21.2.1920 | Bristol Fighter H1567, 2 Sqn, Oranmore |
Missing in Irish Sea en route Shotwick - Baldonnel | |
Lt Croye Rothes Pithey DFC (27) killed (South African) | |
21.2.20 | Bristol Fighter H1621, 2 Sqn, Oranmore |
Missing, en route Shotwick - Baldonnel | |
Lt Hardress de Warrenne Waller (22) killed | |
21.2.20 | Bristol Fighter H1612, 100 Sqn, Baldonnel |
Missing, en route Shotwick - Baldonnel | |
Lt Horace Lloyd Holland (21) killed | |
29.4.20 | Felixstowe F.5 N4044, 230 Sqn, Felixstowe |
Spun into sea, off Felixstowe | |
Sqn Ldr Edwin Roland Moon DSO (33) killed | |
Fg Off Albert John Fyfield (24) killed | |
Sub-Lt José Guilherme d'Abreu Fonseca (24) killed (Portuguese Navy) | |
AC2 Gerald Tipping Bass (19) killed | |
Flt Lt Charles Oscar Fritiof Modin DSC injured | |
Fg Off Louis Henry Pakenham-Walsh injured | |
10.6.20 | D.H.16 G-EARU, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd, Croydon |
Overturned on forced landing after engine failure, Swanley Junction, Kent | |
Mrs Madeline Dorothy Day (28) died 31.5.21 | |
Capt Bayliss injured | |
Sibery Day injured | |
Mr Taw injured | |
24.6.20 | Avro 504K G-EADR, S Summerfield & Co. |
Wings collapsed, Werrington, near Peterborough | |
Donald Hastings Sadler (21) killed (pilot) | |
Charles Guest (21) killed | |
Philip Warwick Runquest (31) killed | |
12.7.20 | D.H.9A F1646, 24 Sqn, Kenley |
Spun off low turn and burned, Kenley | |
Fg Off Victor Oliver Reynolds (28) killed | |
AC2 Percy Braithwaite (19) killed | |
5.8.20 | Bristol Fighter C4870, 1 Flying Training School, Netheravon |
Spun off steep turn, near Netheravon | |
Flt Lt Michael Amyas Julian Orde (32) killed | |
Fg Off Burton Ankers DCM injured | |
16.8.20 | Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 G-EALW, By Air Ltd, Coventry |
Crashed after engine failure, Biddenham, near Bedford | |
James Gordon Riley (21) killed | |
Henry Hamblin injured | |
28.8.20 | Bristol Fighter F4528, 2 Sqn Detached Flight, Castlebar |
Crashed after hitting trestle, Castlebar | |
Major Harry Francis Chads MC (29) killed | |
Fg Off Norman Herford Dimmock injured (pilot, Australian Flying Corps) | |
25.9.20 | Central Centaur IIA G-EAPC, Central Aircraft Co., Northolt |
Spun in, Sharvel Lane, Hayes | |
Lt Frederick Benjamin Goodwin Castleman (23) killed (Central chief pilot) | |
Ellen Rowland (14) died 27.9.20 | |
George Rowland (43) killed | |
Imelda Mary Trafford alias Isolda de Trafford (23) killed | |
Gladys Sybil Wilkinson (16) killed | |
Mrs Mary E Wilkinson (43) killed | |
4.11.20 | Bristol Fighter F4852, 24 Sqn, Kenley |
Hit tree landing in fog, Kenley | |
Fg Off Harold Oliver Prout AFC (33) killed | |
Fg or Obs Off Horace Edgar Fenwick (24) killed | |
14.12.20 | Handley Page O/400 G-EAMA, Handley Page Transport, Cricklewood |
Hit tree and house roof after take-off and caught fire, Golders Green | |
Robert William Bager (34) killed (pilot) | |
John H Williams (27) killed (mechanic) | |
Montague Samuel Salinger (50) killed | |
Adolphe M Van Der Elst (40) killed (French) | |
Piero Curioni injured (Italian) | |
E Rosenthal injured | |
Alexandre Bona unhurt (Italian) | |
Eric Studd unhurt | |
25.1.1921 | D.H.4 O-BAIN, SNETA |
Crashed in mist on hill between Hope Farm and the "Valiant Sailor" | |
