2.1.1917 | B.E.2d 5761, 66 Sqn, Filton |
Stalled and nose dived, Patchway, Bristol | |
2Lt Francis Ronald Bissicks (27) killed | |
2Lt Joseph Ernest Townsend (25) killed | |
2.1.17 | F.E.2b 4974, School of Aerial Gunnery, Hythe |
Engine failed; stalled, crashed and caught fire, Hythe | |
Lt Archibald John McWha (24) killed | |
Sgt George Wilkes (26) killed | |
4.1.17 | Avro 504A A470, 17 Reserve Squadron, Croydon |
Overshot into trees and overturned, near Croydon | |
Lt Alan Paddock Ravenscroft (24) died 16.1.17 | |
4.1.17 | B.E.12a A572, 63 Sqn, Cramlington |
Lost control and spun in on delivery flight, Howdon, near Wallsend | |
Lt William Maberly Fatt (24) killed (Canadian) | |
5.1.17 | Avro 504A A555, 63 Sqn, Cramlington |
Stalled and nose dived, Cramlington | |
2Lt John Maclellan Mowat (20) killed | |
10.1.17 | F.E.2d A1937, 46 RS, Bramham Moor |
Hit tree, crashed and caught fire, Bramham Moor | |
Capt Rowland Burdon (23) killed | |
Lt Frederick Harry Turner MC (20) killed | |
13.1.17 | F.E.2d A1945, 46 RS, Bramham Moor |
Failed to clear wood in snowstorm, near Aberford, Yorks. | |
2Lt Thomas Hugo French (21) killed | |
14.1.17 | Henry Farman F.20 A1183, 10 RS, Joyce Green |
Nose dived and crashed, Dartford | |
2Lt Vicat Scott Taylor (24) killed | |
2Lt Douglas Alwyn Rougier Chapman injured | |
17.1.17 | R.E.8 A3407, 42 RS, Hounslow |
Spun off flat turn after take-off, Hounslow | |
A Mech 2 Raymond Wilfred Stanley (26) killed | |
18.1.17 | F.E.2b 4899, 28 Sqn, Gosport |
Hit trees on approach and crashed, Dartmouth | |
Naval Cadet John Salusbury Riley (15) killed | |
Lt Roger Charles Bernard Riley injured | |
21.1.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7002, 7 RS, Netheravon |
Sideslipped and nose dived on turning, near Netheravon | |
Capt David Roy Jenkins (28) killed | |
23.1.17 | Avro 504A A490, 49 Sqn, Dover |
Nose dived and spun, Dover | |
Sgt John Bernard Hartnett (26) killed | |
2Lt Ellis Taylor Collins injured | |
23.1.17 | Bristol Fighter A3309, 38 RS, Rendcomb |
Spun after take-off, Charlton Park, Malmesbury | |
2Lt Beresford Frank Parsons (24) killed | |
2Lt Cyril Boyd Fenton injured (pilot, Australian) | |
24.1.17 | B.E.2e 6778, 15 RS, Doncaster |
Crashed after wing spar failed, Doncaster | |
Cpl William Robert Parker (38) killed | |
Lt James Henry Medcalf injured (pilot) | |
24.1.17 | R.E.8 7997, 59 Sqn, Narborough |
Spun from 400ft and caught fire, Farnborough | |
2Lt Philip Evans (22) killed | |
24.1.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A2392, 43 Sqn, Northolt |
Stalled and nose dived off climbing turn on take-off, Northolt | |
2Lt Henry Dansey Addis (23) killed | |
A Mech 1 Frederick Foott (33) died 29.1.17 | |
25.1.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2526, 4 RS, Northolt |
Stalled and nose dived on approach, Northolt area | |
Sgt Andrew Benjamin Price (26) killed | |
26.1.17 | R.E.8 A3173, 17 RS, Croydon |
Spinning nose dive turning after take-off, Croydon | |
2Lt Henry Norman Sharpe (21) killed | |
28.1.17 | S.E.5 A4562, Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough |
Wing failed in flight, Farnborough | |
Major Frank Widenham Goodden (27) killed | |
28.1.17 | Vickers E.S.1 7509, CFS, Upavon |
Sideslipped and nose dived, Upavon | |
Lt-Col George Aubrey Kennedy Lawrence DSO (25) killed | |
29.1.17 | B.E.2e A2747, Southern Aircraft Repair Depot, Farnborough |
Nose dived off steep turn avoiding trees after take-off, Farnborough | |
A Mech 2 Benjamin Hodgson (31) died 30.1.17 | |
2Lt Stephen Crosfield injured (pilot) | |
29.1.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A953, 8 RS, Netheravon |
Lost control and nose dived, Netheravon | |
Lt Hugh Bertram Hamilton Cox (23) killed | |
31.1.17 | Coastal airship C22, RNAS, Mullion |
Mechanic struck by propellor, Mullion | |
A Mech 1 William Harry Hart (23) killed | |
1.2.17 | D.H.2 7853, CFS, Upavon |
Sideslipped and nose dived from 150ft, Upavon | |
Lt John Edgar Taylor (22) killed | |
3.2.17 | R.E.8 A71, 42 RS, Hounslow |
Overbanked, nose dived and caught fire, Hanworth | |
2Lt Alexander Allan Gray MC (22) killed | |
6.2.17 | B.E.2e A2811, Southern Aircraft Repair Depot, Farnborough |
Came down English Channel en route to France | |
Sgt Frederick Hugh Lincoln (31) drowned | |
A Mech 2 William Peter Thompson (32) drowned | |
7.2.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A4102, 2 RS, Northolt |
Nose dived after engine failure, Northolt | |
Capt Eric Tom Farrow (19) killed | |
2Lt Mark Denman Draper (32) killed | |
7.2.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A4141, 24 RS, Netheravon |
Sideslipped and nose dived on first solo, Pewsey area | |
2Lt Arthur Jackson (18) killed | |
9.2.17 | B.E.2c 4509, 36 RS, Beverley |
Spinning nose dive soon after leaving ground; crashed in field, Beverley | |
Lt Robert Dykes Grossart (25) killed | |
10.2.17 | D.H.4 A2143, 55 RS, Yatesbury |
Engine failure; lost speed in turn and crashed near Solihull | |
Sub-Lt Walter Holden Legge (35) died 11.2.17 | |
12.2.17 | B.E.2c 7229, 63 Sqn, Cramlington |
Hit tree on forced landing, Walton, near Chesterfield | |
Lt William Henry Segrave (31) killed | |
12.2.17 | B.E.2c A8949, 18 RS, Montrose |
Stalled and nose dived, Montrose | |
2Lt Thomas Macmillan (23) killed | |
12.2.17 | B.E.2e 7246, CFS, Upavon |
