Airspeed AS.10 Oxford crash, Jan 3, 1943 (1 killed), Camb...
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford accident on January 3, 1943 near Cambridge Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom with 1 fatality. Cause: An engine failed shortly after...
- Date: January 3, 1943
- Aircraft: Airspeed AS.10 Oxford
- Location: Cambridge Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: An engine failed shortly after takeoff from Cambridge, and the aircraft struck a tree before coming down on a house.
An Airspeed Oxford of No 5 Ferry Pilots Pool, Air Transport Auxiliary, was destroyed at Cambridge on 3 January 1943. The pilot, Second Officer Irene Arckless, was killed, and there were no casualties on the ground.