Date:	Monday 21 April 1941
Time:	day
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	4 FTS RAF
Registration:	L4649
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Habbaniya, Al-Anbar Province -   Iraq
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Habbaniya, Al-Anbar Province, Iraq
Destination airport:	RAF Habbaniya, Al-Anbar Province, Iraq

Narrative:
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.I L4689 of 4 FTS, RAF. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21 April 1941 when crashed shortly after take off from RAF Habbaniya, Al-Anbar Province, Iraq: while climbing, the twin engine aircraft stalled and crashed. Both pilots were seriously injured while the aircraft was wrecked.

One of the two persons on board - Warrant Officer John Osmotherley Barnes (RAF Service Number 364803) - reportedly died soon after (possibly later the same day) of injuries sustained (see links #3, #4 and #5)

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-habbaniya-afb-2/]
3. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/9.htm
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12970059
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty-details.aspx?cid=2169798&name=BARNES,%20JOHN%20OSMOTHERLEY

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Mar-2008 16:37	JINX	Added
09-Aug-2017 17:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
23-Nov-2018 18:42	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator]