19.1.1935 | DH.60M Moth K1855, Station Flight, Upper Heyford |
Dived into ground, Tusmore Park, Evenley, near Cottisford LG | |
Sgt Francis Hubert Land (32) killed | |
Sgt Clifford Leonard Oliver Barker (27) killed | |
20.1.35 | DH Moth Major G-ACOI, Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich |
Crashed on forced landing in bad weather, Hall Farm, Over Whitacre, Coleshill; repaired | |
Miss Dorothy Isabella Mills (32) killed | |
Dr Talbot Dance injured | |
21.1.35 | Avro Rota I K4234, School of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum |
Dived into ground, Stratford-sub-Castle, near Old Sarum | |
Fg Off Lewis Walter Oliver (23) killed | |
22.1.35 | Bulldog IIA K2953, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Crashed in fog, Elworth, Cheshire | |
Act Plt Off Douglas Howard Clinch (19) killed | |
20.2.35 | Percival Gull Four G-ACIR, Henlys Ltd, Heston |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Heston | |
Flt Lt Robert Faulds (30) killed (AAF) | |
Hector Hitchcock (29) killed | |
21.2.35 | DH.84 Dragon 1 G-ACEV, Hillman's Airways |
Passengers jumped from airliner in flight, Upminster, Essex | |
Miss Elizabeth du Bois (23) killed (American) | |
Miss Jane du Bois (20) killed (American) | |
John Potbury Kirton (pilot) | |
5.3.35 | Osprey III K3632, Base Training Sqn, Gosport |
Dived into sea, off St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight | |
Fg Off Nigel Radcliffe Williams (23) killed (Sub-Lt, RN) | |
LAC Henry John Atkinson(21) killed | |
17.3.35 | DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ACSG, Wrightson Air Hire Ltd, Heston |
Spun after take-off, Heston; rebuilt | |
Fg Off Alfred Lindsay Gordon Hatrick (24) killed | |
Miss Margaret Mary Ellen Collins (22) killed | |
Gerald Beaumont Vessey (23) killed | |
18.3.35 | Tutor K3318, 2 FTS, Digby |
Broke up during aerobatics, Martin Fen, near Digby | |
Fg Off George Edward Bullen Nixon (24) killed (New Zealander) | |
Act Plt Off Colin Kirkley (18) killed (New Zealander) | |
21.3.35 | Wapiti IIA K2265, Air Armament School, Eastchurch |
Passenger fell out of aircraft, Eastchurch | |
Fg Off Archibald Mouritz Doran (23) killed | |
Fg Off Edmund Cunliffe Ingham (pilot) | |
28.3.35 | DH.60M Moth G-AALX, Brooklands Flying Club |
Struck by propeller when starting engine without chocks, Croydon | |
Major Brian Stuart Benning (42) died 29.3.35 | |
4.4.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACSD, M J Grover, Cambridge |
Dived into the ground in snowstorm, Kelshall, near Royston | |
Mwldwen James Grover (27) killed | |
12.4.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACNX, P C Pitt, Croydon |
Crashed into tree on landing, The Worthies, Malmesbury; rebuilt | |
Flt Lt Maynard Cecil Dudding (35) killed (RAFO) | |
Peter Comley Pitt unhurt | |
24.4.35 | DH.60G Moth G-ABRD, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Cramlington |
Spun off steep turn, Woodlands Hall, Knitsley, near Consett, Durham; repaired | |
Plt Off Samuel Edward Sprot (22) killed (AAF) | |
Alexander Hereward Sprot injured (pilot) | |
28.4.35 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADCW, A Sebag-Montefiore, Heston |
Stalled and spun on approach, Manston | |
Arthur Sebag-Montefiore (23) killed | |
George Manchester Steavenson (22) killed | |
29.4.35 | Audax I K3093, 26 Sqn, Catterick |
Gunner thrown out in collision with K3092 in formation flypast, Catterick | |
LAC Wilfred Willoughby Green (28) killed | |
Flt Lt Augustus Graham Johnston unhurt | |
Fg Off John Lindsey Barker unhurt in K3092 | |
2.5.35 | Avro 626 A.13, Irish Air Corps |
Failed to recover from dive onto target, Baldonnel | |
Lt Michael Kennedy (24) killed | |
8.5.35 | Baffin, 810 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Seaman walked into propeller, HMS Courageous, Spithead | |
