2.8.1917 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6825, 12 Training Squadron, Thetford |
Nose dived from 300ft, Euston, near Thetford | |
Major Arthur Justin Ross DSO (36) killed | |
Lt Leo St Orban Michener (22) killed (Canadian) | |
3.8.17 | B.E.2e A1367, Wireless & Observers' School, Brooklands |
Nose dived off low flat turn, Brooklands | |
2Lt Ralph Lionel James (24) killed | |
3.8.17 | B.E.2e B4434, 59 TS, Yatesbury |
Struck ground in spiral, by Lansdowne Monument, near Yatesbury | |
2Lt Clive Maxwell Bailey (23) killed | |
6.8.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7062, 7 TS, Netheravon |
Spinning nose dive, Netheravon | |
2Lt Arthur Geoffrey Nelson Wall (20) killed (Australian) | |
2Lt John Clark (19) killed | |
6.8.17 | Avro 504A A1999, 82 Sqn, Waddington |
Stalled on turn and nose dived, near Waddington | |
2Lt Keith Rishworth (18) killed | |
7.8.17 | Pup N6452, RNAS, HMS Furious |
Went into sea attempting landing on HMS Furious, off Scapa Flow, Orkney | |
Sqn Cdr Edwin Harris Dunning DSC (25) drowned | |
8.8.17 | Pup B1788, 64 Sqn, Sedgeford |
Spun into ground, near Sedgeford | |
2Lt Arthur Le Roy Dean (20) died 9.8.17 | |
9.8.17 | D.H.4 A7511, 19 TS, Hounslow |
Broke up in dive, Hounslow | |
2Lt Charles Raymond Waller (19) killed | |
9.8.17 | D.H.5 A9393, 64 Sqn, Sedgeford |
Wing failed in loop, Bircham Newton | |
Lt Edward Gordon Hanlan (26) killed (Canadian) | |
9.8.17 | Short 184 N1099, RNAS, Cattewater |
Failed to return from sea patrol, English Channel | |
Flt Sub-Lt Bryan Henry Bridge (19) killed | |
A Mech 2 Joseph Jones (18) killed | |
10.8.17 | Pup A7326, 84 Sqn, Lilbourne |
Spun into the ground after wing folded back, Lilbourne | |
Lt William Alexander Taylor (22) killed | |
10.8.17 | R.E.8 A4694, 62 Sqn, Rendcomb |
Sideslipped attempting to turn downwind after engine failure, Coal Aston, Sheffield | |
Capt Henry Eric Dixon (27) died 19.8.17 | |
11.8.17 | Avro 504A 7967, 6 TS, Catterick |
Collision with B.E.12 6575, Catterick | |
2Lt Oakley Alsop Browning (29) killed (Australian) | |
11.8.17 | B.E.12 6575, 46 TS, Catterick |
Collision with Avro 504A 7967, Catterick | |
Lt Errington Edward Castle (33) died 12.8.17 (New Zealander) | |
12.8.17 | D.H.6 A9619, 66 TS, Yatesbury |
Spinning nose dive from 1500ft, near Winterbourne Monkton, Wilts. | |
Lt William Edward Tate (21) killed | |
2Lt Gilbert Thomas Richardson Pettigrew (24) killed | |
13.8.17 | R.E.8 A3224, 42 TS, Hounslow |
Spiral nose dive at low altitude, Hanworth | |
2Lt Clifford Whatley Crewe (26) killed | |
14.8.17 | D.H.4 A7574, Hendon Aircraft Acceptance Park |
Crashed and burnt after engine failure, Hendon | |
2Lt Max Arthur Eugene Cremetti DCM (23) killed | |
Cpl John Henry Bingham injured | |
14.8.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B4657, 48 TS, Waddington |
Lost control looping to avoid another aircraft on ground, Waddington | |
Lt Ewart Cudemore Brown (24) killed (Bermudian) | |
14.8.17 | Avro 504C 3320, RNAS, Cranwell |
Wrecked, Cranwell area | |
Probationary Flight Officer Raymond Earl Bray (25) killed (American) | |
14.8.17 | Avro 504J B928, 71 Squadron, Castle Bromwich |
Lost speed, nose dived and crashed, near Castle Bromwich | |
A Mech 2 Sidney Bernard Larkin (25) killed (AFC) | |
2Lt Thomas Francis Hosking injured (Australian) | |
14.8.17 | Avro 504J B937, 11 TS, Spittlegate |
Caught fire in flight, Welby, Lincs. | |
2Lt Ralph Aberdeen Phillips (21) killed (Canadian) | |
14.8.17 | Seaplane, RNAS, Calshot |
Struck by propeller, Calshot | |
AC2 John George Egleshaw (32) killed | |
15.8.17 | F.E.2d A6351, 33 Sqn, Gainsborough |
Overshot landing and hit house, New Holland, Lincs. | |
Lt Arthur William Rowlands (22) killed | |
16.8.17 | B.E.2c 988, RNAS, Chingford |
Sideslipped and crashed after engine failure, Chingford | |
Flt Lt Charles Vernon Arnold (23) killed | |
Probationary Flight Officer Leonard Eales Forman (18) killed | |
16.8.17 | R.E.8 B741, 62 Sqn, Rendcomb |
Spun in turning after engine failure, Rendcomb | |
2Lt Alexander Fenton McCullough (23) killed (Canadian) | |
17.8.17 | D.H.5 A9441, 45 TS, South Carlton |
Crashed turning after engine failure on take-off, South Carlton | |
2Lt Francis Cyril Brooks (19) killed | |
17.8.17 | Avro 504J B3120, 63 TS, Joyce Green |
Dived into River Thames after collision with Avro 504J B3143, off Purfleet | |
Lt Allan Gladstone Dow (21) drowned (Canadian) | |
2Lt Thomas Henry Timmis rescued in B3143 | |
18.8.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A6901, 6 TS, Catterick |
Stalled and hit tree after engine failure, Hendon | |
2Lt Guy Horace Munro (26) killed | |
19.8.17 | Camel B3788, 44 Sqn, Hainault Farm |
Spinning nose dive, ½m N of Hainault Farm | |
Lt George Robert Craig MC (19) killed | |
20.8.17 | B.E.2c 1122, RNAS, Cranwell |
Wrecked, Cranwell area | |
Probationary Flight Officer Lawrence Code (20) killed (Canadian) | |
20.8.17 | B.E.2e A1316, 20 TS, Wyton |
Collision with B.E.2e B4451, Godmanchester | |
Lt Louis Joseph Purgold (21) killed | |
20.8.17 | B.E.2e B4451, 75 Sqn, Goldington |
Collision with B.E.2e A1316, Godmanchester | |
A Mech 2 Albert Edmonds (30) killed | |
Lt William James Pierce injured | |
20.8.17 | Pup N5194, RNAS, Dover |
Collapsed at a height of 2,000 feet, Dover | |
Flt Sub-Lt Cecil Barnaby Cook (18) killed | |
20.8.17 | R.E.8 A3672, Wireless & Observers' School, Brooklands |
Wings collapsed in spinning nose dive, near Addlestone | |
Lt Hugh Stuart Latimer Jordan (24) killed | |
Sgt Ernest Handley (24) killed (pilot) | |
20.8.17 | R.E.8 A3882, 59 TS, Yatesbury |
Collision during formation flight, south of Yatesbury aerodrome | |
2Lt Alfred Stanley Hunt (23) killed (Australian) | |
Sgt Charles Findlay (29) killed | |
Lt William Geoffrey Meggitt unhurt in second machine | |
20.8.17 | R.E.8 A4655, 35 TS, Northolt |
Flat spin and nose dive after take-off from Port Meadow, Wolvercote, Oxford | |
Sgt Arthur George Banfield Rodgman (21) killed | |
21.8.17 | Bristol Scout D A1771, RNAS, Cranwell |
Wrecked, Cranwell | |
Probationary Flight Officer Harold Sykes Holroyd (23) killed | |
21.8.17 | F.E.2b 7676, 57 Sqn, Marham |
Failed to recover from spinning nose dive, Swaffham, Norfolk | |
Lt Guy Dennis Buckeridge (22) died 22.8.17 | |
21.8.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2495, 3 TS, Shoreham |
Nose dived and pilot fell out, Ecclesden Farm, Angmering | |
2Lt Wyndham Trevor Harries (25) killed (South African) | |
21.8.17 | R.E.8 B3421, 69 Sqn, South Carlton |
Spun after take-off, 1m SW of Biggin Hill | |
2Lt Francis Cunningham Shapira (29) killed (AFC) | |
A Mech 2 William Douglas Sloane (27) killed | |
22.8.17 | B.E.2e B4411, 19 TS, Hounslow |
Stalled on turn and spun in, hitting house, Cranbrook Road, Hounslow | |
Capt John Everard Digby Neale (23) killed | |
2Lt Douglas Macdonald Cleland-Hollamby (31) killed | |
22.8.17 | R.E.8 A3885, 42 TS, Hounslow |
Spinning nose dive off flat turn, Heston | |
Lt Richard Norman Keyser (20) killed | |
22.8.17 | R.E.8 A3177, 38 TS, Rendcomb |
Sideslipped and nosedived during climbing turn, Netheravon | |
Lt Arthur Leslie Smith (24) killed | |
22.8.17 | Sopwith Schneider 3746, RNAS, Killingholme |
Lost in North Sea, off Great Yarmouth | |
Flt Sub-Lt Aubrey Samuel Woodall (20) killed | |
22.8.17 | Gotha G.IV 663/16, Kasta 15, Kagohl 3 |
Shot down in sea, ½m off Margate | |
Leutnant der Reserve Werner Joschkowitz (28) killed | |
Leutnant Walter Latowsky (24) killed | |
Unteroffizier Bruno Schneider rescued | |
22.8.17 | Gotha G.IV, Kasta 15, Kagohl 3 |
Shot down in flames, Vincent Farm, 2m SW of Margate | |
Oberleutnant Eckard Fulda (27) killed | |
Unteroffizier Heinrich Schildt (22) killed | |
Vizefeldwebel Ernst Eickelkamp (23) killed | |
25.8.17 | Vickers F.B.26 Vampire B1484, Vickers Ltd. |
Failed to recover from spin, Joyce Green | |
Richard Harold Barnwell (39) killed | |
26.8.17 | F.E.2b 4871, 51 Sqn, Marham |
Side slipped on turn, Marham | |
Lt Herbert William Hare Marshall (26) killed | |
2Lt Percy Gordon Shellington (24) killed (Canadian) | |
27.8.17 | D.H.4 A2147, 61 TS, South Carlton |
Wing fell off, Burton, Lincs. | |
Capt Charles Butler (27) killed | |
Cadet John Lionel Baker (17) killed (Eton College OTC) | |
29.8.17 | AW F.K.8 A2730, 50 TS, Narborough |
Sideslipped on turn and nose dived, Langmere, Norfolk | |
2Lt Norman Victor Spear MM (29) killed | |
A Mech 1 Sidney Walter Burrell (22) killed | |
29.8.17 | AW F.K.8 B219, 50 TS, Narborough |
Spun off low climbing turn, Narborough | |
2Lt Laurence Edward Stuart Vaile (24) killed | |
2Lt Jack Bennett injured (Canadian) | |
30.8.17 | Avro 504J B921, 18 TS, Montrose |
Dived into sea from 2000ft, 1m off Montrose | |
2Lt The Hon. Francis Walter Stafford McLaren MP (31) killed | |
30.8.17 | B.E.2e B710, 59 TS, Yatesbury |
Stalled and spun, West No. 1 aerodrome, Yatesbury | |
2Lt Thomas Thompson Pritchard (27) killed | |
30.8.17 | B.E.2e 7167, 46 TS, Catterick |
Collision with B.E.12a A4020, Ellerton-on-Swale, near Catterick | |
Lt Graham Nelson (23) killed | |
30.8.17 | B.E.12a A4020, 46 TS, Catterick |
Collision with B.E.2e 7167, Ellerton-on-Swale, near Catterick | |
Capt Arthur Vivian Burlton (22) killed | |
30.8.17 | Bristol Fighter A3319, 38 TS, Rendcomb |
Caught fire in the air and crashed into buildings, Rendcomb | |
Major Edgar James Bannatyne DSO (26) died 11.9.17 | |
30.8.17 | D.H.4 A7585, 46 TS, Catterick |
Stalled and nose dived, Kirby Fleetham, Yorks. | |
Sgt Reginald John Malone (17) killed | |
30.8.17 | Pup B2171, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled and spun on climbing turn, Upavon | |
2Lt Hugh William Evans (19) killed | |
31.8.17 | Martinsyde G.100 7463, 19 TS, Hounslow |
Broke up in flight, Hanworth | |
Lt Arthur Doricourt Roberts MC (22) killed | |
3.9.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2468, 3 TS, Shoreham |
Sideslipped and nose dived after engine failure, Ham Bridge, Worthing | |
2Lt Thompson Calder Kinkead (24) killed (South African) | |
3.9.17 | Pup B1787, 64 Sqn, Sedgeford |
Spinning nose dive while landing, Norfolk | |
2Lt Francis Brian Hallam Anderson (19) died 8.9.17 | |
3.9.17 | Avro 504E 9279, RNAS, Hendon |
Nose dived on low turn after take-off, Yeovil | |
Flt Sub-Lt John Emyr Thomas (23) killed | |
Mr Robert Norton injured (Westland director) | |
4.9.17 | Avro 504B N6668, RNAS, Chingford |
Fell in Chingford Reservoir | |
Probationary Flight Officer Allen Sandby Coombe (18) killed | |
Probationary Flight Officer Cecil Saunders injured | |
4.9.17 | Avro 504J B3208, 54 TS, Harlaxton |
Stalled and nose dived making flat turns on approach, Harlaxton | |
2Lt Cyril Stanley Hinchliff (29) killed | |
4.9.17 | B.E.2c 5416, 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, Turnberry |
Stalled on turn, Turnberry | |
Lt George Guy Barry Downing (23) killed | |
2Lt Edward James Allman injured | |
4.9.17 | R.E.8 A3620, 82 Sqn, Waddington |
Flat turn leading to spin and nose dive, Waddington | |
2Lt Geoffrey Albert Hunt (18) died 6.9.17 | |
4.9.17 | Short 184 N1145, RNAS, Calshot |
Crashed in sea near Bembridge, Isle of Wight | |
Flt Sub-Lt Medwin Seymour Varden (20) drowned (Australian) | |
4.9.17 | Seaplane, RNAS, Calshot |
Struck on the head by propellor, Calshot | |
A Mech 1 Christopher Rowland Blackstock (26) killed | |
5.9.17 | D.H.4 A2152, Aircraft Repair Section, 24 Wing, Spittlegate |
Wings collapsed recovering from spin, Spittlegate area | |
Sgt George Dunville (24) killed | |
5.9.17 | Pup A658, CFS, Upavon |
Wing collapsed in flight, Manningford Downs, near Upavon | |
2Lt John Gabriel O'Giollagain (25) killed | |
6.9.17 | B.E.2e B4420, 66 TS, Yatesbury |
Spinning vertical nose dive on approach to aerodrome, Yatesbury | |
Cadet Alexander P Vinogradoff (19) killed (Russian Army) | |
6.9.17 | Caudron No. 128, Ruffy, Arnell and Baumann Aviation Co Ltd, Acton |
Stalled and nose dived, Hanger Hill, Ealing | |
2Lt Leonard Hugh Aston (28) killed | |
6.9.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2501, 3 TS, Shoreham |
Stalled and side slipped onto bed of River Adur, Shoreham | |
2Lt Vivian Spence Edmunds (18) killed (South African) | |
7.9.17 | Curtiss JN-3 8392, RNAS, Redcar |
Wings came off in dive, near Redcar | |
Probationary Flight Officer John Marshall Dawson (20) killed | |
9.9.17 | B.E.2e B4450, 60 TS, Scampton |
Spun and nose dived after take-off, West Common Aerodrome, Lincoln | |
2Lt Zavel Ephraim Freadman (22) killed (AFC) | |
10.9.17 | D.H.4 A7576, 46 TS, Catterick |
Spinning nose dive, Bolton-on-Swale | |
2Lt Thomas Russell Jarvie (26) killed | |
2Lt Stephen Wilkins injured | |
11.9.17 | Beatty-Wright Pusher No. 2, Beatty School of Flying, Hendon |
Dived into ground, Hendon | |
2Lt Harry Eldred Busby (18) killed | |
11.9.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B2018, 3 TS, Shoreham |
Dived in sea after propeller broke, Rustington, Sussex | |
Lt Aime Antoine Leger (21) drowned (Canadian) | |
11.9.17 | R.E.8 A3901, Kenley Aircraft Acceptance Park / 62 Sqn, Rendcomb |
Stalled and nose dived after hitting tree on delivery flight, Showell Farm, Chippenham, Wilts. | |
2Lt Percival George Angood (23) killed | |
11.9.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter B2582, 78 Sqn, Hove |
Hit tree on landing and crashed, near Bexleyheath | |
2Lt Sidney Rex Burton (27) killed | |
A Mech 2 Samuel Rescorla injured | |
12.9.17 | Avro 504B N6150, Naval Flying School, Eastchurch |
Crashed out of control, Eastchurch | |
Sqn Cdr Aylmer Fitzwarine Bettington (21) killed (South African) | |
12.9.17 | D.H.5 A9275, 68 Sqn, Harlaxton |
Wing collapsed in inverted dive, Harlaxton | |
Capt Stanley Keith Muir MC (25) killed (Australian) | |
12.9.17 | Submarine Scout airship S.S.42A, RNAS, Pembroke |
Hit farm building and came down in sea, off Pembrokeshire | |
Flt Sub-Lt John Walter Davies Cripps (21) drowned | |
Leading Mechanic Joseph Chorley Simpson (26) drowned | |
13.9.17 | B.E.2e B3983, 52 TS, Montrose |
Control lost and nose dived, Montrose | |
Lt Ronald James Jardine (24) killed | |
14.9.17 | Avro 504J A9803, 71 Sqn, Castle Bromwich |
Pilot fell out after loops, Water Orton | |
2Lt David Kitto Billings (23) killed (Canadian) | |
14.9.17 | N.E.1 B3971, Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough |
Struck sheds after engine failure at 50ft, hitting mechanic, Brooklands; rebuilt | |
A Mech 2 John Fay (39) killed | |
Lt Francis Justin Miller unhurt (pilot) | |
14.9.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter N5508, RNAS, Dover |
Spun out of cloud and dived on rocks, The Warren, Folkestone | |
Flt Sub-Lt Arthur Anderson Bishop (22) killed (Canadian) | |
14.9.17 | Spad VII A8820, 56 TS, London Colney |
Wing failed while stunting; fell into water, Gubbin's Pond, Brookmans Park, Herts. | |
2Lt Frederick Maxwell Hawes (18) killed | |
15.9.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A7091, 47 TS, Waddington |
Sideslipped and caught fire on first solo, Waddington | |
2Lt William Samuel Hudson Palmer (20) killed | |
15.9.17 | Pup A638, 112 Sqn, Throwley |
Wing collapsed and dived into ground, Throwley | |
Lt Reginald Walter Le Gallais (19) killed | |
16.9.17 | Camel B6302, Kenley Aircraft Acceptance Park |
Stalled and spun turning after take-off, Kenley | |
Capt Cecil Scott James Griffin (22) died 11.10.17 | |
16.9.17 | ?, 45 TS, South Carlton |
Fitter struck while swinging propellor | |
A Mech 1 Albert Gledstone (20) killed | |
17.9.17 | S.E.5A B9, CFS, Upavon |
Crashed on take-off and caught fire, Upavon | |
Lt George Miles Awdry Hobart-Hampden (21) killed | |
20.9.17 | B.E.2e 6273, 15 TS, Spittlegate |
Spun and nose dived on take-off, Spittlegate | |
2Lt Percy Courtney Swinfen (18) killed | |
20.9.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A6945, 30 TS, Ternhill |
Struck by propeller, Ternhill | |
Cadet Edward Jabez Cooper Treadwell (22) killed (AFC) | |
Cadet L Benjamin unhurt (pilot, AFC) | |
21.9.17 | Caquot kite balloon B.M.S.47, Balloon Training Depot, Roehampton |
Handlers fell from balloon which broke away from Richmond Park | |
A Mech 2 Henry Edward James (45) killed | |
A Mech 3 William John Peggs (28) killed | |
22.9.17 | Avro 504J B3250, 79 Sqn, Beaulieu |
Stalled, side slipped and nose dived, Beaulieu | |
Lt Ernest Lawton Hargrave (18) killed | |
2Lt William Frederick Dry injured (pilot) | |
22.9.17 | Bristol Fighter A3325, 35 TS, Northolt |
Stalled on turn, nose dived and caught fire, Northolt | |
Cadet Andrei Matianovich Novikov (24) killed (Russian) | |
22.9.17 | Camel B6292, 40 TS, Croydon |
Spinning nose dive from 2000ft, between Croydon and Wallington | |
2Lt Arthur James Maitland (18) killed | |
22.9.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B1994, 7 TS, Netheravon |
Stalled, nose dived and caught fire, near Netheravon | |
2Lt Alexander Findlay Campbell (18) killed | |
23.9.17 | Spad VII B388, 79 Sqn, Beaulieu |
Stalled and spun into ground, Beaulieu | |
2Lt Victor Charles Edelsten Bracey (19) killed | |
24.9.17 | D.H.4 A7551, Aircraft Acceptance Park Lympne |
Stalled on forced landing in field owing to engine failure, Darenth, near Dartford | |
Lt Frederick George Litchfield (27) killed | |
2Lt Howard Nunn injured | |
25.9.17 | F.E.2d A12, 33 Sqn, Elsham |
Crashed in trees while on night anti-Zeppelin patrol, near Elsham | |
Lt James Arthur Menzies (21) killed (Canadian) | |
