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| Date: | Thursday 28 September 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 15 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | N4786 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Airspeed Oxford Mk.II N4786 15 FTS,RAF Lossiemouth: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/9/39 when hit by North American Harvard Mk.I N7086 which was taking off from RAF Lossiemouth, Morayshire. (The Oxford was static at the moment of impact). Both crew of Oxford N4786 killed:
Crew:
P/O Joseph Baxter Ellis (RAF) killed
P/O David Hill (RAF) killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.ancientfaces.com/person/joseph-baxter-ellis/163982389
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2451518/ellis,-joseph-baxter/
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2459894/hill,-david/
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2728-Early-RAF-Harvard-losses
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2018 17:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-May-2024 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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