Collision with Martinsyde A3939, Upavon | |
2Lt Gordon Ivor Wilson (20) killed | |
12.2.17 | Martinsyde G.102 A3939, CFS, Upavon |
Collision with B.E.2e 7246, Upavon | |
Lt George Trevor Brown (25) killed | |
16.2.17 | Avro 504A A1995, 13 RS, Dover |
Stalled and nose dived, Lympne | |
Lt Hercules Ralph Langrishe (29) killed | |
17.2.17 | ?, 50 Sqn, Harrietsham |
Missing on patrol between Dover and Ramsgate | |
Capt John Cameron Hume-Storer (32) killed (Canadian) | |
20.2.17 | D.H.2 5954, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled turning into aerodrome, Upavon | |
2Lt John Libby Fry (19) killed (Canadian) | |
21.2.17 | Bristol Fighter A3326, 48 Sqn, Rendcomb |
Crashed off sharp turn, forced down by bad weather and engine trouble, near Crudwell, Wilts. | |
2Lt Horace Charles Fry (22) died 23.2.17 | |
Lt Alfred Douglas Finney injured (pilot) | |
21.2.17 | F.E.8 6390, CFS, Upavon |
Damaged in landing attempt, spun and crashed, Upavon | |
Lt James Grieve (22) killed | |
21.2.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A921, 27 RS, Gosport |
Overturned on landing, Gosport | |
2Lt Asa Frederick Sheppard (24) died 23.2.17 | |
27.2.17 | D.H.2 A4994, CFS, Upavon |
Lost control in sharp turn, Upavon area | |
2Lt Harold Tom White (21) killed | |
27.2.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2221, 27 RS, Gosport |
Propeller broke and damaged wings; crashed inverted, Gosport | |
Sgt Henry James Liddell (34) killed | |
2Lt Charles Richard Needs (30) killed | |
27.2.17 | Nieuport 12 A3291, 65 Sqn, Wyton |
Stalled on turn, Wyton | |
Lt Walter Wingate Primrose (19) killed | |
28.2.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn 7372, 7 RS, Netheravon |
Stalled on turn, Netheravon | |
Capt James Leonard Thomas (26) killed | |
28.2.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter 7810, CFS, Upavon |
Broke up in dive, Upavon | |
2Lt Alan D'Arcy Sutherland (27) killed (Australian) | |
1.3.17 | B.E.2c 8620, RNAS, Cranwell |
Crashed, Cranwell; repaired | |
Flt Lt George Richard Gordon Daglish (27) killed | |
1.3.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2209, 12 RS, Thetford |
Nose dived and crashed, Thetford | |
Frederick Arnot Perraton (27) killed | |
1.3.17 | Vickers F.B.9 5288, 6 RS, Catterick |
Stalled and nose dived, Catterick area | |
2Lt John Alfred Hare (21) killed | |
Lt Walter Edward Birch injured | |
2.3.17 | B.E.2c 8626, RNAS, Yarmouth |
Wing failed in loop, Denes, Yarmouth | |
Flt Lt Edward Laston Pulling DSO (27) killed | |
Flt Sub-Lt John Eric Northrop (23) killed | |
3.3.17 | B.E.2c 4590, 20 RS, Wye |
Stalled, crashed and caught fire, Boughton Corner Farm, Bramble Lane, near Wye | |
2Lt Duncan Vincent Slattery (19) killed | |
8.3.17 | R.E.8 A3439, 37 RS, Scampton |
Crashed on forced landing due to engine trouble, Whissendine, Leics. | |
2Lt George Howard Boorne (23) died 28.3.17 (Canadian) | |
2Lt George Thornton Potter injured | |
8.3.17 | Short 184 8367, RNAS, Portland |
Failed to return from patrol, English Channel | |
Flt Sub-Lt John James de la Tour Fox (25) killed | |
A Mech 2 Robert Edward Gorman (19) killed | |
9.3.17 | R.E.8 A3440, 37 RS, Scampton |
Stalled in turn; destroyed by fire, near Scampton | |
2Lt Ebenezer King MC (24) killed | |
11.3.17 | D.H.2 A5051, 45 RS, South Carlton |
Spun into aerodrome, South Carlton | |
Lt Colin Smith (18) killed | |
11.3.17 | R.E.8 A3409, 42 RS, Hounslow |
Took off with controls locked, stalled and crashed, Hounslow | |
Lt Harold Leslie Lascelles (25) killed | |
12.3.17 | Curtiss JN-3 A5496, 16 RS, Beaulieu |
Spinning nose dive from 800ft, Beaulieu area | |
2Lt Ernest Hinchcliffe Wadsworth (23) killed | |
2Lt John Ralph Taylor injured (pilot) | |
12.3.17 | D.H.2 A2561, 6 RS, Catterick |
Wrecked after propeller lost, Catterick | |
2Lt James Ferguson (18) killed | |
12.3.17 | R.E.8 '4870', 37 RS, Scampton |
Spun after take-off and caught fire, Coventry | |
2Lt David Stross (24) killed | |
A Mech 2 Arthur William Giles (35) killed | |
12.3.17 | ?, RNAS, Cranwell |
Dived in after engine failure, Cranwell | |
Flt Sub-Lt Ronald Victor Knight (22) killed | |
13.3.17 | D.H.2 A4786, 10 RS, Joyce Green |
Spinning nose-dive, Deptford Marshes | |
2Lt Joseph Henry Ideson (25) killed | |
13.3.17 | D.H.4 A2125, 44 RS, Harlaxton |
Pilot walked into propeller, Harlaxton | |
Lt Leonard Murray (20) killed | |
13.3.17 | Short 184 9058, RNAS, Westgate |
Dived into sea, 1m off Cliftonville, Kent | |
Flt Sub-Lt Rowland Birks (23) killed | |
Ldg Mech Ernest Annelion Albert Rawson (32) killed | |
15.3.17 | Avro 504A A417, 51 RS, Wye |
Stalled attempting forced landing after engine failure, Wye | |
2Lt Frederick Edmund Hillebrandt (23) died 22.3.17 | |
2Lt Oliver Campbell Bryson injured (pilot) | |
15.3.17 | B.E.2e 7069, 56 RS, London Colney |
Collision with Bristol Scout, Shenley, Herts. | |
Lt Edward Reeves Mackey DCM (30) killed | |
2Lt George Stevenson Raine (24) killed | |
Lt William Janson Potts injured in Bristol Scout | |
16.3.17 | Bristol Fighter A3311, 38 RS, Rendcomb |
Stalled on approach and dived into the ground, Rendcomb | |
2Lt James Hope Walker (20) killed | |
17.3.17 | B.E.2c 7180, 78 Sqn, Telscombe Cliffs |
Wing hit ground while turning during night anti-Zeppelin patrol, Piddinghoe, Sussex | |
2Lt David Dennys Fowler (19) killed | |