2Lt Carey Pinnock unhurt (pilot) | |
25.9.17 | Bristol Fighter A7146, Wireless Testing Park, Biggin Hill |
Stalled after take-off, Stamford | |
Lt Charles Frederick Wormull (22) died 4.10.17 | |
2Lt Cyril William Beatty injured (pilot) | |
25.9.17 | D.H.5 A9377, 62 TS, Dover |
Dived into ground after cylinder blew up, Rowling, Goodnestone, Kent | |
2Lt Herbert Malachi Lee (24) killed (Canadian) | |
25.9.17 | F.E.2d A6461, 36 Sqn, Seaton Carew |
Missing on night combat patrol pursuing Zeppelin over North Sea coast | |
2Lt Harold James Thornton (20) killed (Australian) | |
2Lt Cuthbert Alec Moore (20) killed | |
27.9.17 | Avro 504J B3111, 198 Depot Squadron, Rochford |
Midair collision, Rochford | |
Lt Arthur Sydney Talbot (27) killed (Australian) | |
2Lt Geoffrey Cooper Malcolm (28) killed | |
2Lt John Fernley Dick injured in 2nd machine | |
28.9.17 | B.E.2e A1292, 82 Sqn, Waddington |
Stalled on flat turn, nose dived and caught fire, Waddington | |
2Lt Francois Charles Neser (19) died 30.9.17 (South African) | |
28.9.17 | B.E.2e A1812, 53 TS, Narborough |
Stalled on turn and crashed, Narborough, Norfolk | |
Lt James William Todd (19) killed | |
28.9.17 | B.E.2e A3145, 46 TS, Catterick |
Stalled, nose dived and burst into flames, Catterick | |
2Lt Thomas Clifford Broadhurst (19) killed | |
28.9.17 | Camel B6343, 28 Sqn, Yatesbury |
Flew into ground, Chain Hill Farm, Wantage | |
Capt Lewis Scott White MC (21) killed | |
28.9.17 | Maurice Farman Longhorn 8928?, RNAS, Chingford |
Nose dived, Chingford | |
Flt Cdr John Daniel Newberry (23) killed (South African) | |
Pupil injured | |
1.10.17 | AW F.K.8 B298, 50 TS, Narborough |
Spun off flat turn, Narborough | |
2Lt George Augustus Lowe Warburton (28) killed | |
2.10.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B4682, 39 TS, South Carlton |
Collision with B.E.2e B4004 on landing, South Carlton | |
2Lt David Black (18) died 3.10.17 | |
3.10.17 | B.E.2e A8641, 65 TS, Sedgeford |
Lost in North Sea | |
2Lt Andrew Beattie Sneddon (18) drowned | |
3.10.17 | B.E.2e B746, 35 TS, Northolt |
Stalled and nose dived on take-off, Northolt | |
2Lt Walter Featherstone (27) killed | |
3.10.17 | F.B.A. Type B N1058?, RNAS, Calshot |
Side slipped into sea and overturned, Southampton Water, off Calshot | |
Flt Sub-Lt James Douglas Grant (24) drowned | |
4.10.17 | Camel B2339, 73 TS, Turnhouse |
Lost control and nose dived, Elphinstone, East Lothian | |
2Lt Ernest George Higginson (23) killed (Canadian) | |
5.10.17 | Avro 504J B3129, 28 TS, Castle Bromwich |
Stalled and spun off low turn, Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt Granville Vernon Loch Lewis (26) died 8.10.17 | |
2Lt Cyril Thornton (18) killed | |
6.10.17 | B.E.2e 6820, 37 Sqn, Goldhanger |
Stalled, nose dived and caught fire, Goldhanger | |
2Lt William Quintus Newsom Richardson (19) killed | |
6.10.17 | B.E.2e A1876, 61 TS, South Carlton |
Wing failed in spin, Scampton road, near South Carlton | |
2Lt Alfred Wilfred Tolhurst (18) killed | |
8.10.17 | Avro 504J A9769, 40 TS, Croydon |
Spun and nose dived into ground, Croydon | |
2Lt John Leask Foubister (27) killed (New Zealander) | |
9.10.17 | ?, Wireless Telegraphy Section, Cranwell |
Side slipped and nose dived, Cranwell | |
A Mech 2 William Ernest Leyland (18) killed | |
Pilot injured | |
10.10.17 | Camel B6222, 34 TS, Ternhill |
Spun into ground, Ternhill area | |
2Lt Clifford Ernest Rider (20) killed (Canadian) | |
10.10.17 | D.H.4 B3959, 44 TS, Harlaxton |
Stalled on take-off, Harlaxton | |
2Lt Cecil Reginald Bascombe (19) killed | |
2Lt Walter Frederick Oliver Trench injured | |
11.10.17 | B.E.2c/e 2568, 19 TS, Hounslow |
Spun and nose dived, Lydds Cottage Field, Heath Row | |
2Lt Denis John Heriot Mayne (18) killed | |
11.10.17 | F.B.A. Type B N1044, RNAS, Calshot |
Nose dived into sea, Southampton Water, off Calshot | |
Flt Sub-Lt Bazil Whittle Horswell (22) killed | |
12.10.17 | Avro 504J B3171, School of Special Flying, Gosport |
Spun into ground, Gosport | |
Capt Ivan Emilio Mario Mackenzie (28) killed | |
Capt André Gerbe (33) killed (French Flying Service) | |
12.10.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A8249, 78 Sqn, Sutton's Farm |
Stalled on turn after take-off, Sutton's Farm, Hornchurch | |
2Lt Aubrey de Teissier (24) killed | |
13.10.17 | Avro 504A A1996, CFS, Upavon |
Took off too steeply, stalled and nose dived, Upavon | |
2Lt Benno Oscar Linsingen Hahn (17) killed (South African) | |
13.10.17 | Beatty single-seater, Beatty School of Flying, Hendon |
Spun into ground, Hendon aerodrome | |
Stanley George Cownie (20) killed | |
13.10.17 | Camel B3812, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled and nose dived, Upavon | |
Lt Alister Douglas Stewart (28) killed | |
13.10.17 | Camel B5164, 10 TS, Shawbury |
Spinning nose dive, Shawbury | |
2Lt Harold James Cryer (19) killed | |
13.10.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2208, 8 TS, Netheravon |
Sideslipped off steep turn, East Anton Farm, near Andover | |
Lt Cyril John Nixon (20) died 18.10.17 | |
Lt Frederic Falkenberg Wessel injured | |
13.10.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B2038, 5 TS, Castle Bromwich |
Side slipped and crashed, Minworth, near Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt Robert Francis Sanderson Christie (20) died 14.10.17 | |
15.10.17 | B.E.2e B706, 75 Sqn, Elmswell |
Stalled on take-off, crashed and caught fire, Elmswell | |
2Lt Henry Leonard Chandler (23) died 30.10.17 | |
15.10.17 | D.H.5 A9234, 43 TS, Ternhill |
Wing tip detached in flight, 2m S of Ternhill | |
2Lt Herbert Frederick Meyer (29) killed (Canadian) | |
16.10.17 | D.H.4 A7438, 52 TS, Montrose |
Stalled and nose dived, Charleton Road, Montrose | |