Ordinary Seaman William John Morrison Jamieson (21) killed | |
14.5.35 | Tutor I K2506, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Dived into ground, Old Somerby, near Grantham | |
Act Plt Off Robert Abercromby Yule (22) killed | |
30.5.35 | Avro Cadet, National Aviation Displays Ltd. |
Parachutist killed; chute failed to open, Woodford | |
Ivor Damian Price (27) killed | |
Geoffrey Arthur Virley Tyson (pilot) | |
31.5.35 | Avro 548 G-EAFH, The Giro Aviation Co., Hesketh Park, Southport |
Stalled and dived into sands, Southport | |
John Frederick Hooson (22) died 1.6.35 (Canadian) | |
John Bentley injured (mechanic) | |
9.6.35 | ?, Brooklands Flying Club |
Passenger hit by propeller, Brooklands | |
Miss Kathleen Stalker (24) killed | |
26.6.35 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-ADCL, Anglo-American Oil Co, Redhill |
Hit tree on approach and overturned, Redhill; rebuilt | |
Fg Off Brendan John O'Connor Hanstock (32) killed (RAFO) | |
27.6.35 | Fury I K3742, 43 Sqn, Tangmere |
Dived into sea, off Selsey Bill | |
Plt Off Norman Dorrington Ashton (21) drowned | |
3.7.35 | Westland Wessex G-ADEW, Cobham Air Routes |
Ditched after engine failure, in English Channel, off the Needles, Isle of Wight | |
Capt Robert William Henry Ogden (31) drowned | |
Charles Frederick Henry Grainger rescued | |
16.7.35 | DH.84 Dragon 1 G-ACGU, Blackpool & West Coast Air Services |
Stalled and crashed after take-off and caught fire, Tentelow Lane, near Heston | |
Major Adrian Wrigley Fosbroke-Hobbes (39) killed | |
Hans Newhouse (55) killed | |
Fg Off Stanley Fine injured (pilot) | |
Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian injured | |
Cecil Hampton injured | |
Anthony Charles Henry Heycock injured | |
Miss Margaret Vickers injured | |
Ralph Cecil Vickers injured | |
17.7.35 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPA, Hull Aero Club, Hedon |
Spun and crashed after loop, Westlands, near Hedon | |
Keith Leonard Atkin (26) killed | |
Albert Bishop Croskin injured (pilot) | |
20.7.35 | Spartan Three Seater I G-ABYH, Air Transport Sales Ltd, Hayling Island |
Crashed after loop, North Hayling, Hants | |
George Richard Moorby (24) killed | |
22.7.35 | DH.84 Dragon 2 G-ACMP, Western Airways |
Dived into Bristol Channel, near Rumney, Cardiff | |
Fg Off John Grazebrook Mansfield (27) killed (RAFO) | |
Roland Cecil Edbrooke (34) killed | |
Harold Spencer Percival (42) killed | |
22.7.35 | Vildebeest I S1708, 22 Sqn, Donibristle |
Crashed in sea, off Burntisland, Fife | |
Plt Off Gerald Vincent Morse O'Reilly killed | |
AC2 Alexander John Hopkins (20) killed | |
30.7.35 | Grunau Baby II G216, Sir Alan Cobham |
Wing failed while performing an outside loop, Upwood | |
George Eric Collins (27) killed | |
4.8.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACOP, Phillips & Powis School of Flying, Woodley |
Crashed during aerobatics, Reading aerodrome, Woodley | |
Fg Off John Frederick Lawn (35) killed (RAFO) | |
Emil Martin Jakobi Boysen (23) killed (Danish) | |
4.8.35 | Demon K4502, 604 Sqn, Hendon |
Crashed on railway line after take-off, Colindale | |
Fg Off Robert Louis Nimmo (28) killed (AAF) | |
AC2 Sidney John Mabbutt (22) killed (AAF) | |
16.8.35 | Avro 504N G-ADBS, L G Anderson, Hanworth |
Spun during display, Lancarffe Farm, Bodmin | |
Leslie George Anderson (28) killed | |
Alfred James Ronald Jope (24) died 18.8.35 | |
Arthur George Lyne (24) killed | |
23.8.35 | Nimrod I K2825, 801 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Dived into sea during practice bombing, Christchurch Bay | |
Sgt Gordon Edward Mould (37) drowned | |
4.9.35 | Handley Page Clive G-ABYX, National Aviation Displays Ltd. |
Parachute failed to open fully, Hook, Surrey | |
Frederick Leonard Marsland (26) died 23.10.35 (Australian) | |
Flt Lt Hugh Coleman Johnson (pilot) | |