18.3.17 | F.E.2b 4912, 28 Sqn, Gosport |
Stalled and crashed, Gosport | |
2Lt John James Emslie Gray (41) killed | |
2Lt Walter Scott Morrison (22) killed | |
18.3.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter 7807, 34 RS, Ternhill |
Tail broke recovering from dive, Ternhill | |
Lt Allan Wenman Smith (20) killed | |
21.3.17 | Bristol Scout D 5556, Testing Sqn, Martlesham Heath |
Stalled after engine failure, Ipswich | |
Lt Melville Richard Howard Agnew Allen (25) killed | |
23.3.17 | R.E.8 A3454, 28 RS, Castle Bromwich |
Nose dived and crashed, Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt William Moorwood Staniforth (32) killed | |
23.3.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1089, CFS, Upavon |
Midair collision with A6105, Upavon | |
Lt Alfred Pocock Long (29) killed | |
23.3.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A6105, CFS, Upavon |
Midair collision with A1089, Upavon | |
2Lt Philip Sellers (19) killed | |
24.3.17 | B.E.2c 1115, RNAS, Chingford |
Side slipped and nose-dived, Angmering, Sussex; repaired | |
Flt Sub-Lt Arthur Francis Harvey (18) killed | |
24.3.17 | D.H.1 A1612, 46 RS, Bramham Moor |
Stalled and nose dived on landing, Bramham Moor | |
2Lt Jean Auguste André Bouic (23) killed (Mauritian) | |
24.3.17 | Sopwith Triplane N5473, RNAS, Dover |
Broke up in dive out of cloud, Dover | |
Flt Sub-Lt William Smith Oliver (25) killed (Canadian) | |
26.3.17 | Nestler Scout, F C Nestler Ltd. |
Broke up in flight, Hendon | |
John Bernard Fitzsimons (20) killed | |
26.3.17 | S.E.5 A4857, 56 Sqn, Farnborough |
Lost control in blizzard, Crookham, Hants. | |
2Lt John Leask (25) killed | |
27.3.17 | Bristol Scout D A1749, 40 RS, Port Meadow |
Nose dived on forced landing, Cumnor, Oxon | |
Lt Ernest Donald Wallace (28) killed (Canadian) | |
29.3.17 | R.E.8 A3451?, 37 RS, Scampton |
Spun in and caught fire on delivery, Radford, Coventry | |
2Lt Arthur Boon (22) killed | |
30.3.17 | AW F.K.8 A2720, 50 RS, Narborough |
Stalled on turn, Narborough area | |
2Lt Allen Ingham Murphy (19) killed (Canadian) | |
3.4.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7099, 5 RS, Castle Bromwich |
Lost control in violent squall, Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt Walter Pilling (27) killed (Canadian) | |
3.4.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A894, O/C Ferry Pilots, Lympne |
Hit tree and crashed during snowstorm, Sandgate, Kent | |
Cpl Alfred Clark (29) died 1.6.17 | |
Lt Montague John Fenwick injured (pilot) | |
4.4.17 | Avro 504B B389, 69 Sqn, South Carlton |
Spun in, South Carlton | |
Cadet Harry Collier Warren (23) killed (AFC) | |
2Lt Claude Picton Lowry injured | |
4.4.17 | R.E.8 A3445, 15 RS, Doncaster |
Spun, crashed and caught fire, Doncaster | |
2Lt Alfred Ernest Venables (39) killed | |
6.4.17 | D.H.2 A2588, 45 RS, South Carlton |
Nose dived off steep turn, on aerodrome, South Carlton | |
2Lt William Hubert Peacock (21) killed (Canadian) | |
7.4.17 | Avro 504A A533, 43 RS, Ternhill |
Engine failure after losing way; hit civilians on landing, Ryecroft, Walsall | |
Frances Ann (Fanny) North (62) killed | |
Edna May Vass (10 months) killed | |
2Lt Thomas Sydney Lanyon Mann injured | |
Louisa Vass injured | |
9.4.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6815, 2 RS, Northolt |
Spinning nose dive from 2000ft, Northolt | |
Capt Stanley Edward Lukyn MC (22) died 10.4.17 | |
Capt William Robert Eric Harrison injured (pilot) | |
10.4.17 | Nieuport 12 A5187, 65 Sqn, Wyton |
Crashed off sharp turn, hit hangar and caught fire, Grantham | |
2Lt Hugh Howells (26) killed | |
10.4.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1113, 28 RS, Castle Bromwich |
Crashed out of snow cloud, Ullesthorpe, Leics. | |
Lt John Alexander Williamson (20) killed | |
Cpl Clifford Newton Ryder (24) killed (AFC) | |
11.4.17 | F.E.8 A4909, 45 RS, South Carlton |
Spun in during practice attack, South Carlton | |
Capt Philip Austin Kirkup (23) killed | |
13.4.17 | B.E.2e, 77 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Broke up in snowstorm, Reston, Berwickshire, Scotland | |
Major William Milne MC (28) killed | |
Lt George Edward Cleather Collinson (20) killed | |
15.4.17 | B.E.12a A576, CFS, Upavon |
Structural failure pulling out of dive, Upavon area | |
2Lt Horace Charles Henry Cooper (24) killed | |
15.4.17 | B.E.12a A6350, 77 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Crashed in river on delivery flight, River Nidd, near Knaresborough | |
Lt David Stevens Gibson Turnbull (26) killed | |
15.4.17 | Grahame-White XV 3610, RNAS, Chingford |
Overturned after engine failure on take-off, Chingford | |
Probationary Flight Officer Joseph Louis Lavigne (29) killed (Canadian) | |
Flt Lt Frederick Warren Merriam unhurt | |
15.4.17 | Maurice Farman Longhorn N5055, RNAS, Redcar |
Crashed on cross-country flight, between Egton Bridge and Goathland, Yorks. | |
Probationary Flight Officer Francis Holt Yates Titcomb (19) killed | |
16.4.17 | B.E.12a A611, 20 RS, Dover |
Blown over by gust of wind on take-off & burned, Dover | |
2Lt Stanley Morrell Johnson (18) died 25.5.17 | |
17.4.17 | R.E.8 A4571, 37 RS, Scampton |
Hit AW machine when taking off & dived into ground, Scampton | |
2Lt Hugh Pater (29) killed | |
2Lt John Manley injured (pilot) | |
