Tag: Cranwell

 

Airspeed Oxford

2nd September 1941
Oxford Mk.I V3210
RAFC, RAF
Nr Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire

The pilot was carrying out a solo cross country navigation flight from the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell, he had flown above cloud cover and while descending back down … Continue reading “1941-09-02|Oxford Mk.I|V3210|RAFC, RAF|Nr Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire”

Tiny fragments of wreckage found at the crash site of Airspeed Oxford L4601 on Shutlingsloe, Wildboarclough, Cheshire

4th April 1945
Oxford Mk.I L4601
No.17 SFTS, RAF
Shutlingsloe, Wildboarclough

The aircraft was being used for a day cross country flight from RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire. The aircraft had taken off from Cranwell at about 09:30 and had flown for … Continue reading “1945-04-04|Oxford Mk.I|L4601|No.17 SFTS, RAF|Shutlingsloe, Wildboarclough”