Hobsonville on 2 July 1940. Test flown at No.2 SFTS, Woodbourne on 09 August 1940 still as R6217. RNZAF Serial NZ1276 applied later.
Written off 15 May 1941 when Oxfords NZ1246 (c/n 2674) and NZ1276 (c/n 2681) of No.2 Service Flying Training School collided in the air over Cloudy Bay during formation flying practice.
Leading Aircraftman J. Fox was injured when he made an emergency landing on the beach in NZ1246.
LAC Alec Haigh was killed when NZ1276 dived into Cook Strait near the mouth of the Awatere River.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft R1000-R9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1980 page 38)
2. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzoxford.htm
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-new-zealand-1-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2009 03:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Sep-2009 13:09 | angels one five | Updated |
| 05-Oct-2010 20:43 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Damage, ] |
| 20-Dec-2012 11:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Dec-2012 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 26-Sep-2013 02:43 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Aug-2014 09:41 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Aug-2017 17:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2019 15:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 16-Dec-2021 03:48 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Feb-2022 04:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 13-Feb-2022 05:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 24-Feb-2025 07:41 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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