On 9 January 1942, an Oxford aircraft ID No. X6657 of 4 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit, RAF, crashed into a builder’s hut at Lyneham.

Mr J Bennett, Mr D Anderson, Mr P Moriarty, civilian workmen were killed instantly. Sergeant Thomas Gill Smith, Mr T McTique, Mr T Joyce, Mr C Mahoney were injured. Subsequently the pilot, Sergent Thomas Gill Smith, died of his injuries.