public house, Folkestone, Kent | |
Prosper Joseph George (28) died 28.1.21 (Belgian) | |
24.2.21 | Avro 504K F8751, 4 Sqn, Farnborough |
Spun in, Cove, near Farnborough | |
Fg Off William Leslie Gordon Spinney (29) killed | |
Obs Off Allan Hesketh DFC injured | |
10.3.21 | D.H.10 F8423, Aeroplane Experimental Establishment, Martlesham Heath |
Spun and crashed on test flight, Hasketon, Suffolk | |
Fg Off Harold William Gardner (27) killed | |
31.3.21 | D.H.4 D8393, Instrument Design Establishment, Biggin Hill |
Stalled and crashed after engine failure on test flight, Biggin Hill | |
Fg Off Noel Butler Hemsley MBE (28) killed | |
Edward Fenton Terry (28) killed (civilian technical assistant) | |
15.4.21 | Bristol Fighter F4933, School of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum |
Crashed off turn after engine failure, Mouxton, Hants | |
Fg Off Bernard Frederick Deane (23) killed | |
AC2 Philip Frederick Elliott (20) killed | |
20.5.21 | Parnall Panther N7433, 210 Sqn, Gosport |
Stalled on take-off, Gosport | |
Fg Off John Henry Talbot Carr (22) killed | |
AC1 John Armstrong (19) killed | |
25.5.21 | Bristol Fighter G-EAWZ, P J Pinckney |
Stalled and crashed, Hamble | |
Philip John Pinckney (61) killed | |
Thomas Lawrence Tebbit (23) killed (pilot) | |
Miss Frances Pinckney injured | |
21.6.21 | Snipe E8220, CFS, Upavon |
Spun in off loop, Enford, Wilts | |
Flt Lt Andrew Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor VC DSO MC* DFC (24) killed (South African) | |
24.6.21 | Snipe E6156, 25 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Spun during practice landings, near Caesar's Camp, Folkestone | |
Fg Off Harry Marinus Struben (22) killed | |
6.7.21 | Bristol Fighter J6612, Instrument Design Establishment, Farnborough |
Fitter hit by propeller while starting engine, Farnborough | |
AC2 Frederick Charles Ashcroft (18) killed | |
Fg Off Charles Torr Anderson DFC (pilot) | |
12.7.21 | Nieuport Goshawk G-EASK, Nieuport and General Aircraft Co Ltd |
Spun into ground, Burnt Oak, near Hendon | |
Harry George Hawker (32) killed (Australian) | |
15.8.21 | Bristol Fighter C761, 6 FTS, Manston |
Nose dived off low turn after engine failure and caught fire, Manston | |
Fg Off Stephen Percival Marcus (26) killed (South African) | |
16.8.21 | Bristol Braemar C4297, Aeroplane Experimental Establishment, Martlesham Heath |
Veered on take-off and hit a hangar, Martlesham Heath | |
Flt Lt Oliver Manners Sutton MC (25) killed | |
AC2 Charles Sheridan (21) killed | |
Cpl Cecil Stanley Ellison injured | |
AC2 F Barman unhurt | |
19.8.21 | Bristol Fighter H1419, 2 FTS, Duxford |
Stalled on turn after engine failure and spun, Croxton, near Thetford | |
Plt Off Eric Raven Lush (23) killed | |
Plt Off Edward Arthur Rush (19) killed | |
24.8.21 | H.M. Airship R38 (ZR-2), RAF, Howden |
Broke up in flight, River Humber estuary, near Hull, Yorks | |
CBM Charles Ivan Aller (31), US Rigid Air Detachment, United States Navy killed | |
LAC George Stanley Anger (31) killed | |
Lt Cdr Valentine Nicolas Bieg (31), USN killed | |
Sgt Frederick Ernest Burton (24) killed | |
Charles Ivor Rae Campbell OBE (49) killed (Superintendent, Royal Airship Works) | |
Lt Cdr Emory W Coil (32), USN killed | |
CMM Robert M Coons (25), USN killed | |
