Incident Airspeed Oxford Mk II N4802,
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Date:Sunday 11 August 1940
Time:night
Type:Airspeed Oxford Mk II
Owner/operator:2 SFTS RAF
Registration: N4802
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bampton, near RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Approach
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire
Destination airport:RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire
Narrative:
Airspeed Oxford Mk.II N4802, 2 SFTS, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit trees on night approach to RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, and aircraft came down at Bampton

Sources:

1. RAF Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1977 p 26)
1. The Oxford, Consul & Envoy File (John F Hamlin, Air Britain, 2001 p 75)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jan-2012 11:04 Uli Elch Added
28-Jun-2019 20:51 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
30-Jun-2019 11:02 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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