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P8920

Oxford

Airspeed Oxford P8920, assigned to Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 9th Air Force USAAF.

Service

Units

Places

  • Middle Wallop

    Military site : airfield
    Planned as an RAF bomber station with a grass airfield, concrete perimeter track and hardstandings, Middle Wallop opened as a training base in April 1940, before construction was complete. Used as an RAF day-fighter and night-fighter base during 1940...

Events

Event Location Date
Crashed Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20, UK 16 April 1944

Taxiing accident Middle Wallop/Sta 449 Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt William H McWhorter, 16-Apr-44.

Hq 9AF
Manufactured Christchurch, Dorset, UK

Built at Airspeed.
Delivered England, UK

Delivered to RAF MU.
Assigned Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20, UK

Assigned to Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, 9th Air Force USAAF.
Nicknames
Not yet known
Production block number
Mk II
Manufacturer
Airspeed
Markings and paint scheme/livery
Not yet known

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
06 February 2016 17:48:58 Al_Skiff Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations, place associations and media associations
Sources

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=P8920

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