R6050
Airspeed Oxford R6050, assigned to 384th Service Squadron, 97th Service Group, 8AF USAAF. Crashed on take off after left engine quit. Pilot Harvey Mednick RTD.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 97th Service Group
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Bodney, Thetford, Norfolk IP26, UK | 9 March 1944 | Take Off accident Bodney/Sta 141 Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Harvey Mednick, 9-Mar-44. 384Ser 97SerG 367 8 |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK | 11 March 1944 | Struck Off Charge. |
Manufactured |
Christchurch, Dorset, UK | Built at Airspeed. | |
Delivered |
England, UK | Delivered to RAF MU. | |
Assigned |
King's Cliffe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8, UK | Assigned to 384th Service Squadron, 97th Service Group, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=R6050&Submit4=Go
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=95217
AAM DB Entry - Harvey Mednick