CMM Lloyd Erwin Crowl (32), USN killed | |
AC1 Charles Watt Donald (20) killed | |
AC1 John Cecil Drew (22) killed | |
Cecil William Duffield (27) killed (National Physical Laboratory) | |
Lt Marcus Herbert Esterly (30), USN killed | |
Flt Sgt William Hunter Greener (29) killed | |
CMM John T Hancock (31), USN killed | |
Flt Sgt Sidney James Heath AFM (38) killed | |
Lt Henry Willets Hoyt (31), USN killed | |
CMM William A Julius (27), USN killed | |
CBM Maurice Lay (33), USN killed | |
Flt Lt Ivo Cecil Little AFC (25) killed | |
Lt Charles Gray Little (26), USN killed | |
CMM Albert L Loftin (23), USN killed | |
Air Cdre Edward Maitland Maitland CMG DSO AFC (41) killed | |
Flt Sgt Alfred Thomas Martin (39) killed | |
Sgt John William Augustus Mason (24) killed | |
Fg Off Thomas Frederick Mathewson AFC (33) killed | |
Cdr Louis Henry Maxfield (37), USN killed | |
Flt Lt Rupert Samuel Montagu DSC (26) killed | |
LAC William Oliver (29) killed | |
John Robert Pannell (36) killed (National Physical Laboratory) | |
AC2 Roy Parker (21) killed | |
AC1 Charles William Penson (23) killed | |
CBM Ad Pettitt (28), USN killed | |
Flt Lt John Edward Maddock Pritchard OBE AFC (31) killed | |
Flt Sgt John Rye (34) killed | |
Flt Sgt Frank Smith (28) killed | |
CMM William J Steele (26), USN killed | |
AC1 Eric Edward Steere (21) killed | |
Flt Lt Godfrey Main Thomas DFC (25) killed | |
Flt Sgt Harold Thompson (25) killed | |
Frank Warren (44) killed (Royal Airship Works) | |
CMM George Welch (42), USN killed | |
Fg Off Victor Houghton Wicks (29) killed | |
LAC John William Willson (27) killed | |
AC2 Robert Withington (21) killed | |
LAC Ernest Wynne Davies injured | |
Flt Lt Archibald Herbert Wann injured (pilot) | |
Henry Bateman unhurt (National Physical Laboratory) | |
Cpl Walter Augustus Potter unhurt | |
CMM Norman Otto Walker, USN unhurt | |
3.9.21 | Bristol Fighter J6725, 100 Sqn, Baldonnel |
Failed to recover from spin, Celbridge, Kildare | |
Cpl Harold Stanley Roadnight (20) killed | |
Fg Off Francis Frederick Tattam injured | |
3.10.21 | Vimy F9157, 6 FTS, Manston |
Spun off low turn and caught fire, Manston | |
Fg Off Leslie Wallis Beal (22) killed | |
AC1 Terence Curtis (21) killed | |
AC2 Robert John Reeves (21) killed | |
AC2 Albert Arthur Revell (19) killed | |
AC2 Walter Edward Thrupp (20) killed | |
3.12.21 | Vimy F9162, Inland Area Aircraft Depot, Henlow |
Sideslipped and crashed after engine failure, City Fields Farm, Henlow | |
Cpl Frank Richard Lawrence (20) killed | |
Flt Lt Harold Jacer Roach AFC injured | |
AC2 John Herbert Palmer unhurt | |
10.1.1922 | B.A.T. Bantam F1653, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough |
Crashed onto hut on test flight, Connaught Hospital, near Farnborough | |
Flt Lt Frederick Thomas Williams MBE (30) died 18.1.22 | |
8.2.22 | Avro 504K H9829, 4 Sqn, Farnborough |
Hit tree on take-off, Farnborough | |
Flt Lt Robert Charles Jenkins MBE MC (26) killed | |
Obs Off Allan Hesketh DFC injured | |
10.2.22 | D.H.14 Okapi J1938, RAE, Farnborough |
Hit tree and crashed in flames, Dropmore Park, Burnham Beeches | |
Fg Off Geoffrey Robinson MC (28) killed | |
John Seymour Mitchell (28) killed (civilian technical assistant) | |
10.2.22 | Bristol Fighter D7856, 100 Sqn, Baldonnel |
Crashed after take-off, Baldonnel | |
Fg Off Palmer John Parry (25) died 11.2.22 | |
AC2 James Ernest Harris (21) killed | |
25.2.22 | Bristol Fighter F4807, 2 FTS, Duxford |
Stalled on turn and spun, Duxford | |
Plt Off Burns Alan Campbell South (21) killed | |
1.3.22 | Avro 504K E3568, 5 FTS, Shotwick |
Stalled landing and nose dived into ground, Shotwick | |
Fg Off Denis Richard Mullan (27) killed | |
7.3.22 | Avro 504K D4542, 5 FTS, Shotwick |
Lost at sea off North Wales | |
Fg Off Brian Holding (22) killed | |
23.3.22 | D.H.10A E5497, 6 FTS, Manston |
Stalled on turn after overshoot, Manston | |
Fg Off Denys Newson Dickson (22) killed | |
LAC Joseph McCausland unhurt | |
28.3.22 | D.H.9A E967, 39 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Stalled after take-off, dived in and caught fire, Spittlegate | |
Fg Off Charles Willie Bragg (26) killed | |
LAC Walter Wren (22) killed | |
7.4.22 | Bristol Fighter F4420, 2 FTS, Duxford |
Spun and crashed, Chettisham, near Ely | |
Plt Off George Hopkins (23) killed | |
13.4.22 | Vickers Viking Mk. IV G-EBBZ, Sir Ross Smith |
Spun off turn, Brooklands | |
Sir Ross Macpherson Smith (29) killed (Australian) | |
Lt James Mallett Bennett (26) killed | |
2.5.22 | Bristol Fighter D7804, 5 FTS, Shotwick |
Spun in after take-off, Shotwick | |
AC2 Samuel Thompson (19) killed | |
Plt Off Ian Patrick Anderson injured | |
24.5.22 | Bristol Fighter J6673, 2 Sqn, Digby |
Stalled on turn, nose dived and crashed, Digby | |
Fg Off Ernest George Green MC (30) killed | |
Sgt Walter John Stivey (32) killed | |
3.6.22 | Bleriot-Spad 33 Berline F-ACMH, Cie Messageries Aeriennes |
Dived into sea, 3m off Folkestone | |
Paul Ernest Morin (35) killed (pilot) | |
Paul Carroll killed (French) | |
Dr Gordon Ley (36) killed | |
22.6.22 | Snipe F2409, School of Technical Training (Men), Manston |
Crashed during race practice, Northolt | |
Flt Lt Ronald St Clair McClintock MC (29) killed | |
7.7.22 | Avro 504K F8747, RAF (Cadet) College, Cranwell |
Collision with H2364, Cranwell | |
Cadet Vyvian Osborne Gillmore (19) killed | |
Cadet Francis Gerald Cator injured in H2364 | |
17.7.22 | Parnall Panther N7509, 205 Sqn, Leuchars |
Sideslipped and nose dived after engine failure, Donibristle | |
Fg Off Alec Thomas James Anderson (24) killed | |
Fg Off Robert Dyet Lambert injured | |
24.7.22 | Snipe DC E6600, 25 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Spun in off turn, Sugar Loaf Hill, Folkestone | |
AC1 Frank Kershaw (21) killed | |
Fg Off Henry Edward Walker injured | |
3.10.22 | Avro 504K G-EAWK, E Williams, Blackpill |
Dived into sea, Swansea Bay, off Blackpill | |
Frederick Percival Bush (23) drowned (pilot) | |
Evan Williams (43) drowned | |
Sgt-Major John Stanley Hudson Biggins (36) drowned | |
9.10.22 | Avro 504K H2482, 5 FTS, Shotwick |
Spun in off loop, Shotwick | |
Fg Off Hubert Everitt Ranson (29) killed | |
Plt Off Victor John Hatton injured | |
24.10.22 | Bristol Fighter F4831, 24 Sqn, Kenley |
Spun on approach, Kenley | |
Plt Off Matthew Charles Hayter (21) killed | |
29.11.22 | Bristol Fighter F4340, Armament & Gunnery School, Eastchurch |
Midair collision with Snipe E6479 during camera-gun practice, Warden Isle, off Sheppey | |
Fg Off William James Gayes (24) killed | |
Fg Off John Harold Vickers injured in Snipe | |
18.12.22 | Gloucestershire Nightjar J6930, AEE |
Spun in after engine failure at 200ft, Brockworth | |
Fg Off John Wilson Wallwork MC (24) killed | |
10.1.1923 | D.H.16 G-EALM, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd |
Stalled on turn after engine failure, Stanmore Common | |
Capt Ralph Edmund Keys DFC (28) killed | |
Leslie Lihou Arnell (20) killed | |
Edward Bernett injured | |
Samuel Hawke injured | |
Harry Picken injured | |
11.1.23 | Bristol Fighter F4482, 1 FTS, Netheravon |
Spun after engine failure, Henlow | |
Cpl Arthur James Amess (21) killed | |
2.2.23 | Avro 504K J732, 39 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Spun in during aerobatics, Spittlegate | |
Fg Off Cyril Chambers (24) killed | |
Fg Off John Edmund Layard Drabble injured | |
16.2.23 | Avro 504K H2613, 2 FTS, Duxford |
Dived into ground, Stanmoor Hall Farm, Whittlesford | |
Plt Off Jack Wilkinson Hardstaff (20) killed | |
20.3.23 | Bristol Fighter F4761, 5 FTS, Shotwick |
Stalled on approach, Shotwick | |
Plt Off Leonard Basil William Blake Wride (19) killed | |
26.3.23 | D.H.9A E8628, 5 FTS, Shotwick |
Broke up in loop, Heswall, Cheshire | |
Plt Off Robert Cecil Brooke-Hunt (24) killed | |
24.4.23 | D.H.9A E8489, 39 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Stalled on low turn and crashed, Spittlegate | |
Fg Off Maurice Crosbie Trench (26) killed | |
Plt Off Frederic Samuel Harris (20) killed | |
1.5.23 | Nightjar J6938, 401 Flt, Leuchars |
Spun off steep turn, Leuchars | |
Fg Off Edward Perceval Osburne Haughton (23) killed | |
22.5.23 | Avro 504K E9213, CFS, Upavon |
Crashed after engine failed coming out of loop, near Tidworth | |
Fg Off Alexander Claude Hine (27) killed | |
AC1 Baden Powell injured | |
14.6.23 | Westland Walrus Mk. II N9510, RAF, Gosport |
Spun off climbing turn after take-off, Bunford, near Yeovil | |
Plt Off James Barclay Rose (20) killed | |
23.6.23 | Bristol M.1D Monoplane G-EAVP, Bristol Aeroplane Co |
Crashed and burnt out, Stonehill Road, Ottershaw, near Chertsey, Surrey | |
Major Ernest Leslie Foot MC (28) killed | |
25.6.23 | D.H.9: D.I, Irish Air Service, Fermoy |
Spun and crashed into tree on farm near Fermoy | |
2Lt John Francis McDonagh (21) died 26.6.23 | |
Lt McCulloch injured (pilot) | |
26.6.23 | Vimy F9163, 100 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Crashed after engine failure on take-off, Spittlegate | |
Sgt Herbert Baden Beaumont (22) killed | |
Sgt Jeffery Royston William Sladden injured | |
AC2 Edward Charles Farmery injured | |
7.7.23 | D.H.9A H3431, 24 Sqn, Kenley |
Crashed on house and burnt out, Firs Road, Kenley | |
Fg Off Edward William Logsdail (27) killed | |
Fg Off Marcel Gustave Louis Trapagna-Leroy (24) killed | |
11.7.23 | Blackburn N9583, 422 Flt, Gosport |
Nose dived and crashed, Lee-on-Solent | |
Plt Off Guy Wake (24) killed | |
13.7.23 | Snipe E8259, 56 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Stalled, crashed and overturned after engine failure on take-off, Biggin Hill | |
Plt Off Maurice James Fitzmaurice (20) died 14.7.23 | |
8.8.23 | Avro 504K H2002, 100 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Sideslipped on turn, Spittlegate | |
Fg Off Robin Jaques (26) killed | |
27.8.23 | Farman F.60 Goliath F-AECB, Air Union |
Stalled and crashed following an engine failure, East Malling, Kent | |
Leslie Edward Alexander Gunther (19) killed | |
Jean-Jules Denneulin injured (pilot) | |
Jean Morin injured (mechanic) | |
Solomon Bertish injured | |
Mark Oliver injured | |
Max Treisman injured | |
Centeswall injured (Danish) | |
Albert Milton Austin injured (American) | |
Douglas Smith injured (American) | |
Mrs Smith injured (American) | |
Jean Murat unhurt (French) | |
27.8.23 | D.H.6 G-EAWD, de Havilland School of Flying, Stag Lane |
Nose dived off flat turn, Mitchell's Farm, Stanford Rivers, Essex | |
Eduard Wilhelmus Hubertus Duyzings (36) killed (Dutch) | |
28.8.23 | "Brokker" glider, CFS, Upavon |
Dived into ground, Milton Hill, near Pewsey | |
Fg Off Neville Charles Waltho (25) killed | |
28.8.23 | Fairey IIID N9491, Seaplane Training School, Calshot |
Mechanic struck by propeller, Calshot | |
AC1 Frank William Moses (19) died 29.8.23 | |
14.9.23 | DH.34 G-EBBS, Daimler Airway |
Stalled attempting precautionary landing, Ford End Farm, Ivinghoe, Bucks | |
George Edward Pratt (27) killed (pilot) | |
Leslie George Scott Robinson MC (32) killed (co-pilot) | |
Ethel Russell Armitage (21) killed | |
John Grimshaw (37) killed | |
Albert Hayward Turner (42) killed | |
29.9.23 | D.H.9A E8695, 39 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Dived into ground after take-off and caught fire, Spittlegate | |
Plt Off Edward Bernard Coventry (21) killed | |
Cpl William Wardle (21) killed | |
13.10.23 | Peyret monoplane "15" |
Wings collapsed on approach, Lympne | |
Alexis Maneyrol (32) killed (French) | |
15.10.23 | Bristol Fighter J6665, CFS, Upavon |
Stalled on approach, Farnborough | |
Plt Off Edward Charles Keey (21) killed | |
16.10.23 | Vimy F9187, 7 Sqn, Bircham Newton |
Overturned landing at night, Bircham Newton; repaired | |
AC1 Ronald Sinclair Watson (20) killed | |
Plt Off Robert Bruce Fleming unhurt | |
Plt Off Anthony Malone unhurt | |
AC2 Donald Charles Frederick West unhurt | |
20.10.23 | Siskin III J6983, Armstrong Whitworth |
Spun in on test flight, Whitley, Coventry | |
Major Joseph Clifford Griffiths (27) killed (Chief instructor of AW Flying School) | |
7.11.23 | Snipe F2492, CFS, Upavon |
Wings collapsed during aerobatics, Upavon | |
Fg Off Laurance Farrell Wilson (24) killed | |
30.11.23 | Short Springbok Mk I J6975, AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Spun in from 1500ft and caught fire, Martlesham Heath | |
Fg Off Ernest Bird (26) killed | |
Cpl George Roger Budd (26) killed | |
13.12.23 | Sperry Messenger G-EBIJ, Sperry Gyroscope Co |
Forced landed in sea off Rye, Sussex | |
Lawrence Burst Sperry (30) drowned (American) | |
15.1.24 | Bristol Fighter C4721, Directorate of Research (Air Ministry) |
Lost speed in turn after engine failure, Isle of Grain | |
Flt Lt William Reginald Curtis (30) killed (pilot) | |
Sqn Ldr Sidney Mechen Cleverly (38) killed | |
23.1.24 | Bristol Fighter: BF.II, Irish Air Service, Baldonnel |
Spun in from 1000ft, Baldonnel | |
Lt Timothy Nevin (28) died 24.1.24 | |
14.2.24 | Cooper-Travers Hawk monoplane, Maj H Cooper & Lt-Col J L Travers |
Crashed on test flight, Croydon | |
Lt-Col James Lindsay Travers OBE (40) killed | |