7.9.35 | Avro 504N G-ACOD, National Aviation Displays Ltd. |
Collision with Wessex G-ADFZ in formation flight, Blackpool | |
Hugh William Patrick Stewart (29) killed | |
Miss Lilian Barnes (33) killed | |
Miss Doris Barnes (30) killed | |
Flt Lt Leonard Turnell Carruthers & 4 passengers unhurt in Wessex (landed with minor damage) | |
1.10.35 | Baffin S1566, 'A' Flt RAF Base Gosport |
Dived into the sea after collision with S1563 in formation, Stokes Bay | |
Plt Off John Rupert Stephenson (21) killed | |
Plt Off Alfred John Whillier unhurt in S1563 | |
7.10.35 | Bulldog IIA K2171, 23 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Wings folded back in dive; crashed in sea, off Calshot | |
Plt Off Haldane Georgeson (21) killed (New Zealander) | |
16.10.35 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-ABPN, Lincolnshire Aero Club |
Dived into ground on approach, Waltham Aerodrome, Grimsby | |
Ernest Clifford Carter (28) killed | |
George William Cleveland (25) killed | |
17.10.35 | Bulldog IIA K1693, RAF College, Cranwell |
Spun in, High Dyke Farm, Brauncewell, near Cranwell | |
Plt Off Nevil Fisher (21) killed | |
21.10.35 | Virginia X K2673, 9 Sqn, Andover |
Crashed after take-off and caught fire, Penton, near Andover | |
Act Sgt Edwin Aubrey Brett (21) killed | |
22.10.35 | Atlas TM K1478, RAF College, Cranwell |
Stalled on turn and spun in, near Wellingore, Lincs. | |
Flt Cadet Robert Harold Winter (19) killed | |
26.10.35 | DH.84 Dragon 2 G-ADEE, Railway Air Services |
Crashed on hillside in fog and burnt out, Fairsnape Fell, near Garstang, Lancs. | |
Fg Off Cedric Rex Crow (25) killed (RAFO) | |
Ronald Swales (24) killed | |
9.11.35 | Gordon I K2720, 40 Sqn, Abingdon |
Midair collision with Hart K4371, Abingdon | |
Sgt William Park (28) killed (Canadian) | |
9.11.35 | Hart K4371, 40 Sqn, Abingdon |
Midair collision with Gordon I K2720, Abingdon | |
Plt Off Alexander Ross (24) killed | |
LAC John Waugh (26) killed | |
10.12.35 | Savoia-Marchetti S.73 OO-AGN, Sabena |
Stalled and crashed, near Tatsfield, Kent | |
Capt Graf Jean Joseph Henri Gerard Schoonbroodt (33) killed (pilot) | |
Alfons Verbinnen (38) killed (mechanic) | |
Jean Francois Desmedt (36) killed (wireless operator) | |
Raymond Jacques Streckfuss (25) killed (steward) | |
Sir John Valentine Carden MBE (43) killed | |
Miss Elfriede Czaja (27) killed (German) | |
Egmont Heintzmann (45) killed (German) | |
Eugene Julien Marie Louis Samyn (48) killed (Belgian) | |
Mrs Else Sch�ler (38) killed | |
Gaston Victor Somny (44) killed | |
Gyula Zukmann (30) killed (Hungarian) | |
10.12.35 | Tutor K2496 or K3258, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Stalled on turn and dived in, River Humber, near Brough | |
Act Plt Off Basil Linnington Evans (21) killed | |
15.12.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACTN, North Staffordshire Aero Club, Meir |
Hit tree in blizzard, Meir | |
Roger David Clive (21) died 16.12.35 | |
Miss Dorothy Clive injured (pilot) | |
7.1.1936 | Fairey IIIF S1400, 822 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Crashed in sea, English Channel, off Isle of Wight | |
Fg Off Philip Herbert Agard-Butler (22) killed | |
Telegraphist John Adair Hunter killed | |
1.2.36 | Avro 616 Sports Avian IVM G-ABSS, H Mason |
Dived in, River Mersey near Speke | |
Hubert Mason (35) killed | |
Plt Off Arthur Frederick Spurrier (21) killed | |
8.2.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADVO, Airwork Ltd, Perth |
Crashed after collision with G-ADOK, Scone, Perth | |
James Beck (22) killed | |
Pierce & pupil unhurt in G-ADOK | |
17.2.36 | DH.60G Moth G-AADA, South Coast Flying Club, Shoreham |
Dived in, Walberton, near Arundel | |
Edward Myers (25) died 18.2.36 (pilot) | |
Miss Ruby Dickerson (25) killed | |
19.2.36 | Heyford IA K4024, 10 Sqn, Boscombe Down |
