Oxford AT620 at Holme on Spalding Moor airfield.

On 16th August 1943 this 1520 Beam Approach Training Flight aircraft was being flown on a beam approach training flight when the starboard engine failed in the air. The aircraft was force landed at Holme on Spalding Moor airfield with the undercarriage retracted. A repair on site was carried out by a team of contractors and this aircraft was test flown on 25th September 1943.

Pilot (Instructor) - P/O Peter Burrough Percival RAFVR (122233).

Pupil Pilot - Name unknown.


Peter Percival was posted to 1520 BAT Flight from 11 (P)AFU on 6th July 1943. He was posted to 1524 BAT Flight on 17th August 1943 (the day after this mishap at Holme on Spalding Moor).

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