On 22nd October 1942 this No.15 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit aircraft was parked at Acaster Malbis airfield when it was struck while parked by Oxford EB985 while the latter was attempting an overshoot following a poor approach for a landing. A member of ground crew was inside X7262 at the time carrying out a daily inspection and sustained injuries as a result of this incident.
Groundcrew - AC2 Gilbert Nevin Fox RAFVR (1531943). Injured.
Oxford EB985 was built to contract B.66827/40 by Airspeed Ltd. at Christchurch and was awaiting collection in June 1942. After a short period of MU storage it was taken on charge by 15 (P)AFU on 4th July 1942 who were based at Leconfield. 15 (P)AFU used Acaster Malbis airfield as one of their satellite airfields. As a result of the crash there on 22nd October 1942. As a result of the crash at Acaster Malbis on 22nd October 19432 the damage was assessed as being Cat.B/FA and it was taken away by road the following day for a repair in works. Damaged must have been quite minor as it was back in service within five weeks. On 1st December 1942 it was taken on charge by the Station Flight at Halton where it remained until 18th June 1943 when it was transferred to the Station Flight at White Waltham. On 14th July 1943 it returned to the Station Flight at Halton. On 13th October 1943 it was transferred to T.T.C.C.F. at White Waltham (Technical Training Command Communication Flight) On 5th May 1944 it was transferred to the Station Flight at Carew Cheriton but on 8th July 1944 it was transferred again to the Station Flight at Halton. On 16th September 1945 it was placed in long term MU storage pending disposal. On 5th June 1947 it was transferred to The Royal Norwegian Air Force as "V-AR". It appears not to have been used by the RNoAF and spent it's time in storage. In 1951 it was sold to the civilian market in Sweden and initially carried the registration "SE-XAA" but was re-registered as "SE-BTC" a few weeks later. In May 1952 it was converted to a Consol. On 1st March 1953 it suffered an engine failure and was belly landed at Eskilstuna. After repair it was again damaged on 11th December 1953 at Bromma and was again repaired. In June 1956 it was modified for photographic survey work which involved changing the nose to contain glass panels. In December 1959 the Swedish registration was cancelled and it was sold to a Danish owner in Copenhagen being registered as "OY-FAU" in 1960. On 27th November 1962 it suffered the undercarriage collapse while parked at Kastrup, Copenhagen, after this the aircraft was deemed beyond repair and the registration was cancelled on 8th February 1963.