Flew into hill in cloud, Beacon Hill, near Midhurst, Sussex | |
Sgt Edward Kenneth McDermott (27) killed | |
LAC Cyril James Adams (27) killed | |
LAC George John Westlake (20) killed | |
Sgt Charles Albert Deakin injured (pilot) | |
20.2.36 | Tutor K3201, RAF College, Cranwell |
Broke up recovering from spin, Cranwell | |
Sqn Ldr Gilbert Henry Martingell AFC (39) killed | |
AC1 Robert Tomlinson (18) killed | |
24.2.36 | Audax I K5208, 11 FTS, Wittering |
Airman walked into rotating propeller, Wittering | |
LAC Herbert Stanley Brown (27) killed | |
27.2.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADON, Airwork Ltd, Abbotsinch |
Spun in, Inchinnan, near Abbotsinch; repaired | |
Anthony Gill (22) killed | |
9.3.36 | Audax I K3076, 26 Sqn, Catterick |
Crashed in bad weather, Atley Hill, near Catterick | |
Fg Off Robert Legg (35) killed (Lt, 1st Bn KOSB) | |
Fg Off Peter Godfrey (26) killed (Lt, RA) | |
22.3.36 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPC, Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, Yeadon |
Hit telephone wires on approach, Yeadon | |
Miss Mary Clarke (23) killed | |
Reginald Ernest Morris injured (pilot) | |
23.3.36 | Hart Trainer K5017, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Crashed landing in thunderstorm, Hinstock, near Tern Hill | |
Act Plt Off George Rowland Buchanan (24) killed | |
26.3.36 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACAP, Commercial Air Hire |
Crashed, Stoney Cross, Minstead, near Lyndhurst, Hants | |
Francis Joseph Birmingham (32) killed (pilot) | |
Robert Frederick Burgess (35) killed (wireless operator) | |
Brendan Birmingham (18) killed | |
Norman Tyrell Burton (25) killed | |
Miss Daisy Vera T Marsh (17) killed | |
31.3.36 | DH.60G Moth G-AAWS, Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Hamble |
Dived into ground, Nursling, Hants. | |
Alan Cecil Buchan (30) killed | |
Clive Nuttall (29) killed | |
2.4.36 | Audax K4389, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Midair collision with Hart K4920, Easton, near Grantham | |
LAC Percy James Pugh (23) killed | |
2.4.36 | Hart K4920, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Midair collision with Audax K4389, Easton, near Grantham | |
Act Plt Off Geoffrey Clive King George (21) killed | |
16.4.36 | Hart K4986, 7 FTS, Peterborough |
Crashed into hangar after loop, Peterborough | |
Flt Lt Ernest Dawson (36) killed | |
AC1 Harold Eric Smith-Langridge (19) killed | |
LAC Percy Cuthbert (26) killed (working in hangar) | |
LAC Stanley Arthur Rollason King (28) died 17.4.36 (working in hangar) | |
20.4.36 | Flying Flea G-ADVL, R H Paterson, Glasgow |
Dived into ground, Renfrew | |
Adam Houston Anderson (33) killed | |
21.4.36 | DH.60G Moth G-AARE, Lawrence Aircraft Hire, West Malling |
Crashed into mountain in cloud, Cross Fell, near Penrith, Cumberland | |
Archibald James Moffat (20) killed | |
1.5.36 | B.A.C. Drone G-AEBC, Thomas (Worcester) Ltd, Pershore |
Stalled and spun from 500ft during display, King's Acre, Hereford | |
Walter Oswald Vincent Cadic (26) killed | |
3.5.36 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADAW, Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Woodley |
Lost speed in turn, Sandford Mill, near Woodley | |
Victor Wright Neale (19) killed | |
4.5.36 | Flying Flea G-AEEW, Aircraft Constructions Ltd, Lympne |
Dived into ground on test flight, Penshurst, Kent | |
Ambrose Murray Cowell (26) killed | |
5.5.36 | Bulldog IIA K1683, 111 Sqn, Northolt |
Crashed in River Nene, near Sutton Bridge | |
Act Plt Off John William Henry Radice (22) killed | |
16.5.36 | GAL ST.4 Monospar 2 G-ADLM, Commercial Air Hire Ltd, Croydon |
Side slipped on turn after engine failure on take-off and dived into ground, Croydon | |
Ellis Hill (30) killed | |
21.5.36 | Flying Flea G-AEBS, C R Davidson, Digby |