2Lt William Crang Thompson (23) killed (Canadian) | |
16.10.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A4134, 39 TS, South Carlton |
Wing failed and spun in, South Carlton | |
Capt Guy Patrick Spence Reid MC (20) killed | |
2Lt George Grant Cameron (20) killed | |
18.10.17 | Pup A650, 40 TS, Croydon |
Broke up in flight, Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton | |
2Lt Thomas William George (25) killed | |
19.10.17 | F.E.2b A5656, 33 Sqn, Gainsborough |
Crashed after take-off on Zeppelin intercept and caught fire, Gainsborough | |
Lt Hubert Philip Solomon (34) killed (New Zealander) | |
2Lt Harold Preston injured | |
19.10.17 | Pup B2247, 73 TS, Turnhouse |
Spun into ground, Turnhouse | |
2Lt Patrick Alexander Anderson (18) killed | |
20.10.17 | B.E.2e 7238, 17 TS, Yatesbury |
Stalled on approach, Yatesbury | |
2Lt Thomas Herald (31) killed | |
20.10.17 | Spad VII A8832, 72 Sqn, Netheravon |
Stalled on turn and spun into ground, Netheravon | |
2Lt Edgar Retief Latham (22) killed (South African) | |
21.10.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A6946, 6 TS, Catterick |
Killed swinging propeller, Catterick | |
Sgt Herbert Harrison (21) killed | |
Capt Whitworth Archibald Cecil Morgan (pilot) | |
22.10.17 | Camel B3804, CFS, Upavon |
Engine choked at 100ft; stalled & spun into ground, Andover area | |
2Lt Charles Edwin Saines (19) killed | |
22.10.17 | D.H.4 A7676, 2 Training Depot Station, Lake Down |
Turned to avoid trees after take-off, stalled and nose dived, Lake Down, Wilts | |
2Lt Henry Irwin Mahaffy (23) killed | |
22.10.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B4680, 47 TS, Waddington |
Engine fell out in flight, Waddington area | |
2Lt Frank Douglas Bernard Cattell (19) killed | |
23.10.17 | Avro 504J B3105, 43 TS, Ternhill |
Midair collision with Nieuport 20 A6741, Heath Field, Colehurst, near Ternhill | |
2Lt Frank Jickling (22) killed (Canadian) | |
23.10.17 | Nieuport 20 A6741, 43 TS, Ternhill |
Midair collision with Avro 504J B3105, Heath Field, Colehurst, near Ternhill | |
2Lt Leslie Thomas Hogben (18) killed | |
23.10.17 | B.E.2c 9465?, RNAS, Eastchurch |
Flying accident, Eastchurch | |
Probationary Observer Officer Kenneth Leonard Charles Oxley (18) killed | |
23.10.17 | D.H.5 A9467, 30 TS, Ternhill |
Control lost in turn on approach, Ternhill | |
2Lt Sidney Harold Smith (34) killed | |
23.10.17 | Maurice Farman Longhorn N5053, Eastbourne Naval Flying School |
Broke up on cross-country flight, between Rye and Brookland, Kent | |
Probationary Flight Officer James Peter Crawford-Wood (18) killed | |
24.10.17 | R.E.8 A3841, 66 TS, Yatesbury |
Stalled and nose dived, ½m E of Yatesbury aerodrome | |
2Lt Stanley Howard Pilkington (28) killed (AFC, New Zealander) | |
24.10.17 | Sopwith Baby N1418, RNAS, South Shields |
Came down in sea, off Whitby | |
Pilot missing | |
26.10.17 | Sopwith Triplane N509?, Manston War Flight |
Collision with Sopwith Pup while descending at 500ft, near Manston | |
Flt Lt Arthur Frank Brandon DSC (24) killed (South African) | |
Flt Sub-Lt Douglas Wanklyn Gray unhurt in Pup | |
27.10.17 | Camel B3945, 94 Sqn, Harling Road |
Spun off low steep turn, Harling Road area | |
Lt Charles Herman Macneil (25) killed (Canadian) | |
27.10.17 | D.H.4 A7693, 49 Sqn, Dover |
Side slipped off steep bank and caught fire, Swingate Downs, Dover | |
2Lt John Harold Keeble (19) killed | |
2Lt Leslie Sidney Hudson (20) killed | |
27.10.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A6810, 49 TS, Doncaster |
Dived into ground, near Doncaster | |
2Lt Leonard Judah Fleet (22) killed | |
27.10.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B4759, 25 TS, Thetford |
Crashed inverted off steep approach, Thetford | |
2Lt Charles William Homer (23) killed | |
2Lt Douglas McGill (19) killed | |
27.10.17 | Short 320 N1360, RNAS, Yarmouth |
Lost on patrol, North Sea | |
Flt Sub-Lt Peter George Shepherd (21) killed | |
Leading Mechanic Walter Fairnie DSM (20) killed | |
29.10.17 | Avro 504J B970, CFS, Upavon |
Attempted to land in thick mist and glided straight into the ground, Netheravon | |
2Lt Harold Victor Oldman (18) killed | |
30.10.17 | D.H.4 A7617, 46 TS, Catterick |
Broke up in spin, Catterick | |
2Lt Harold Pearce Stuttard (21) killed | |
1.11.17 | D.H.6 A9595, 37 TS, Spittlegate |
Nose dived from 1000ft and caught fire, Spittlegate area | |
2Lt John Thomas Gordon Higginson (19) killed | |
2.11.17 | Avro 504J B3234, 63 TS, Joyce Green |
Failed to recover from spin and crashed onto barge in River Thames, off Joyce Green | |
Capt Henry Hall Griffith (26) killed | |
Sgt William George Spooner injured | |
2.11.17 | Avro 504J B4239, 74 Sqn, London Colney |
Stalled on turn, side slipped and nose dived, London Colney | |
Lt Leonard Hale Smith (23) killed | |
Lt Douglas Borradaile Bell injured | |
3.11.17 | Avro 504J B3194, 81 Sqn, Scampton |
Midair collision with B3224, Scampton | |
Lt Owen Augustus Ellis Allen (24) killed | |
2Lt Edward James Gallagher injured | |
3.11.17 | Avro 504J B3224, 81 Sqn, Scampton |
Midair collision with B3194, Scampton | |
Lt Courtenay Patrick Flowerdew Lowson (20) killed | |
3.11.17 | Handley Page O/100 3116, RNAS, Manston |
Hit ground with wingtip on low pass, overturned and caught fire, Manston | |
Flt Sub-Lt Joseph Hesquith St. James (21) killed (Pilot, Canadian) | |
Flt Sub-Lt Walter Albert Isaacs (22) killed | |
Probationary Flight Officer Thomas Reginald Weston (20) killed | |
Probationary Flight Officer Vyvyan Holcombe Hervey injured | |
Probationary Flight Officer James Angus Smith injured | |
4.11.17 | Avro 504J A9792, 1 School of Aerial Fighting, Ayr |
Midair collision with A9800, Ayr | |
2Lt James Prentice (19) killed | |
4.11.17 | Avro 504J B4251, School of Special Flying, Gosport |
Midair collision, Gosport | |
