Airspeed AS.10 Oxford crash, Dec 19, 1943 (2 killed), Wig...

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford accident on December 19, 1943 near Wigram AFB (Christchurch) Canterbury Regional Council, New Zealand with 2 fatalities.

An RNZAF Airspeed Oxford training aircraft from No 1 SFTS at Wigram crashed near the airfield on 19 December 1943 after entering a dive during a steep turn. Both occupants, Flight Sergeant Douglas McDougall and WAAF Marion Young, were killed. The aircraft was written off as damaged beyond repair.

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