R6179
Airspeed Oxford R6179, assigned to 7th Air Depot Group, 9AF USAAF. Returning to Langford Lodge in Northern Ireland after delivering radio equipment to Speke. A/C was flown by 2nd Lt Joseph E Lowe and 1st Lt John L Pearce of the Signals Corps as a passenger. The weather at the time of take of was not good with icing at 1,500 feet and visibility about a mile. A/C headed out across the River Mersey to avoid the Liverpool defences. The pilot had to fly down to 800 feet as the cloud base lowered. As the aircraft was not fitted with radio he had to maintain visual contact with the ground, however he was forced to climb up through clouds to clear barrage balloons that were in the area and then the aircraft suddenly crashed at 1345 hrs into the 1,450 feet high Fron Hen Mountain in Denbighshire, North Wales. The aircraft was completely wrecked but the crew survived with major injuries and were taken to the hospital at RAF Sealand. 3-Dec-42.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Air Depot Group
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Air Depot Group
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Crashed |
Denbighshire, UK | 3 December 1942 | Crashed into Fron Hen Mountain in Denbighshire, North Wales. Cat 5 damage. Pilot 2nd Lt Joseph E Lowe and 1st Lt John L Pearce badly injured. RTD. 3-Dec-42. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Langford Lodge, United Kingdom | 5 December 1942 | Struck Off Charge. |
Manufactured |
Christchurch, Dorset, UK | Built at Airspeed. | |
Delivered |
England, UK | Delivered to RAF MU. | |
Assigned |
Langford Lodge, United Kingdom | Assigned to 7th Air Depot Group, 9AF USAAF. |
Revisions
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=95216
AAM DB Entry.