Lt George Malcolm Clarke unhurt in AW | |
19.4.17 | D.H.1a A1627, 59 RS, Gosport |
Stalled and spun, Gosport | |
Lt Lee Thompson McLaughlin (22) killed | |
20.4.17 | D.H.1a A1625, 59 RS, Gosport |
Spinning nose dive after practice stall, Gosport | |
Lt Alexander Burns (24) killed (Australian) | |
21.4.17 | Coastal airship C17, RNAS, Pulham |
Shot down by German seaplane, east of North Foreland, Kent | |
Flt Sub-Lt Edward George Oliphant Jackson (26) killed | |
Asst Paymaster Raymond Alfred Price Warlters (32) killed | |
CPO Mech 3 Arthur Chivers (25) killed | |
Ldg Mech David Farquhar (25) killed | |
A Mech 2 John Monro (19) killed | |
22.4.17 | Sopwith Baby N1033, RNAS, Fishguard |
Hit cliff after take-off, Goodwick, Fishguard | |
Flt Lt Richard Eldon Bush (26) died 24.4.17 | |
23.4.17 | D.H.4 A2148, 51 RS, Wye |
Sideslipped off low turn, Wye | |
Lt Alec William Spence (21) died 25.4.17 | |
23.4.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7032, 26 RS, Turnhouse |
Collision with another machine, Edinburgh area | |
Lt John Rhys Joseph (18) killed | |
Capt Ernest Herbert Pullinger injured | |
2Lt William Donald Patrick unhurt in 2nd machine | |
2Lt Charles William Arkle unhurt in 2nd machine | |
23.4.17 | Coastal airship C11, RNAS, Howden |
Hit hilltop in fog, Oliver's Mount, Scarborough | |
A Mech 1 Percy Dear (22) died 28.4.17 | |
Flt Lt Edward Keith Henry Turnour injured | |
A Mech 2 Christopher Frederick Kidd injured | |
24.4.17 | Henry Farman F.20 A1214, 9 RS, Norwich |
Failed to flatten out on landing, Norwich | |
Cadet Thomas Meredith Allen (23) died 27.4.17 (AFC) | |
24.4.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn 7363, 2 RS, Northolt |
Side slipped, nose dived and caught fire, Yeading, near Northolt | |
2Lt Thomas Henry Norman Powell (22) killed (Australian) | |
24.4.17 | R.E.8 A3176, 42 RS, Hounslow |
Spun off turn and caught fire, Whitton Park, Hounslow | |
Lt Crugar Stanley Peach (20) killed | |
24.4.17 | R.E.8 A3187, 13 RS, Dover |
Stalled, nose dived and caught fire, Dover | |
2Lt David John Barnes (22) killed (Australian) | |
27.4.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7073, 24 RS, Netheravon |
Stalled and nose dived, Netheravon | |
Sgt-Major Harold Cecil Smith (22) killed | |
Sgt Joseph Chetwood (24) killed | |
28.4.17 | B.E.2c 8337, RNAS, Dover |
Sideslipped, hit building and caught fire, Dover | |
A Mech 1 Arthur Weavers (31) killed | |
Flt Lt Leslie Oswald Brown injured (South African) | |
29.4.17 | B.E.12a A4042, 56 RS, London Colney |
Low-flying; hit house and caught fire, Leigham Court Road, Streatham, London | |
Lt Frank Nelham Clark (19) killed | |
30.4.17 | Curtiss JN-3 A3280, 36 RS, Beverley |
Spinning nose dive out of cloud, Perth Street, Hull | |
A Mech 2 Herbert Young (39) killed | |
30.4.17 | Bristol Scout 1247 or N5419?, RNAS, Cranwell |
Wrecked, Cranwell area | |
Probationary Flight Officer Howard Eckhardt Grundy (24) died 1.5.17 (Canadian) | |
1.5.17 | D.H.2 7913, 6 RS, Catterick |
Spun off turn, Catterick area | |
2Lt Lawrence Edgar Baker (26) killed | |
1.5.17 | D.H.2 A2602, 10 RS, Joyce Green |
Collided with hut on landing, Joyce Green | |
Capt Harry Wadlow (22) killed | |
1.5.17 | F.E.2b 6975, 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, Turnberry |
Nose dived off sharp turn and caught fire, Turnberry | |
2Lt James Stevenson killed | |
Sgt Christopher William Henry Bowers (23) killed | |
1.5.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2193, 7 RS, Netheravon |
Stalled whilst spiralling and hit trees, near Grafton, Wilts | |
2Lt Lancelot John Gowar (19) killed | |
1.5.17 | S.E.5 A4865, Southern Aircraft Repair Depot, Farnborough |
Nose dived on approach, Farnborough | |
Flt Sgt Walter Eric Major Stidolph (22) killed | |
2.5.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2215, 12 RS, Thetford |
Sideslipped, dived into wood and caught fire, Thetford area | |
2Lt John William Purvis (29) killed | |
3.5.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7094, 47 RS, Waddington |
Nose dived on approach on first solo, Waddington | |
2Lt Craig Royston Marks (23) killed | |
4.5.17 | B.E.2c A9974, 18 RS, Montrose |
Spun, crashed and caught fire, Montrose | |
2Lt David Victor Foot (20) killed | |
4.5.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6883, 2 RS, Northolt |
Wings collapsed at 200ft, Northolt | |
Capt Malcolm Lyle Waine (24) killed (Canadian) | |
Cadet Georgei Vladimirovich Smirnov (19) killed (Russian Army) | |
4.5.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7029, 26 RS, Turnhouse |
Stalled trying to clear telegraph wires on first solo | |
2Lt George Mason (18) killed | |
4.5.17 | R.E.8 A3497, 37 RS, Scampton |
Spun off turn, Scampton | |
2Lt Richard George Turner (23) killed (Australian) | |
4.5.17 | R.E.8 A4192, 15 RS, Doncaster |
Spun after engine failure on take-off, Doncaster | |
2Lt Cyril Harvey Trollope (20) killed | |
2Lt Anthony Steel Caldwell (26) killed (Australian) | |
9.5.17 | Avro 504E 9283, RNAS, Chingford |
Crashed, Chingford | |
Flt Sub-Lt Douglas Eric Penney (22) killed | |
9.5.17 | Curtiss H.8 8664, RNAS, Tresco |
Fell in sea, 1m SW of Gugh, Scilly | |
Flt Lt John Cedric Railton (27) drowned | |
Flt Sub-Lt Robert Scott Whigham (19) drowned | |
Ldg Mech David John Birse (24) killed | |
9.5.17 | ?, 51 RS, Wye |