Dived into ground, Digby | |
Sqn Ldr Charles Robert Davidson MC (39) killed | |
23.5.36 | Audax I K3090, 2 Sqn, Manston |
Hit power cables, near Hawkinge | |
Fg Off Paul Wingrave Ashton (22) killed | |
LAC Joseph Henry Simpson (26) killed | |
24.5.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADGO, London Aeroplane Club, Hatfield |
Spun and crashed after loop, Dunstable Downs | |
Miss Aileen Marjorie Smart (25) died 26.5.36 | |
Cuthbert Leathwaite Startup injured (pilot) | |
2.6.36 | Miles M.2F Hawk Major G-ACVM, G L Beardmore, Woodley |
Spun in, Hurst, near Reading | |
George Lissant Beardmore (58) killed | |
7.6.36 | DH.60X Moth G-EBXS, York County Aviation Club, Sherburn |
Stalled on low climbing turn, Bramham Park, near Tadcaster | |
2Lt Michael Ludovic Heathcote-Amory (22) killed | |
2Lt the Hon. Peter James Mowbray Rous injured (pilot) | |
10.6.36 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ABZF, Liverpool & District Aero Club, Speke |
Spun and crashed, Liverpool Airport | |
George Hurst (33) killed | |
Squire Fred Evans injured (pilot) | |
13.7.36 | Audax I K5227, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Stalled attacking target and dived into sand dunes, Theddlethorpe ranges | |
LAC Frank Innes (22) killed | |
LAC Frederick William Gumb (21) died 15.7.36 | |
16.7.36 | Gauntlet II K5264, 111 Sqn, Northolt |
Dived into ground, Seagrave's Farm, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield, Bucks | |
Plt Off Geoffrey Gardner Cornwall (22) killed | |
20.7.36 | Nimrod II K4623, 1 FTS, Leuchars |
Spun in after take-off, Leuchars | |
Plt Off Guy Alan Corder (21) killed | |
25.7.36 | DH Moth Major G-ACGD, Edinburgh Flying Club, Macmerry |
Crashed on mountain in mist, Broad Law, near Peebles | |
William Watson ('Jack') Barrie (27) killed | |
Kenneth Crawford (30) killed | |
31.7.36 | Saro Cloud G-ABXW "Cloud of Iona", Guernsey Airways |
Wrecked at sea in bad weather, near Jersey | |
Capt William Halmshaw (28) drowned (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Francis Alexandre Pierre Sotinel (22) drowned (mechanic) | |
Ernest Appleby (33) drowned | |
Miss Maud Bean (34) drowned | |
Miss Margaret Davies (22) drowned | |
Miss Alice Judd (45) drowned | |
Miss Edwina (Elsie) Marley (24) drowned | |
Mrs Florence Annie Simpson drowned | |
Charles Viel (67) drowned | |
Claude Stewart Willis (20) drowned | |
7.8.36 | Spartan Three Seater II G-ABZI, 601 Sqdn AAF, Hendon |
Stalled after take-off and caught fire, Farnborough | |
Plt Off Simon Howard Gilliat (23) killed (AAF) | |
2Lt John Gilliat injured | |
10.8.36 | Hart K5037, 604 Sqn, Hendon |
Crashed in sea after loop, off Pagham, Sussex | |
Plt Off Michael Richard Montagu (21) killed (AAF) | |
Lt-Col Arthur Edward Flynn Fawcus DSO MC (49) killed | |
10.8.36 | Vickers Vellox G-ABKY, Imperial Airways, Croydon |
Crashed after take-off at night, Wallington, Surrey | |
Capt Lionel Frank Hastings Orr (26) killed (pilot, Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Capt Stanley Miles Duval Fergusson (32) killed (2nd pilot, Australian) | |
Robert Arbuckle (21) killed (wireless operator) | |
Jeffrey Denis Dear (21) killed (wireless operator) | |
11.8.36 | Osprey III K3626, 801 Sqn, Eastleigh |
Overturned on forced landing, Wickham, Hants | |
Fg Off Henry Molyneux (22) killed | |
Sqn Ldr Bryan Vernon Reynolds unhurt (pilot) | |
12.8.36 | Hind K5482, 57 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Dived into trees, Firs Wood, Great Hampden, near Princes Risborough | |
Sgt Robert Simpson Horn (28) killed | |
Cpl Oscar Wren (27) killed | |
12.8.36 | R.F.D. Albatross G141, E S Griffis |
Wing spar failed on launch, Ireleth, Askam, Lancs | |
Edwin Swain Griffis (38) killed | |
16.8.36 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPJ, Aylesbury Airport Ltd, Chilworth |
