Elstree – Strasbourg

On July 18, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Elstree – Strasbourg experienced a crash involving Airspeed AS.10 Oxford, operated by Hunting Aerosurveys, with the event recorded near Kayl All Luxembourg.

The flight was categorized as aerial photography and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While flying at low height on an aerial photography mission, the twin engine aircraft hit the top of a hill and crashed near Kayl, south Luxembourg. Both occupants were killed. Crew: L. C. Sharling, pilot. Passenger: D. G. Darvell, photographer.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AIRZ, MSN 2816, year of manufacture 1946.