Airspeed Airspeed Oxford Is at 14 FTS include N4587, N4340 and P1927 (No 19). Next in line (No 26) is minus the dorsal turret.

 

AIRSPEED AS.10 OXFORD - Developed from the Airspeed Envoy to meet Specification T.23/36, the AS.10 was named Airspeed Oxford in January 1937 and became the RAF's standard multi-engined trainer throughout WWII. Powered by two 375 hp Cheetah Xs, the first Airspeed Oxford flew at Portsmouth on June 19, 1937, and production deliveries to the RAF began in November 1937, in two versions: Mk I general purpose, bombing and gunnery trainer with provi-sion for an AW dorsal turret mounting one 0.303-in (7.7-mm) Vickers K gun; and Mk II pilot, navigation and radio trainer, without turret provision. Airspeed Oxford Mk V (AS.46) was as Mk II, with 450 hp R-985-AN6 Wasp Junior engines. Mk III was a single prototype in March 1940 with Cheetah XV engines and Rotol con-stant-speed propellers, and Mk IV was projected pilot-training version of Mk III. Undesignated experimentals included one (AS504) with 250 hp Gipsy Queen in-line engines, one (N6327) with twin fins-and-rudders and one (L4539) with McLaren 'drift-correcting' under-carriage to counteract crosswinds during landings. Production contracts totalled 8,751, of which 165 are believed cancelled before completion: Airspeed built 4,411 at Portsmouth and 550 at Christchurch; de Havilland built 1,515 at Hatfield; Standard Motors 750 at Coventry and Percival 1,360 at Luton, final delivery being made at Portsmouth on July 14, 1945. RAF use included, in addition to training, such duties as communications, air experi-ence, air ambulance and radar calibration. A few operated as light bombers carrying 20-Ib (9.1-kg) bombs during Iraqi rebellion at Habbaniya, May 1941; later, Airspeed Oxfords of RNZAF adapted to carry 250-lb (114-kg) bombs for defence against possible Japanese invasion of New Zealand. RNZAF received 297 Airspeed Oxfords from 1938 onwards; more than 500 to South Africa and Southern Rhodesia for the Empire Pilot Training Scheme; 25 Mk Is supplied to RCAF followed by 606 RAF Mk Is and Us and 188 Mk Vs used in Canada at Service Flying Training Schools, etc; 391 to RAAF from 1940 onwards for EATS schools; others served with RAF in Middle East, with USAAF in Europe, and with Portuguese and Free French Air
Forces. Data for Mk II.

Max speed, 188 mph (301 km/h) at 8,300 ft (2,530 m). Rate of climb at 6,300ft (1,920 m), 960 ft/min (4.9 m/sec). Service ceiling, 19,500 ft (5,945 m). Endurance, 5'/2 hrs. Gross weight, 7,600 Ib (3,447 kg). Span, 53ft 4 in (16.25 m). Length, 34ft 6 in (10.50 m).