Stalled and crashed on take-off and caught fire, Chilworth, Oxon | |
Malcolm Morris Freeman (29) died 19.8.36 | |
Joseph Donnelly (28) killed | |
20.8.36 | Airspeed AS.5A Courier G-ACVE, Union Founders Trust Ltd, Portsmouth |
Stolen by 2 Airspeed employees; crashed on take-off, Portsmouth | |
Arthur Chapman Gargett (22) died 4.9.36 | |
Joseph Allen Smith injured | |
31.8.36 | Miles M.2F Hawk Major G-ACTD, R King Clark, York |
Spun on approach, Carr Grange Farm, Doncaster | |
2Lt Henry Ninian Evelegh Frisby (20) died 25.9.36 | |
2Lt Robert "Rex" King Clark injured (pilot) | |
5.9.36 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ADLP, Air Taxis Ltd, Croydon |
Spun in, Sliders Farm, Ashdown Forest, near Dane Hill, Sussex | |
Bartholomew Furse Tonge (28) killed | |
Douglas Arnold Scrase (26) killed | |
7.9.36 | Audax I K5222, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Came down in sea while on weather test, off Norfolk | |
Flt Lt Peter Heylin Heygate (24) killed | |
15.9.36 | DH.86A G-ADYF, British Airways |
Crashed after night take-off, Gatwick | |
Flt Lt Walter Fraser Anderson DSO DFC (Ret) (46) killed | |
David Slack (21) killed (engineer) | |
John Jackson (28) killed (wireless operator) | |
Dudley Scorgie injured (second officer) | |
19.9.36 | Percival Mew Gull G-AEKL "Miss Liverpool I", Air Publicity Ltd, Heston |
Hit on ground by landing 611 Sqn Hart K3044, Speke; repaired | |
Tom Campbell Black (36) killed | |
Fg Off Peter Stanley Salter injured in Hart | |
20.9.36 | B.A. Eagle 2 G-ADPN, M E King, Norwich |
Hit wires, crashed and caught fire, Rhiwbina, near Cardiff | |
Maurice Edward King (25) killed | |
Fg Off Harold Bellerby Elwell (43) killed (RAFO) | |
Throlf Gabriel Berg (43) killed | |
20.9.36 | Flying Flea G-ADXY, J Goodall, Keith |
Stalled and dived into ditch, Dyce, Aberdeen | |
James Goodall (34) killed | |
22.9.36 | Audax I K5251, 9 FTS, Thornaby |
Crashed into woodland after take-off at night, near Thornaby | |
Act Plt Off Terence William Rowley (19) killed | |
25.9.36 | Boulton Paul P.71A G-ACOX "Boadicea", Imperial Airways |
Lost in English Channel, off Dungeness | |
Capt Alfred Cecil Thomas (36) killed | |
Harold Eugene Percival (31) killed (wireless operator) | |
3.10.36 | DH.60G Moth G-AAJN, The Insurance Flying Club Ltd, Hanworth |
Spun on approach, Brooklands | |
James Skipworth Wilkinson (18) killed | |
Miss Margaret Maffett injured | |
5.10.36 | Nimrod S1619, 801 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Spun into sea, off Balblair, Cromarty Firth | |
Plt Off John George Spencer (21) killed | |
6.10.36 | Hind K5516, 218 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Wings folded recovering from dive, Theddlethorpe range | |
Sgt George Chapman Dodsworth (25) killed | |
Sgt Walter James Devoil (29) killed | |
7.10.36 | Fury I K5682, RAF College, Cranwell |
Collision with K5681 during camera-gun practice, Navenby, Lincs | |
Flt Lt Roy James Oliphant Bartlett (28) killed | |
Flt Cadet Howard Frizelle Burton baled out of K5681; injured | |
9.10.36 | Blackburn B-2 G-ABWI, North Sea Aerial & General Transport, Brough |
Dived in and caught fire, Ellerton, near Selby | |
Sgt Algernon Hinchliffe Simpson (23) killed (RAF Reserve) | |
23.10.36 | Audax I K3072, 7 FTS, Peterborough |
Collision with K3128 in formation take-off and dived into ground, Peterborough | |
Act Plt Off William Dycer Coppinger (22) killed (Canadian) | |
Act Plt Off Patrick John Shaw Shaughnessy unhurt in K3128 | |
30.10.36 | Fury I K1941, 43 Sqn, Tangmere |
Hit tree in fog, Cherry Orchard Farm, Hawarden | |
Act Plt Off George Edmund Hollings (23) killed | |
4.11.36 | Audax K2009, 13 Sqn, Old Sarum |
Crashed during camera-gun practice, Chitterne, Wilts. | |
Plt Off Roy Francis See (21) killed | |
AC1 Harold George Gray (24) killed | |
