Built in large numbers from 1938 at a number of factories, the Airspeed Oxford was a successful military training aircraft, remaining in RAF service until 1956. It offered versatility, and was used by units ranging from the Flying Training Schools in the UK and overseas to Beam Approach Training Flights as well a wide range of Communication Flights. Many operational squadrons employed one or more Oxfords as ‘hacks’ and Station Flights operated Oxfords for many years. They also went in large numbers to serve in South Africa, Australia, Canada, Rhodesia and New Zealand, where crews for the RAF received their training under better conditions than at home!After the war, large numbers of Oxfords were sold on for use by foreign air forces, or for conversion to civil Oxfords or simply for scrap. With the Korean War came an influx of trainees and a resurgence in Oxford flying. Only with that conflict over did service life of the famous ‘ Oxbox’ finally end. The full story of the original Airspeed Envoy and the civil Consul variant is presented here. Scores of new b&w photographs richly illustrate this 288-page example in Air-Britain’s renowned File library. ISBN 0-85130-289-0 First Published 2001 by Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 12 Lonsdale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 1PA, England. Click here to visit the Air-Britain Website 
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