Accident swinging propeller, Wye | |
A Mech 1 Leon van den Dungen alias Leonard Dungin (23) killed (Belgian) | |
11.5.17 | Maurice Farman Longhorn N5034, RNAS, Chingford |
Dived into sewage farm, Edmonton | |
Flt Lt Lewis Morgan (24) killed | |
Probationary Flight Officer Randolph Henry Seed (25) killed | |
12.5.17 | B.E.2c 9952, Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company Ltd. |
Wings collapsed in loop on factory test flight, Roundhay, Leeds | |
William Rowland Ding (31) killed | |
13.5.17 | D.H.1 4634, 19 RS, Hounslow |
Sideslipped and nosedived on take-off, Hounslow | |
2Lt William Frank Smith (28) killed (Australian) | |
13.5.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6893, 68 RS, Bramham Moor |
Nose dived on first solo, Bramham Moor | |
2Lt Arthur Douglas Mountstephen Merchant (18) killed | |
14.5.17 | Short 184 8170 or 8362?, RNAS, Calshot |
Crashed in English Channel | |
Flt Sub-Lt George Gladstone Avery (31) killed (Canadian) | |
A Mech 1 William Edward Elliott (28) killed | |
18.5.17 | Avro 504A A427, 62 Sqn, Filton |
Sideslipped and nose dived, Patchway, Bristol | |
2Lt John Raymond Waller (22) killed | |
19.5.17 | B.E.2e 5817, 42 RS, Hounslow |
Spun in and caught fire, Staines Road, Hounslow | |
2Lt Geoffrey Arnold Nicholson (20) killed | |
19.5.17 | F.E.2b 7668, 25 RS, Thetford |
Spinning nose dive, Thetford | |
2Lt Charles Leslie Beaumont (18) killed | |
Capt James Ferguson St John Annesley (52) killed (RAMC) | |
19.5.17 | Henry Farman F.20 A1199, 9 RS, Norwich |
Spinning nose dive, Norfolk | |
2Lt Jonah George Thompson (26) killed | |
2Lt Milton Elroy Kidder (26) killed (Canadian) | |
20.5.17 | AW F.K.3 A1501, 1 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, Hythe |
Looped, stalled and nose dived, Hythe, Kent | |
Sgt John North Rogers DCM (22) killed | |
A Mech 2 John Paton (21) killed | |
21.5.17 | B.E.2c A1320, 13 RS, Dover |
Spun off flat turn, Dover | |
Capt John Wilson Tailford MC (24) killed | |
2Lt Eric Hughes injured (Australian) | |
22.5.17 | B.E.12 6581, 78 Sqn, Hove |
Collision with B.E.12a A602 while breaking formation, Hove | |
2Lt Cyril Frederick Crapp (22) killed | |
22.5.17 | B.E.12a A602, 78 Sqn, Hove |
Collision with B.E.12 6581 while breaking formation, Hove | |
2Lt William John Douglas Vince (22) killed | |
22.5.17 | R.E.8 A4688, Coventry Aircraft Acceptance Park |
Stalled and spun, near Radford aerodrome, Coventry | |
2Lt Arthur Henry Felix Fletcher (19) killed | |
23.5.17 | D.H.1a A1636, 59 RS, Yatesbury |
Spinning nose dive into trees on approach, Yatesbury | |
2Lt William Kerr Magill Britton (25) killed | |
2Lt Wilfred Arthur Douglas Carter (20) killed | |
24.5.17 | B.E.2c 8498, RNAS, Holt |
Lost while chasing Zeppelin, North Sea | |
Flt Sub-Lt Harold Dent Smith (21) killed | |
24.5.17 | B.E.2c, 36 Sqn, Usworth |
Hit flagstaff while low-flying and crashed into shop, Southwick, Sunderland | |
John Connolly (29) killed | |
Elizabeth Curry (48) killed | |
George Davison (48) killed | |
Robert Spargo (11) killed | |
John Thompson (78) died 25.5.17 | |
8 injured | |
Lt Philip Thompson unhurt | |
26.5.17 | Avro 504A 4061, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled and spun, Hungerford | |
2Lt John Douglas Price Scholfield (23) killed (Canadian) | |
26.5.17 | AW F.K.8 B221, 50 RS, Narborough |
Stalled and nose dived, Narborough area | |
2Lt William John Watson (24) killed | |
26.5.17 | Avro 504E 9285, RNAS, Freiston |
Spun after engine failure, Freiston | |
Flt Sub-Lt James Theodore Sims (30) killed | |
30.5.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7081, 24 RS, Netheravon |
Stalled on low turn and side slipped, Netheravon | |
2Lt Herbert Henry Ezard (25) killed | |
30.5.17 | D.H.4 A2164, 44 RS, Harlaxton |
Spun, crashed and burned, Harlaxton | |
2Lt Alick Thomas Bentall Charlesworth (24) killed (Canadian) | |
31.5.17 | Avro 504, 45 RS, South Carlton |
Stalled and nose dived, South Carlton | |
2Lt Ronald Baskerville Hughes (18) killed | |
1.6.17 | B.E.2c A1362, 13 Training Squadron, Yatesbury |
Stalled and crashed, Warren Farm, Wokingham, Berks. | |
2Lt Nathaniel Fuhrmann Clarke (32) killed (New Zealander) | |
A Mech 1 William Fozard (33) killed | |
2.6.17 | Sopwith Schneider 3800, RNAS, Killingholme |
Engine failure; spun into Humber, off Killingholme | |
Flt Sub-Lt David Alan Duncan (21) drowned | |
3.6.17 | Avro 504A A465, 38 TS, Rendcomb |
Spun, nose dived and caught fire, North Cerney, Glos. | |
Sgt William Charles Turner (26) killed | |
4.6.17 | Sopwith Pup A7350, 40 TS, Croydon |
Stalled and spun while stunting, Southborough, Kent | |
2Lt William Edward Cass (21) killed | |
4.6.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7055, 4 Wing, Netheravon |
Sideslipped, crashed and caught fire, Netheravon area | |
2Lt William James Morrison Andrews (26) killed | |
5.6.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8305, 37 Sqn, Woodham Mortimer |
Hit caravan landing downwind, Woodham Mortimer | |
2Lt Roy Walter Mouritzen (20) killed (Australian) | |
5.6.17 | Gotha G.IV 660/16, Kasta 14, Kagohl 3 |
Shot down by anti-aircraft guns, Thames estuary, off Sheerness | |
Leutnant der Reserve Hans Francke (23) died 6.6.17 | |
Vizefeldwebel Erich Kluck (20) drowned (pilot) | |
Unteroffizier Georg Gustav Schumacher injured | |
6.6.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn 5904, 27 TS, Gosport |
Struck a bank at great speed, Gosport | |
2Lt Wardlaw Ivor Thomson (19) killed | |
7.6.17 | Avro 504A 7718, 55 TS, Yatesbury |
Spun, hit trees and overturned on house roof, Yatesbury | |
2Lt Frederick Cyril Hoey (18) killed | |
7.6.17 | Bristol Scout D A1790, RNAS, Cranwell |
Crashed in field west of the aerodrome, Cranwell | |
Probationary Flight Officer Weston Ward Pitt (23) killed | |
7.6.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2480, 39 TS, Montrose |
Spun and nose dived, Montrose | |
Capt Gustavus Taylor-Loban (40) killed | |
2Lt George Crosbie Alger (27) killed | |
8.6.17 | B.E.2e A2794, 53 TS, Narborough |
Wing failure pulling out of dive, Narborough area | |
Lt Hubert John Game (26) killed | |
8.6.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6897 5 TS, Castle Bromwich |
Pilot lost; overturned on landing, Blisworth, Northants. | |
2Lt Lucien Herbert Higgs (25) died 9.6.17 | |
9.6.17 | D.H.2 6008, 10 TS, Ternhill |
Side slipped and crashed after engine failure, near Ternhill | |
2Lt Edward Phillip Hughes (24) died 27.7.17 (South African) | |
10.6.17 | Avro 504B B1399, 1 TS, Gosport |
Stalled and hit tree, Lee-on-Solent | |
Capt Beaufoi John Warwick Montressor Moore MC (32) killed | |
Capt Sydney Frank Heard injured | |
11.6.17 | B.E.2e A2967, 62 Sqn, Filton |
Side slipped and nose dived after engine failure on take-off, Filton | |
A Mech 3 Harry Hargreaves (18) killed | |
Lt William Bagnall unhurt | |
12.6.17 | Curtiss JN-4 8862?, RNAS, Chingford |
Dived in on landing, Chingford | |
Probationary Flight Officer William George Parry (26) killed | |
Flt Lt John Patrick Coleman injured | |
12.6.17 | Curtiss JN-4 8862?, RNAS, Chingford |
Failed to flatten out on landing, Chingford | |
Probationary Flight Officer Kenneth Stuart (18) died 13.6.17 | |
12.6.17 | F.E.2b, 46 TS, Bramham Moor |
Stalled on cross-country flight, Selby area | |
2Lt Llewellyn Stephens (18) killed | |
13.6.17 | Bristol Fighter A7135, 35 TS, Northolt |
Observer shot in aerial combat with Gothas, near Dartford | |
Capt Cecil Horace Case Keevil (36) killed | |
Capt Con William Eric Cole-Hamilton unhurt | |
14.6.17 | Avro 504A A8522, 69 Sqn, South Carlton |
Stalled, side slipped and nose dived after engine failure, South Carlton | |
2Lt Leslie Frederic Geeson (21) died 15.6.17 | |
2Lt Claude Picton Lowry injured (pilot) | |
14.6.17 | B.E.2c A1270, 18 TS, Montrose |
Spun in, E coast of Scotland | |
Capt Lorimer Findlay (25) killed | |
14.6.17 | R.E.8 A3411, 42 TS, Hounslow |
Wings failed in dive, Hounslow | |
2Lt Hubert Samuel Emery Bond (23) died 17.6.17 | |
15.6.17 | Pup B1734, 45 TS, South Carlton |
Spinning nose dive, Dunholme Lodge | |
2Lt Harold Strachan Kitson (22) killed (AFC) | |
16.6.17 | Avro 504A A5911, 38 TS, Rendcomb |
Spun on final turn, Rendcomb | |
2Lt Percy Tew (28) killed | |
2Lt William Leslie Savage (18) killed | |
16.6.17 | Avro 504J A9774, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled, nose dived and caught fire, Eastbourne aerodrome | |
Lt Rupert Holton Herd (25) killed (AFC) | |
Lt Henry Irving Newton unhurt (pilot) | |
16.6.17 | B.E.2e A1368, 69 Sqn, South Carlton |
Collision with AW F.K.3 A1508, Scampton | |
2Lt Thomas William Bartle (22) killed (Australian) | |
2Lt Humphrey Hamilton Wilson unhurt in AW | |
16.6.17 | B.E.2e A8676, 51 TS, Waddington |
Spun off low turn, Waddington | |
2Lt Geoffrey Sulman (23) died 20.6.17 (Australian) | |
2Lt Douglas William Dron injured (pilot) | |
16.6.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2525, 24 TS, Netheravon |
Wings collapsed in dive, Bulford | |
Lt Arthur Percival Pycroft (24) killed | |
2Lt Emil Alexander Margetson (25) killed | |
17.6.17 | Zeppelin L48, Kaiserliche Marine |
Shot down by fighters, Holly Tree Farm, Theberton, Suffolk | |
16 crew killed: | |
Kapitänleutnant Franz Georg Eichler (39) | |
Heinrich Ahrens (27), Obermaschinistenmaat | |
Wilhelm Betz (25), Maat | |
Walter Dippmann (32), Obersignalsmaat | |
Wilhelm Glöckel (25), Obermaschinistenmaat | |
Paul Hannemann (30), Bootsmannsmaat | |
Heinrich Herbst (24), Signalmaat | |
Franz König (24), Bootsmannsmaat | |
Wilhelm Meier (24), Funkeltelegrafienmaat | |
Karl Milich (36), Obermaschinistenmaat | |
Michael Neunzig (35), Obermaschinistenmaat | |
Karl Plöger (26), Obermatrose | |
Viktor Schütze (39), Korvettenkapitän | |
Paul Suchlich (28), Obermatrose | |
Herman Von Stockum (23), Obermaschinistenmaat | |
Paul Westphal (30), Steuermann der Reserve | |
3 survivors: | |
Heinrich Ellerkamm, Obermaschinistenmaat | |
Otto Mieth, Leutnant zur See | |
Wilhelm Karl Uecker, Obermaschinistenmaat (died 11.11.18) | |
18.6.17 | R.E.8 A3554, 61 TS, South Carlton |
Side slipped off low turn and caught fire, South Carlton area | |
Sgt Alfred Stephen Holmes (23) killed | |
19.6.17 | Bristol Scout D 7044, 55 TS, Yatesbury |
Nose dived off sharp turn and caught fire, Yatesbury | |
2Lt Albert Davies (24) killed | |
19.6.17 | F.E.2b A817, 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, Turnberry |
Stalled on turn, nose dived and caught fire, Turnberry | |
2Lt Walter Horace Carlyle Buntine MC (21) killed (Australian) | |
Sgt Stanley Charles Appleton (22) killed (pilot) | |
22.6.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6892, 47 TS, Waddington |