2Lt George Carlton Mills (26) killed (Canadian) | |
Capt Oswald Horsley unhurt in 2nd machine | |
4.11.17 | Beatty Pusher, Beatty School of Flying, Hendon |
Turned over and pilot thrown out, Hendon | |
2Lt David Charles Bispham (19) killed | |
4.11.17 | Camel B6252, 10 TS, Shawbury |
Spinning nose dive, Shawbury | |
2Lt Albert Cecil Tallent (21) killed | |
4.11.17 | R.E.8 A3693, 15 TS, Spittlegate |
Stalled on turn close to the ground with failing engine, Spittlegate | |
2Lt Frank Lockwood (18) killed | |
4.11.17 | R.E.8 A3893, 42 TS, Hounslow |
Side slipped and nose dived off flat turn, Hounslow | |
2Lt Gordon Sallnow Cosgrove (19) killed | |
2Lt Wilfred Frank King (18) killed | |
5.11.17 | D.H.4 A7678, 49 Sqn, Dover |
Wings broke off in spin; came down in sea, 1½m ESE of Leathercoat Point, Dover | |
Lt Cedric Arthur Jackson (23) killed | |
2Lt Raymond Sylvester Leventon (19) killed | |
6.11.17 | Bristol Fighter C4813, 35 TS, Northolt |
Hit tree on forced landing, Harlow, Essex | |
A Mech 2 Albert John Gardner (21) killed | |
6.11.17 | F.E.2b A5719, 36 Sqn, Seaton Carew |
Missing over the North Sea | |
2Lt Harold Dudley Crisp (22) killed | |
6.11.17 | Fairey Hamble Baby N1327, RNAS, Westgate |
Fell into sea on slow turn, near Westgate | |
Flt Sub-Lt George Hodges Herriot (20) killed | |
7.11.17 | D.H.5 A9163, 62 TS, Dover |
Stalled and nose dived off low turn, Swingate Downs, Dover | |
2Lt Reginald John Moore (19) killed | |
7.11.17 | D.H.4 A7654, 19 TS, Hounslow |
Stalled on approach, Llangefni, Anglesey | |
2Lt Bernard Robert Hadow Carter (19) killed | |
Cpl Harold Smith injured | |
7.11.17 | D.H.5 A9206, 63 TS, Joyce Green |
Crashed during right hand turn, Joyce Green area | |
Lt Jean-Charles Romuald Leduc (21) killed (Canadian) | |
7.11.17 | Short 827 3324 or 8225?, RNAS, Calshot |
Flew into steam barge, Gosport | |
Flt Sub-Lt Grantham Towers (26) killed | |
8.11.17 | Avro 504J B3179, 73 Sqn, Lilbourne |
Spinning nose dive, Lilbourne | |
Lt Victor William Price (23) killed | |
2Lt Norman Eustace Sassoon Croager (25) killed (pilot) | |
8.11.17 | D.H.5 A9395, 63 TS, Joyce Green |
Crashed off slow turn after take-off with choked engine, Harling Road, Norfolk | |
2Lt Wilfred George Redman (19) killed | |
8.11.17 | Short 184 N1661, RNAS, Dundee |
Crashed in North Sea in flames, 15m NE of St Abb's Head | |
Flt Sub-Lt Eric Osterfield Arliss Andrews (24) killed | |
A Mech 1 Gilbert Winter Bickle (20) killed | |
9.11.17 | D.H.4 A7541, 83 Sqn, Wyton |
Stalled turning after engine failure, Wyton | |
2Lt Lewis Arthur Palmer (22) killed | |
10.11.17 | B.E.2c 8724, RNAS, East Fortune |
Dived into ground, Craiglockhart, Edinburgh | |
Flt Sub-Lt Reginald Dennis Clive (19) killed | |
Petty Officer Aircraftman Timothy Charles Martin Reardon (30) killed | |
10.11.17 | Bristol Fighter A3328, 38 TS, Rendcomb |
Spun on approach, Rendcomb | |
Sgt Robert Lincoln (28) died 11.11.1917 | |
10.11.17 | D.H.4 A7698, 51 TS, Waddington |
Trying to land, got into spin and crashed, Sleaford area | |
2Lt John Robert Hugh Liddell (23) killed | |
11.11.17 | Camel B2373, 44 Sqn, Hainault Farm |
Nose dived, Hainault Farm | |
Lt Walter Bertram Wood MC (19) killed | |
11.11.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A6030, 80 Sqn, Montrose |
Wings folded back recovering from dive, Nether Warburton, near Montrose | |
2Lt Albert James (Bert) Moore (22) killed (Canadian) | |
11.11.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B2009, 26 TS, Harlaxton |
Stalled and side slipped, Plungar, Notts. | |
2Lt Duncan Alexander Robertson (18) killed | |
11.11.17 | Avro 504 9280 or N5313?, RNAS, Manston |
Spun in, Manston | |
Flt Sub-Lt David Ross Kerr (20) killed (Canadian) | |
12.11.17 | Camel B6274, 40 TS, Croydon |
Midair collision with Camel B6396, Wallington, Surrey | |
2Lt John Hepburn Russell CGM (29) killed | |
12.11.17 | Camel B6396, 40 TS, Croydon |
Midair collision with Camel B6274, Wallington, Surrey | |
2Lt Walter Crooke (18) killed | |
13.11.17 | Pup B2242, 6 TS, Catterick |
Dived into ground, Catterick area | |
2Lt Robert Blair Esdaile (18) killed (Canadian) | |
14.11.17 | B.E.2e B4011, 77 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Collision with Camel B6262, near Corstorphine, Edinburgh | |
2Lt Eric Hughes (24) killed (Australian) | |
14.11.17 | Camel B6262, 73 TS, Turnhouse |
Collision with B.E.2e B4011, near Corstorphine, Edinburgh | |
2Lt Hilliard Mark Armstrong (21) killed (Canadian) | |
14.11.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B4787, 49 TS, Doncaster |
Side slipped out of control, 1m S of Doncaster | |
Lt Benjamin Wynford Philipps (24) killed | |
2Lt John William Barr (18) killed | |
16.11.17 | B.E.2e 6291, 76 Sqn, Ripon |
Spun and caught fire following engine failure while night flying, Crockey Hill, near York | |
2Lt Robert Vernon Elwood (18) died 17.11.17 | |
16.11.17 | D.H.4 A7711, 44 TS, Harlaxton |
Hit tree on approach, Harlaxton | |
Lt Stanley Arthur Rutledge (26) killed (Canadian) | |
2Lt John Wilfred Rhodes injured | |
16.11.17 | D.H.4 A7787, 61 TS, South Carlton |
Stalled avoiding church on field landing, Crowland, Lincs. | |
Lt John Shirley Robertson (24) killed (Canadian) | |
17.11.17 | Avro 504J B4294, 11 TS, Scampton |
Hit tree while low-flying and nose dived, Scampton area | |
2Lt James Ritchie Wells (27) killed | |
17.11.17 | Camel B3803, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled on turn and nose dived, Upavon | |
Lt Raymond Frederick Dunnett MC (21) killed | |
17.11.17 | F.E.2b B416, 33 Sqn, Gainsborough |
Night-flying accident, side slipped, Hibaldstow | |
Lt John Augustus Harman (24) killed | |
20.11.17 | Bristol Fighter A3314, 39 Sqn, North Weald |
Failed to recover from spin, North Weald | |