9.11.36 | Anson I K6199, 220 Sqn, Bircham Newton |
Stalled on take-off, Bircham Newton | |
Plt Off Peter White (23) killed | |
Sqn Ldr William Michael Mary Hurley injured (pilot) | |
AC Eric Dale Butler injured | |
AC Reginald Kenneth Birtwistle injured | |
17.11.36 | Gauntlet II K7795, 46 Sqn, Kenley |
Flew into hill in bad weather, Pepperscombe Farm, Steyning, Sussex | |
Sgt Fred Charles William Rogers (28) killed | |
19.11.36 | Fokker F.XII G-AEOT, British Airways |
Crashed on approach at night, Tilgate Forest, near Crawley | |
Capt Arthur Patrick Kilvington Hattersley (36) killed (Flt Lt, RAFO) | |
Capt Verner John William Bredenkamp (33) killed (first officer) | |
George Robert Charles Blowers injured (flight engineer) | |
Charles George Victor Wheeler injured (wireless operator) | |
20.11.36 | Spartan Cruiser III G-ADEM, Northern and Scottish Airways Ltd |
Crashed into hangar on take-off in fog and caught fire, Stanley Park, Blackpool | |
Charles Frederick O'Connell (26) killed | |
Mrs Eileen A Miller (36) killed | |
27.11.36 | Hart K3138, 7 FTS, Peterborough |
Crashed in fog on LNER main line, near Corby, Lincs | |
LAC Harry Weale (22) killed | |
LAC John Hogg (19) killed | |
4.12.36 | Audax I K5174, 9 FTS, Thornaby |
Stalled flying in rainstorm at night; crashed in sea, off Redcar | |
Act Plt Off Hugh O'Neill (23) drowned | |
9.12.36 | Douglas DC-2 PH-AKL "Lijster", KLM |
Crashed into houses on take-off in fog, Croydon | |
Capt Ludwig Hautzmeyer (43) killed (pilot) | |
Jacob Verkerk (24) killed (flight engineer) | |
Pieter Cornelis Valentijn van Bemmel (23) killed (wireless operator) | |
Juan de la Cierva (41) killed (Spanish) | |
Charles Robert Dickson (60) killed (Swedish) | |
Arie van Donkelaar (37) killed (Dutch) | |
Dr Kurt Hoene (29) killed (Polish) | |
Mme Ursula Hoene (22) killed (Polish) | |
Rear-Adm Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (74) killed (Swedish) | |
Miss Marie Lipsey (35) killed (South African) | |
Friedrich G O Mergell (46) killed (German) | |
Baron Gottfried Meyern-Hohenberg (37) killed (Austrian) | |
Sydney Pearson (45) killed | |
Leonard Stemp (41) killed | |
Carl Magnus Wegelius (52) killed (Finnish) | |
Hilda Bongertman injured (stewardess) | |
Walter Schubach injured (German) | |
12.12.36 | Heyford III K6900, 102 Sqn, Finningley |
Crashed in fog, Wadsworth Moor, near Hebden Bridge, Yorks | |
Sgt Douglas George Church (21) killed | |
LAC Percival George Clements (23) killed | |
AC2 Claud Vincent Bodenham (18) killed | |
Sgt Victor Charles Otter injured (pilot) | |
15.12.36 | Hart K4944, 11 FTS, Wittering |
Dived into ground during aerobatics, Whaplode, near Spalding | |
LAC Henry Arthur Valentine Davies (20) killed | |
20.12.36 | B.A.C. Drone G-ADUA, Ely Aero Club |
Dived into ground, Caxton Gibbet, Cambs | |
William Edward Wright (35) killed | |
21.12.36 | Virginia X K2680, 214 Sqn, Scampton |
Officer fell out of aircraft on approach, Brough | |
Plt Off Charles Robert Hart (24) killed | |
Sqn Ldr Joseph Henry Hargroves (pilot) | |
30.12.36 | Hind K5474, 18 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Stalled on turn and dived into ground, Cottisford LG, Oxon | |
Sgt Stanley James Ower (27) killed | |
Cpl Brean Thomas Alfred Hobbs injured | |
1.1.1937 | Hart Trainer K4952, 6 FTS, Netheravon |
Stalled on approach to forced landing, North Tidworth | |
LAC Frank William Barrett (23) killed | |
Sgt Norman Pickard injured (pilot) | |
7.1.37 | Taylor Experimental G-AEPX, R Taylor, Hamsey Green |
Wing failed and crashed, Warlingham, Surrey | |
Richard Taylor (40) killed | |
11.1.37 | Audax I K3718, 2 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Overturned after engine cut on take-off, Hawkinge | |
AC2 Thomas Gordon Young (23) killed | |
Fg Off Anthony Charles Gordon Wimbush unhurt | |
11.1.37 | Boulton Paul Overstrand K4564, 101 Sqn, Bicester |