Stalled and nose dived; wing failed, Waddington | |
2Lt Walter Dudley Scott Miller (19) killed | |
22.6.17 | Avro 504A A5903, 35 TS, Northolt |
Nose dived and crashed, Cherry Lane, Harlington | |
Capt Harold Balleny Hamber (32) died 23.6.17 (Canadian) | |
A Mech 2 Peter John Stanescu (31) killed | |
22.6.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter N5604, RNAS, Prawle Point |
Nose dived into sea, Plymouth area | |
Flt Sub-Lt Harold Laurence Crowe (20) killed (Canadian) | |
23.6.17 | Spad VII A9101, Norwich Aircraft Acceptance Park |
Fabric stripped off wings, Mousehold, Norwich | |
Capt Richard Henry Driffield Lee (29) killed | |
23.6.17 | Avro 504J B925, 28 TS, Castle Bromwich |
Seat broke and jammed controls during loop, near Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt Conrade William Jacot (17) killed | |
2Lt Edward Villiers injured (pilot) | |
25.6.17 | D.H.5 B355, Hendon Aircraft Acceptance Park |
Side slip and nose dive, Hendon | |
2Lt John George Barron (42) killed | |
26.6.17 | B.E.2d 5876, 62 Sqn, Filton |
Spinning nose dive from about 3000 ft, Stoke Gifford, near Bristol | |
Capt George Walter Thomas Lindsay (26) killed | |
A Mech 1 Charles Edward Sharman (26) killed | |
27.6.17 | Curtiss JN-4 B1921, 13 TS, Yatesbury |
Stalled on low turn and nose dived, Yatesbury | |
Lt Edgar Kinsey Reynolds (26) died 28.6.17 | |
Lt Frederick Walter Day injured (pilot) | |
29.6.17 | F.E.2b 4926, 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, Turnberry |
Stalled on turn, Maidens, Ayrshire | |
2Lt Cyril Ashley Cooper (24) killed | |
A Mech 2 Harry Towlson (29) killed | |
2.7.17 | Grahame-White XV A1707, 31 TS, Wyton |
Nose dived and crashed, Wyton | |
2Lt Sinclair Alexander Mowat (26) killed | |
2.7.17 | Spad VII A8965, 56 TS, London Colney |
Fabric stripped away during dive, London Colney | |
Capt Con William Eric Cole-Hamilton (23) killed | |
2.7.17 | B.E.2e A8667, Wireless & Observers' School, Brooklands |
Wing failed in flight, Wey Manor golf links, Newhaw, Surrey | |
Lt Eric St Clair Smith (25) killed | |
Sgt Wilson injured (pilot) | |
3.7.17 | AW F.K.8 A2727, 37 TS, Scampton |
Stalled after take-off, Scampton | |
2Lt Orville Dwight Haist (23) died 5.7.17 (Canadian) | |
3.7.17 | B.E.2e 7227, 76 Sqn, Helperby |
Stalled on turn at night, near Alwoodley Gates, Adel, W Yorks | |
2Lt Geoffrey Lionel Eliot (28) killed | |
4.7.17 | D.H.4 A7435, Testing Sqn, Martlesham Heath |
Observer killed in action with Gothas during raid on Harwich | |
A Mech 1 James Oliver Jessop (24) killed | |
Capt John Palethorpe unhurt | |
5.7.17 | R.E.8 A3484, 38 TS, Rendcomb |
Stalled and nose dived, Rendcomb | |
2Lt William Thomas Gregory Moss (18) killed | |
5.7.17 | B.E.2c A1321, 36 TS, Beverley |
Structural failure in flight, Beverley area | |
2Lt Kenneth Jesson Vick (28) killed | |
5.7.17 | Maurice Farman Longhorn N5727, RNAS, Manston |
Dived into marshes after structural failure, Minster, Kent | |
Probationary Flight Officer Harold John Flynn (23) killed (Canadian) | |
5.7.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8262, 71 Sqn, Castle Bromwich |
Side slipped on take off and destroyed by fire, Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt Leslie Morley Fletcher (19) killed | |
A Mech 1 Alfred James Merritt injured (Australian) | |
5.7.17 | ?, RNAS |
Hit hedge avoiding spectators on landing, People's Park, Grimsby | |
Sidney Charles Lewis (2) died 6.7.17 | |
Miss Harriet Simpson injured | |
Flt Sub-Lt Edward Derek Davis unhurt | |
6.7.17 | R.E.8 A3498, 60 TS, Scampton |
Spinning nose dive, Scampton area | |
2Lt Robert George Berwick (20) killed | |
7.7.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8271, 37 Sqn, Rochford |
Shot down in sea engaging Gotha formation, near Maplin Lightship | |
2Lt John Edward Rostron Young (19) killed | |
A Mech 2 Cyril Charles Taylor (20) died 9.7.17 | |
7.7.17 | Pup A6230, 63 TS, Joyce Green |
Pilot hit by return fire from Gothas and crashed, Slade Green, Kent | |
2Lt Wilfred Graham Salmon (22) killed (Australian) | |
9.7.17 | Pup A7319, 40 TS, Croydon |
Lost wing recovering from dive out of cloud, Purley, Surrey | |
Lt Stewart Nicholson Evans (26) killed | |
10.7.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8203, 54 TS, Harlaxton |
Sideslip and nose dive after engine failure on take-off, Buckminster | |
2Lt Walter Vosper Jakins (20) killed | |
2Lt Donald Dawson Lockwood injured | |
10.7.17 | ?, RFC |
Ploughman and horse hit by landing aeroplane, Waddington area | |
George Brown (42) killed | |
2Lt Archer White unhurt | |
11.7.17 | Bristol Fighter A3310, 38 TS, Rendcomb |
Crashed and burned, 'making too flat a turn at too low an altitude', North Cerney | |
2Lt Archibald James Cathie (28) killed | |
2Lt Henry William Knowlson-Williams (21) killed | |
11.7.17 | D.H.6 A9579, 16 TS, Beaulieu |
Nose dived and burnt out, 1m N of Beaulieu aerodrome | |
Capt Henry Edward Van Goethem (23) killed | |
2Lt Ion Mordaunt Tatham (19) killed (South African) | |
11.7.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2493, 5 TS, Castle Bromwich |
Hit hedge on landing, Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt Bertram Joseph Venn (27) killed | |
12.7.17 | F.E.2b A826, RNAS, Grain |
Spiral nose dive, Isle of Grain | |
Flt Sub-Lt Ronald Beckett Morrison (22) killed | |