2Lt Thomas Bradley Pritchard MC (24) died 5.12.17 (South African) | |
2Lt Thomas Arthur Lloyd injured | |
22.11.17 | R.E.8 A4465, 103 Sqn, Old Sarum |
Spun, crashed and caught fire, near Old Sarum | |
Capt Alexander Guthrie Deuchar (24) killed | |
22.11.17 | S.E.5A B657, 61 Sqn, Rochford |
Stalled on sharp turn after take-off, Rochford | |
Capt Charles William Bruce (22) killed | |
22.11.17 | Short 184 N1233, RNAS, South Shields |
Crashed in sea, N of Longstone, Farne Islands | |
Flt Sub-Lt Ralph Gordon MacAloney (24) killed (Canadian) | |
AC2 Frederick Thomas Sprules (29) killed | |
23.11.17 | B.E.2e A8723, 9 TS, Norwich |
Stalled while taking off, crashed and caught fire, Norwich | |
2Lt Alan Ernest Wale (18) killed | |
23.11.17 | Camel B6347, RNAS, Dover |
Side slipped and and nose dived off low turn, Dover | |
Flt Sub-Lt Harold Ferguson Airey (19) killed | |
26.11.17 | D.H.5 A9388, 62 TS, Dover |
Stalled turning on approach and nose dived, Dover | |
2Lt Clifford Edward Gordon Cooper (19) killed (South African) | |
26.11.17 | Sea Scout Patrol airship S.S.P.2, RNAS, Caldale |
Came down in sea, NE of Westray, Orkney | |
Flt Lt Edmund Bourchier Devereux (22) drowned | |
A Mech 1 Albert Edwin Scott drowned | |
Leading Mechanic Edgar James Wilson (22) drowned | |
26.11.17 | ?, RFC |
Hit tent and building after engine failure, Lake Down | |
A Mech 2 Lees Hyde (30) died 8.12.17 | |
Sapper Edward Ernest Siddy (36) killed | |
2 injured | |
2Lt Gray unhurt (pilot) | |
28.11.17 | D.H.5 A9330, 3 TDS, Lopcombe Corner |
Stalled and dived into ground, Lopcombe Corner area | |
2Lt George Ernest Martin (25) killed | |
28.11.17 | D.H.5 B366, 3 TDS, Lopcombe Corner |
Side slipped and nose dived off steep turn, Lopcombe Corner area | |
2Lt Edward Stanley Osborn (21) killed (Canadian) | |
28.11.17 | R.E.8 B6479, 42 TS, Hounslow |
Stalled on low turn, hit trees and caught fire, Hounslow | |
2Lt Joseph Francis Crowley Cunningham (19) killed | |
Cadet Morris Reginald de Saxe unhurt | |
28.11.17 | R.E.8 A4474, Artillery Co-operation Squadron, Lydd |
Stalled and spun out of low cloud, Lydd | |
Lt Fred Farrer (36) killed | |
Lt Bertram Charles Joseph St. Clair Miller (24) died 29.11.17 | |
29.11.17 | N.E.1 B3972, 78 Sqn, Sutton's Farm |
Hit tree on forced landing, Hornchurch area | |
Capt Bass Durant Capper (29) died 6.12.17 | |
Lt-Col Robert Graeme Cherry MC injured (pilot) | |
30.11.17 | F.E.2d A6416, 33 Sqn, Elsham |
Lost speed on low turn and nose dived, Elsham | |
2Lt Carey Pinnock (20) killed (Canadian) | |
2.12.17 | Avro 504J B4247, School of Special Flying, Gosport |
Stalled and side slipped after take-off, Gosport | |
2Lt Ralph Conway Jenkins (21) killed | |
Able Seaman W Penn injured | |
2.12.17 | S.E.5A B563, 28 TS, Castle Bromwich |
Spun off steep low turn, Castle Bromwich area | |
2Lt Walter Gordon Coutts (19) killed (Canadian) | |
3.12.17 | B.E.2e B3702, RNAS, Cranwell |
Crashed and burnt, Cranwell South | |
Probationary Flight Officer Eric Henry Dyson (19) killed | |
5.12.17 | Bristol Fighter A7197, 62 Sqn, Rendcomb |
Stalled and nose dived on low climbing turn, near Rendcomb | |
2Lt David Roderick Eccles (18) killed | |
2Lt John Logan Sutherland injured | |
5.12.17 | Nieuport 12 A5197, 28 TS, Castle Bromwich |
Bystander struck by propeller, Castle Bromwich | |
2Lt Vernon Radcliffe Stewart (23) killed | |
Lt Donald Coates (pilot) | |
6.12.17 | Avro 504J B4215, 30 TS, Ternhill |
Stalled attempting to land in field, Ternhill area | |
2Lt Alfred Edgar Portlock (22) killed | |
7.12.17 | Camel B5577, 73 Sqn, Lilbourne |
Stalled on low turn and nose dived, Lilbourne | |
2Lt Charles Robert Rawbone (20) died 18.12.17 | |
7.12.17 | Pup B2246, 54 TS, Harlaxton |
Spinning nose dive, Harlaxton area | |
2Lt Jack Randell Falck (19) killed | |
8.12.17 | Avro 504J B972, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled and nose dived on approach, Upavon | |
Lt Leroy Ellsworth Van Buskirk (29) killed (Canadian) | |
9.12.17 | Martinsyde Elephant B866, 110 Sqn, Sedgeford |
Wings folded back in dive, Sedgeford | |
2Lt James Alan Pearson (18) killed | |
9.12.17 | Short 184 N1678, RNAS, HMS Riviera |
Lost on patrol, English Channel area | |
Flt Sub-Lt Norman Ivan Larter (23) drowned (Canadian) | |
W/T Op 1st Reginald John Robins (22) drowned | |
12.12.17 | B.E.2e A1360, 104 Sqn, Weyhill |
Spun in after midair collision, near Appleshaw, Andover | |
2Lt John Edwin Ransome (24) killed | |
Lt Edwards unhurt in 2nd machine | |
12.12.17 | D.H.6 A9744, 31 TS, Wyton |
Hit tree in fog, Wyton | |
Capt Richard Henry Probyn Miers (44) killed | |
A Mech 1 Edmund Ward (34) killed | |
12.12.17 | F.B.A. Type B N2680, RNAS, Calshot |
Climbed too steeply; nose dived into water, Calshot area | |
Flt Sub-Lt Joseph Leonard Moran (23) killed (Canadian) | |
12.12.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A5955, 62 TS, Dover |
Hit school while stunting, St Margaret's, Dover | |
2Lt James Frederick Wheeler Kither (20) killed | |
13.12.17 | Camel B2536, 39 Sqn 'E' Flt, Gosport |
Spun in mist and hit Fort Brockhurst, Gosport | |
2Lt William Herbert Arthur (28) killed | |
13.12.17 | Camel B5678, RNAS, Cranwell |
Crashed in fog, North Rauceby, near Cranwell | |
Flt Lt Ernest Edward Beale (22) killed | |
13.12.17 | Camel B6445, 30 TS, Ternhill |
Spun while stunting, Ternhill area | |
2Lt Douglas Gordon Scott (21) killed | |
13.12.17 | Spad VII A8804, 56 TS, London Colney |
Stalled and nose dived while stunting, Shenleybury, Herts. | |
2Lt James Lionel Andrew (30) killed | |
15.12.17 | AW F.K.8 B294, 37 TS, Spittlegate |
Spun off low turn and hit shed, Spittlegate | |
2Lt Gilbert Henderson Johnston (18) killed | |
15.12.17 | ?, Norwich AAP |
Crashed from 3000ft into field on test flight, Norwich | |
Sgt James Hubert Ronald Green (19) killed | |