Flew into ground in fog, Swanbourne, near Winslow, Bucks | |
Plt Off Robert Arthur McLester Watson (22) killed (Australian) | |
AC1 Laurence Rice (18) killed | |
21.1.37 | Avro 504N G-AEIJ, Plane Advertising Ltd, Abridge |
Ditched in sea in bad weather, Irish Sea, 25 miles off Mersey Bar | |
Fg Off Eric George Duncan Stewart MC drowned (RAFO) | |
Cyril Frank Poole rescued | |
22.1.37 | Airspeed AS.6J Envoy G-ADBZ, Air Dispatch Ltd, Croydon |
Crashed in bad weather into Titsey Hill, near Oxted, Surrey | |
Capt Gordon Shepherd Jones-Evans (40) killed (pilot) | |
John Walker (29) killed (wireless operator) | |
23.1.37 | Hart K6437, 9 FTS, Thornaby |
Crashed and burned after hitting farm building in fog, Pikestone Fell, Woodland, Durham | |
Act Plt Off Joseph Norman Bell (22) killed | |
27.1.37 | Hart K4932, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Crashed and caught fire, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire | |
Act Plt Off Norman Harwood Brace (19) killed | |
2.2.37 | DH.90 Dragonfly G-AEHC, London Express Newspapers Ltd, Croydon |
Flew into mountain, Darnaw, near New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire | |
Leslie Thomas Jackson (32) killed (pilot) | |
Archibald Francis Philpott (35) killed (wireless operator) | |
Major Harold Charles Pemberton DSO (47) killed | |
Reginald Charles Wesley (22) killed | |
6.2.37 | Hart K3025, 503 Sqn, Waddington |
Engine cut after take-off; spun in, Waddington | |
Plt Off Michael Philip Forte (23) killed (AAF) | |
LAC Frederick William East (20) killed (AAF) | |
12.2.37 | Hart K4931, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Dived into ground in bad weather, Minera Mountain, near Wrexham | |
Act Plt Off Arthur Simpson (24) killed | |
22.2.37 | Anson I K6158, 48 Sqn, Manston |
Crashed in snowstorm, Ewell Minnis, near Dover | |
Flt Lt George Edward Strangman (26) died 24.2.37 (Australian) | |
Sgt Gwilym James Maurice (24) killed (pilot) | |
AC1 Stanley McCabe (26) killed | |
Flt Lt Reginald John Cooper injured | |
15.3.37 | Shark I K4353, C Flt, Gosport |
Crashed in snowstorm, Saxelby, near Melton Mowbray | |
Flt Lt Richard William Wicks (31) killed (Lt, RN) | |
21.3.37 | Broughton-Blayney Brawny G-AENM, F W Broughton, Hanworth |
Spun off steep turn, Hanworth | |
Alexander Batley Scaife (21) killed | |
22.3.37 | Nimrod II K2913, 800 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Crashed in sea, off Bembridge, Isle of Wight | |
Fg Off Christopher Blomfield Jelf (24) killed (Lt, RN) | |
22.3.37 | DH Moth Major G-ACUR "Curlew", The Duchess of Bedford, Woburn |
Lost in North Sea, off Norfolk | |
Mary du Caurroy Russell, Duchess of Bedford (71) killed | |
6.4.37 | Saro Cloud K2895, School of Naval Co-operation, Lee-on-Solent |
Crashed in sea turning after take-off, near Calshot | |
Plt Off David Lewis Davies (25) drowned | |
Plt Off Stephen Patrick Crawley (21) killed | |
AC2 Douglas Frederick King (18) drowned | |
Plt Off Ian Malcolm Brodie injured | |
LAC Ronald Harold Phillips injured | |
6.4.37 | DH.87B Hornet Moth G-ADJY, W P O Evans, Broom Hall |
Hit wall on take-off, Broom Hall, near Pwllheli | |
William Prys Owen Evans (32) killed | |
7.4.37 | Hind K6634, 83 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Flew into high ground, Little Queensbury Hill, near Dumfries | |
Plt Off John Philip Stanley Packer (22) killed | |
Cpl Phillip Francis Parker (26) killed | |
9.4.37 | Hillson Praga G-AELK, F Hills & Sons Ltd, Barton |
Crashed, between Aldwark and Flawith, Yorks. | |
Mrs Ivy Lilian Hughes (33) killed | |
John Stubbs injured (pilot) | |
9.4.37 | ?, RAF, Hornchurch |
Tractor driver hit by wing tip of landing aeroplane, Hornchurch | |
Thomas Gray (43) killed | |
Plt Off Albert Norman Jones unhurt | |
11.4.37 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AELD, