Back to map Airspeed Oxford
Savernake Forest
This aircraft crashed three miles south-east of Marlborough on the edge of Savernake Forest about 1/2 mile south of Puthall Gate. Details of the aircraft and circumstances surrounding the cause of this crash are currently unknown.
Below
left: The crash site today looking west. The 'U' shaped gouge (centre of
picture) was created by the Oxford's fuselage as it slid across the woodland
floor.
Below right: Several items of wreckage recovered from a surface scan
of the site. The yellow coloured item is a piano-style hinge, possibly all that
remains of the inspection covers located on the underside of the fuselage near
the nose. See bottom picture.
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Copyright 2004 Roger Day