15.2.24 | Snipe F2472, 56 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Stalled and spun on approach, Biggin Hill | |
Plt Off John Charles Savory (20) killed | |
15.2.24 | Snipe E7601, 25 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Hit ground during formation dive, Hawkinge | |
Flt Lt George Howard Homer Scutt MC (25) killed | |
26.2.24 | Fairey IIID N9485, Seaplane Training Flt, Calshot |
Ground crewman hit by propeller, Calshot | |
Cpl George Congerton (34) killed | |
3.3.24 | Snipe E6617, 111 Sqn, Duxford |
Collision with Avro 504K H3071 on landing, Duxford | |
Fg Off Jasper Godfrey Peck (22) killed | |
Flt Lt Vaudrey Adolph Albrecht injured | |
3.3.24 | Avro 504K H3071, 2 FTS, Duxford |
Collision with Snipe E6617 on landing, Duxford | |
Sgt George Thomas Bond (22) killed | |
Plt Off William Alfred Tattersall injured | |
3.3.24 | Vimy F9181, Night Flying Flight, Biggin Hill |
Hit trees pulling out of dive and caught fire, near Biggin Hill | |
Fg Off Sydney William Smith (23) killed | |
Sgt Frederick Lister (21) killed | |
Sgt Hedley Sydney Horace Meech unhurt | |
14.3.24 | D.H.9A E8724, 1 FTS, Netheravon |
Spun on turn taking off, crashed and caught fire, Farnborough | |
Cpl Isaac Burthorn Shelley (23) killed | |
4.4.24 | Bristol Fighter D7816, 1 FTS, Netheravon |
Caught fire and dived into ground, West Kennett | |
Plt Off Jack Hamilton Pledger (23) killed | |
8.4.24 | Bristol Fighter F4606, School of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum |
Stalled on turn and crashed, Old Sarum | |
Plt Off Francis Frederic Rowsell Goldsmid (21) killed | |
LAC Harold Samuel Nicholls (20) killed | |
9.4.24 | Bristol Fighter J6784, 4 Sqn, Farnborough |
Spun in after take-off, Farnborough | |
Plt Off Charles William Moss (23) killed | |
24.4.24 | Fokker F.III H-NABS, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
Missing at sea, en route Lympne - Amsterdam | |
Adriaan Pieter Johannes Pijl (27) killed (pilot, Dutch) | |
W J van Hien (35) killed (Dutch) | |
Carel Johannes Marinus Modderman (43) killed (Dutch) | |
29.4.24 | Bristol Fighter F4954, 5 FTS, Shotwick |
Spun in and burst into flames, Shotwick | |
Plt Off Thomas Percy Taylor Jones (28) killed | |
AC2 Cyril Sydney Richards (22) killed | |
2.5.24 | Bristol Fighter F4485, 2 FTS, Duxford |
Midair collision with Avro 504K F8945, Duxford | |
Plt Off Eric Martin MC (29) killed | |
Plt Off John Frederick Young unhurt in Avro | |
5.6.24 | D.H.9A E8654, 39 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Midair collision with J7087, Spittlegate | |
Fg Off Rowan Heywood Daly DSC DFC (26) killed | |
Sgt William Henry Brewer (24) killed | |
5.6.24 | D.H.9A J7087, 39 Sqn, Spittlegate |
Midair collision with E8654, Spittlegate | |
Fg Off Leslie Gordon Lucas (28) killed | |
AC1 Francis Leslie Copleston (22) killed | |
5.6.24 | DH.42A Dingo I J7006, 41 Sqn, Northolt |
Broke up in flight, Northolt | |
Flt Lt Robert Howell Craster Usher MC AFC (27) killed | |
25.6.24 | Supermarine Sea Lion Mk III N170, Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment |
Crashed due to uncontrolled porpoising on take-off, at sea off Felixstowe | |
Fg Off Edward Ewart Paull Smith (25) drowned | |
26.7.24 | Handley Page W8b, Imperial Airways |
Mechanical superintendent struck by propeller, Croydon | |
Albert Percy Sargeant (35) killed | |
29.7.24 | Bristol Fighter F4552, RAF Cadet College, Cranwell |
Spun in, Cold Harbour, near Spittlegate | |
Flt Cadet Harry Howarth Aspinall (20) killed | |
31.7.24 | Fairey Fawn II J6990, 11 Sqn, Netheravon |
Stalled turning to avoid another aircraft and spun in from 200ft, Netheravon | |
LAC George William Maskell (22) killed | |
Sgt W F Grey injured (pilot) | |
6.8.24 | Bristol Fighter F4484, 2 FTS, Digby |
Stalled on turn after take-off, Digby | |
Plt Off Geoffrey Shewell Hall (22) killed | |
12.8.24 | Bristol Fighter C806, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Spun in, Sealand | |
Plt Off Christopher Ernest Hillier (20) killed | |
Plt Off Hampden Charlton Mason Shaw (22) killed | |
15.8.24 | Avro 504K H9863, 2 FTS, Digby |
Dived into ground after engine failure, Metheringham Heath; repaired | |
Fg Off George Searle Lomax Hayward MC (29) killed | |
Plt Off Charles Victor Brealey (27) killed | |
26.8.24 | Bristol Fighter F4955, 13 Sqn, Andover |
Lost speed in low turn and nose dived on photographic flight, Lavant, near Chichester | |
Fg Off John William Carl Harcourt-Vernon (23) killed | |
AC1 Charles Carpenter (23) killed | |
28.8.24 | Snipe F2444, 19 Sqn, Duxford |
Dived into coppice out of inverted flight; children hit, Duxford | |
Fg Off Stanley James Mason (27) killed | |
Ada Miller injured | |
Emily Miller injured | |
Elsie Riches injured | |
12.9.24 | Nieuport Nightjar J6932, 404 Flt, Leuchars |
Spun on approach, Leuchars | |
Fg Off Guy Francis Reeves (22) killed | |
15.9.24 | Snipe F2484, 17 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Stalled on climbing turn after take-off, Eastchurch | |
Plt Off Arthur Douglas Baillie (26) killed | |
2.10.24 | Bristol Fighter F4572, 13 Sqn, Andover |
Spun in, Penton Grafton, near Andover | |
Fg Off Archibald Hay Stirling (24) killed | |
AC1 William James Arthur Turton (22) killed | |
9.10.24 | Siskin III J7147, 41 Sqn, Northolt |
Looped and dived into ground, Netheravon | |
Plt Off Harold St George-Taylor (25) killed | |
10.11.24 | Fawn II J7202, 11 Sqn, Netheravon |
Collision on approach with Snipe E6968, Netheravon | |
Sgt Frederick George Morfett (22) killed | |
Sgt George Taylor (42) killed | |
10.11.24 | Snipe E6968, 1 FTS, Netheravon |
Collision on approach with Fawn J7202, Netheravon | |
Fg Off John Maurice Chandler (24) killed (Lt, RN) | |
28.11.24 | Snipe E6838, 29 Sqn, Duxford |
Spun in off aerobatics, Melbourn, near Duxford | |
Fg Off Cyril William Anthony Byrne (20) killed | |
3.12.24 | Avro 504K 'E6671', CFS, Upavon |
Spun into ground on gliding turn, Upavon | |
Plt Off Douglas Elphinstone Gain (23) died 4.12.24 | |
AC1 Denham Brown Waight injured | |
24.12.24 | DH.34B G-EBBX, Imperial Airways |
Crashed after take-off and caught fire, Castle Hill, Purley, Surrey | |
David Arthur Stewart (34) killed (pilot) | |
Mrs Annie Chaffey Bailey (64) killed | |
Dr Plinio Barbosa Lima (32) killed (Brazilian) | |
Maurice Edward Luxemburg (18) killed | |
Archibald John Sproston (39) killed | |
George Sproston (76) killed | |
Marie Sproston (21) killed | |
Cedric Trudgett (21) killed (Chilean) | |
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