15.7.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6853, 48 TS, Waddington |
Nose dived and caught fire, Waddington | |
2Lt Lucas Cornelius Theron (29) killed | |
16.7.17 | D.H.2 A2560, 10 TS, Shawbury |
Nose dived on low flat turn, Shawbury | |
2Lt George Everett Cayford (21) killed | |
17.7.17 | Avro 504B A9975, 53 TS, Narborough |
Hit by AW while taxying, Narborough | |
2Lt William Sutton Smeeth (22) killed | |
2Lt Frederick Norman Harrison unhurt | |
17.7.17 | R.E.8 A3413, 13 TS, Yatesbury |
Nose dived into wood, Jenner's Firs, near Upavon | |
2Lt James Donald Sutherland Munro (24) killed | |
17.7.17 | Sopwith Baby N1102, RNAS, Felixstowe |
Crashed in sea and sank after collision with Curtiss H.12 8657, near Felixstowe | |
Flt Sub-Lt Fraser McPherson Bryans (23) killed | |
18.7.17 | Avro 504A A5930, 60 TS, Scampton |
Stalled on a flat turn and caught fire, Scampton | |
2Lt Herbert Ernest Malcolm Owen (18) killed | |
20.7.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B2020, 25 TS, Thetford |
Overturned on landing, Redenhall, near Harleston, Norfolk | |
2Lt Joseph Leo Phillips (21) killed (Canadian) | |
20.7.17 | Camel B3799, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled and spun, Upavon | |
Lt Cecil Frederick Pittman (27) killed | |
20.7.17 | Submarine Scout airship S.S.39, RNAS, Cranwell |
Handlers fell from airship when blown into the air, Cranwell | |
Lt-Col Clive Maitland Waterlow (31) killed (Wg Cdr, RNAS) | |
Petty Officer Air Mechanic Maurice George Collins (22) killed | |
A Mech 2 Simon Lightstone (19) killed | |
21.7.17 | Coastal airship C11A, RNAS, Howden |
Came down in River Humber, off Brough Haven | |
Flt Cdr Louis Duncan Morrison (31) drowned | |
Lt William Baker Hervey (23) drowned | |
A Mech 1 Harold Frank Moore (19) drowned | |
A Mech 2 Harry Richard Ward (18) drowned | |
CPO Lane rescued | |
L M Harris rescued | |
23.7.17 | B.E.2e A1822, 11 TS, Spittlegate |
Stalled and dived into hangar, Spittlegate | |
2Lt Cyril Hawley (22) killed | |
24.7.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2470, 27 TS, Gosport |
Nose dived, crashed and caught fire, Gosport | |
2Lt Thomas Huggan (18) killed | |
24.7.17 | R.E.8 A4673, 13 TS, Yatesbury |
Stalled on turn, Yatesbury No. 2 Aerodrome | |
Capt Percival Francis Crommelin D'Erf-Wheeler (23) killed | |
25.7.17 | Pup A6206, 46 Sqn, Sutton's Farm |
Failed to recover from spin, Sutton's Farm, Hornchurch, Essex | |
2Lt Frederick Harold Maden Eberlin (20) killed | |
25.7.17 | ?, 199 TS, East Retford |
Propeller swinging accident, East Retford | |
A Mech 1 William Henry Higgins (25) killed | |
25/26.7.17 | F.E.2b A5654, 33 Sqn, Gainsborough |
Stalled and nose dived while night-flying, Scampton | |
Lt Thomas Harold Coupe (27) killed | |
26.7.17 | B.E.2e A8671, 77 Sqn, Penston |
Stalled in turn while night-flying, Penston, East Lothian | |
Sgt George Ronald Ellis (25) killed | |
27.7.17 | Avro 504J B966, 62 TS, Dover |
Spun off tail slide, Solton, West Cliffe, Kent | |
Capt Arthur Wilson Kilgour (25) killed (Canadian) | |
2Lt Charles Henry Williams injured | |
27.7.17 | Bristol Fighter A7103, 35 TS, Northolt |
Nose dived turning on approach, Northolt | |
Lt Ivan Beauclerk Hart-Davies (39) killed | |
2Lt Arthur Douglas Miller injured | |
27.7.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2523, 8 TS, Netheravon |
Looped and nose dived, near Netheravon | |
2Lt Howard Stanley Nolan (29) killed (Canadian) | |
27.7.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A4063, 49 TS, Spittlegate |
Hit tree landing in field in rainstorm, near Spittlegate | |
2Lt Henry Duerden (23) killed | |
27.7.17 | R.E.8 A3772, Coventry Aircraft Acceptance Park / 69 Sqn |
Spun, nose dived and caught fire, 1m N of aerodrome, Radford, Coventry | |
Lt Roy Cumestree Trout (22) killed (AFC) | |
28.7.17 | Curtiss JN-4 B1926, 17 TS, Port Meadow |
Spun and crashed after fin failure, Cassington, near Oxford | |
Lt Gerald Charles Northcott Cooke (29) killed (Canadian Infantry) | |
2Lt Robert Fulton Barnes injured (pilot) | |
28.7.17 | Martinsyde G.102 A6252, 62 TS, Dover |
Veered into tents on landing, Swingate, Dover | |
A Mech 2 Thomas John Basford [also Bassford] (31) killed | |
A Mech 2 Charles Robert Bright (28) died 31.7.17 | |
2Lt Thomas Herbert Holiday unhurt (pilot, South African) | |
28.7.17 | Martinsyde G.102 A6269, 61 TS, South Carlton |
Spinning nose dive from 2000ft, South Carlton | |
Lt Donald Rice Munro (24) killed (Canadian) | |
28.7.17 | Maurice Farman Longhorn N5733, RNAS, Chingford |
Wing collapsed in flight, Sewardstone, Essex | |
Probationary Flight Officer Robert Miller Denholm (18) killed | |
28.7.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7003, 8 TS, Netheravon |
Sideslipped into ground, Netheravon | |
2Lt Lindsay Morrison (24) killed (Australian) | |
28.7.17 | R.E.8 A3496, 60 TS, Scampton |
Spun in and caught fire, Scampton | |
2Lt Charles Emmanuel Webb-Smith (25) killed | |
30.7.17 | R.E.8 A4675, 13 TS, Yatesbury |
Nose dive, Beckhampton, near Yatesbury | |
2Lt Arthur Measures Chatterton (23) killed | |
31.7.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter N5214, RNAS, Pembroke |
Lost on sea patrol, Carmarthen Bay | |
Flt Sub-Lt William Allaway (25) killed | |
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