Aviation Research - Documenting aircraft losses of Bomber and Fighter Command during WWII in
South Northamptonshire, North East Oxfordshire and North West Buckinghamshire.
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During WWII many of the aerodromes around Brackley, South Northamptonshire were buzzing with activity. Aerodromes such as RAF Barford St John, RAF Bicester, RAF Chipping Warden, RAF Croughton, RAF Finmere, RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges, RAF Silverstone, RAF Turweston and RAF Upper Heyford were primarily used for the selection and training of crews on aircraft such as the Hampden, Blenheim, Wellington, Mosquito and Boston. Astonishingly there were in excess of 400 aircraft losses within a 15-mile radius of Brackley, involving these young crews and usually resulting in tragic loss of life.
The aim of this website is to:
Visits to the Public Records Office (PRO), Kew, and the Royal Air Force
Museum, Hendon, has provided most of the detailed information on aircraft losses
and the crews found here on Aviation Research. However, the
exact location of each crash site requires local knowledge. I would be
very grateful to hear from either former air crew or ground crew that served
locally, as well as local people that may have any
information regarding a particular crash site or any other local aviation
related information. If you have any information, regardless of how minor it may seem, please
contact me.
The information available on Aviation Research is only a fraction of my research, should you require any additional information, please feel free to contact me and I will do all I can to help.
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Date: 22nd December 2004
Links page updated.
Date: 15th June 2004
Updates and amendments to 17 Operational Training Unit Losses.
Date: 23rd January 2004
Details of the loss of 12 OTU Wellington III BK433 on 5th March 1943 now added to the articles section
Additions to 16 Operational Training Unit data.
Date: 16th January 2004
Alterations and Additions to 16 Operational Training Unit data.
Date: 2nd October 2003
New Guestbook added
17 Operational Training Unit Memorial added to The Memorials section.
Date: 29th September 2003
Uploading of 12 Operational Training Unit Data.
Google search facility added to Homepage.
Date: 8th September 2003
Secure 'additional information' area uploaded.
The Cemeteries updated.
Date: 26th August 2003
Links page uploaded.
Updating of 17 Operational Training Unit Data.
Date: 24th August 2003
www.aviationresearch.co.uk launched.
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