17.12.17 | Curtiss H-4 3587, RNAS, Felixstowe |
Sideslipped and nosedived into sea after take-off, off Harwich | |
Ensign Phillips Ward Page (32) drowned (US Navy) | |
18.12.17 | Camel B2378, 44 Sqn, Hainault Farm |
Spun on approach, Hainault Farm | |
2Lt Vane Carrington Manuel (29) killed (Canadian) | |
18.12.17 | Camel B6268, 30 TS, Ternhill |
Spun off flat turn with choked engine, Ternhill area | |
2Lt Robert Ernest Cleary (22) killed (Canadian) | |
18.12.17 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter A1014, 3 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, New Romney |
Collision on ground, New Romney | |
Lt Frederick King Laverton (19) killed | |
A/Sgt Frederic Eugene Joseph Quessy injured (AFC) | |
18.12.17 | Gotha, Bogohl 3 |
Attacked by Camel and ditched in sea, off Folkestone | |
Leutnant Friedrich Ketelsen (21) drowned | |
Oberleutnant Gerhard von Stachelsky rescued | |
Gefreiter A Wiesmann rescued | |
Second Hand Frank William Gee (46) killed by bomb during salvage 19.12.17 (RNR) | |
18.12.17 | ?, 63 TS, Joyce Green |
Engine under test, accidentally started while rotating propellor, Dover | |
Cpl John William Cook (35) died 19.12.17 | |
19.12.17 | Camel B3904, CFS, Upavon |
Spun into ground, near Upavon | |
2Lt George Gerald Pasley (19) killed | |
19.12.17 | Curtiss JN-3 A1259, 1 TDS, Stamford |
Wing collapsed in loop, near Stamford | |
Cadet Harold Ainsworth (23) killed (American) | |
19.12.17 | Morane & Avro, CFS, Upavon |
Handler hit in ground collision, Upavon | |
Cpl Percy Charles Boxall (24) killed | |
2Lt Harry Wearne unhurt in Avro | |
20.12.17 | AW F.K.3 A1488, 37 TS, Spittlegate |
Nose dived and crashed, Grantham | |
Lt Merrick Orville Prismall (25) killed | |
20.12.17 | D.H.6 A9639, 31 TS, Wyton |
Crashed trying to avoid tree in fog, Cambridge area | |
2Lt George Henry Hall MSM (21) died 24.12.17 | |
20.12.17 | Spad VII A8874, 91 Sqn, Chattis Hill |
Spun into ground, Chattis Hill | |
2Lt Fleetwood Earnscliffe Daniel (20) killed (Canadian) | |
20.12.17 | Sea Scout Zero airship S.S.Z.7, RNAS, Polegate |
Collision with S.S.Z.10 on landing in fog, The Downs, Jevington, Sussex | |
Flt Sub-Lt Richard Swallow (26) killed | |
A Mech 1 Victor Dodd injured | |
A Mech 1 Hughes injured | |
Flt Lt Victor A Watson injured attempting rescue | |
21.12.17 | Camel B2310, 10 TS, Shawbury |
Hit ground in fog, Montgomery | |
2Lt John Francis Kneale (24) killed | |
21.12.17 | Sea Scout Patrol airship S.S.P.4, RNAS, Cardale |
Wrecked at sea, off Westray, Orkney | |
Flt Cdr William Frith Horner (22) drowned | |
Leading Mechanic Ernest Frank Anthony (21) drowned | |
A Mech 2 Rowland Charles Behn (18) drowned | |
22.12.17 | Avro 504A B4307, 7 TDS, Feltwell |
Crashed, Feltwell | |
2Lt Henry Rhodes McDonald (19) killed (South African) | |
22.12.17 | Avro 504J B4258, 94 Sqn, Harling Road |
Dived in while stunting, Harling Road area | |
2Lt Leslie James Mitchell (28) killed | |
22.12.17 | D.H.6 C1953, 17 TS, Yatesbury |
Stalled, inverted and nose dived, Yatesbury | |
2Lt Christopher Henry Hoskyns-Abrahall (18) killed | |
22.12.17 | F.B.A. Type B N2681, RNAS, Lee-on-Solent |
Nose dived into sea, Lee-on-Solent | |
Flt Sub-Lt Vernon Hatherden Littleboy (22) killed | |
23.12.17 | Albatros D.V G56 (D.2129/17), 73 TS, Turnhouse |
Spun into River Forth | |
Capt Clive Franklyn Collett MC (31) killed (New Zealander) | |
23.12.17 | D.H.6 B2631, 1 TDS, Stamford |
Collision with B2656 after take-off, Stamford | |
Lt Stanley James Young (27) killed | |
23.12.17 | D.H.6 B2656, 1 TDS, Stamford |
Collision with B2631 after take-off, Stamford | |
2Lt George Longley Lewington (19) killed | |
23.12.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn B4743, 7 TS, Netheravon |
Stalled and nose dived on first solo, near Netheravon | |
2Lt Harry Cecil Marshall (18) killed | |
24.12.17 | Camel B5614, 6 TS, Montrose |
Dived into sea, Montrose Bay | |
Lt Arthur Ernest Percival Mott (22) killed (Australian) | |
24.12.17 | F.E.2b A792, 199 (Night) Training Sqn, East Retford |
Stalled on turn, spun and nose dived into plantation, East Retford | |
2Lt Herbert Spencer Sinclair (19) killed | |
24.12.17 | B.E.2e B4516, 109 Sqn, Lake Down |
Midair collision with B.E.2e B8831, Lake Down | |
2Lt James Phelps Fennelly (22) killed | |
24.12.17 | B.E.2e B8831, 108 Sqn, Lake Down |
Midair collision with B.E.2e B4516, Lake Down | |
2Lt Ronald James Finlay (19) killed | |
24.12.17 | Camel B9165, 80 Sqn, Beverley |
Spun and crashed on golf course, Beverley | |
2Lt Herbert Norman Scott Anderson (18) killed | |
24.12.17 | Short 184 N1638, RNAS, Dundee |
Forced landed in heavy seas, 12m SE of Fife Ness | |
Flt Sub-Lt Fred Christie Cressman (28) drowned (Canadian) | |
A Mech 2 Gordon Dargan Ross Shearer (20) drowned | |
26.12.17 | D.H.4 B2054, 9 TS, Norwich |
Nose dived while attempting to land in snowstorm, Trowse, Norwich | |
2Lt Collin Chad Armstrong Norris (18) killed | |
27.12.17 | Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2528, 12 TS, Thetford |
Overturned on forced landing and caught fire, near Thetford | |
2Lt Frederick Leslie Walker (19) died 28.12.17 | |
29.12.17 | Camel B3888, Aeroplane Experimental Station, Martlesham Heath |
Nose dived out of cloud, Martlesham area | |
Lt Geoffrey Edgar Cushing (19) killed (Canadian) | |
31.12.17 | B.E.2e A3139, 76 Sqn, Ripon |
Flew into ground, near Helperby | |
Lt Arthur Lewis Jenkins (25) killed | |
31.12.17 | D.H.6 B2727, RNAS, Redcar |
Crashed, Redcar area | |
Probationary Flight Officer Francis Michael Anderson (18) died 1.1.18 | |
31.12.17 | R.E.8 A3432, Armament Experimental Station, Orfordness |
Stalled and nose dived on turn after take-off, Orfordness | |
2Lt Percy William Wilcox (24) killed | |
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