ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141526
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 85 Gp CF RAF |
| Registration: | R6147 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | B.58 Melsbroek Airfield, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Airbase B.58. Melsbroek, Brussels, Belgium |
Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk.II R6147: delivered August 1940. RAF service with 1 (P) FTS, 16 (P) FTS, 2 (P) AFU, 3 (P) AFU, 256 Squadron, 4 Delivery Flight, and 85 Group Communications Squadron.
Destroyed Janaury 1, 1945 during German air raid while parked at B.58 Air Base, Melsbroek, Brussels, Belgium during "Unternehmen Bodenplatte" or "Operation Baseplate". No fatalities reported, as it is believed that the Airspeed Oxford was empty (unoccupied) at the time
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-R9999, (James J. Halley, Air Britain, page 39, published 1996
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bodenplatte#Brussels-Melsbroek
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 12:50 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 02-Aug-2017 20:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 09:03 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Jun-2022 05:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 11-Nov-2022 19:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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