Date:	Tuesday 26 August 1941
Time:
Type:	Airspeed Oxford Mk I
Owner/operator:	Iraq CF RAF
Registration:	L4650
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Baghdad West Airfield, Baghdad -   Iraq
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Habbaniya, Iraq
Destination airport:	Baghdad West Airfield, Baghdad, Iraq

Narrative:
Airspeed AS-10 Oxford Mk.I L4650, RAF Iraq Communications Flight: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26 August 1941 when the Undercarriage collapsed on landing at Baghdad West, Iraq. Aircraft went off the runway on its belly, and slid to a halt. No casualties reported among the two crew. Starboard oleo leg failed to lockdown. Pilot (Plt Off Vinson R.A. 42662 not to blame).

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1991)
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1941/archives/crash-of-an-airspeed-as-10-oxford-in-baghdad/]
3. http://www.skeetww2.co.uk/skeethist2.html
4.AM1180 (RAF air accident report card)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Mar-2008 16:41	JINX	Added
08-Aug-2017 20:07	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Aug-2018 17:46	Rafhabbaniya	Updated [Source, Narrative]
25-Nov-2018 16:34	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Jun-2019 07:45	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]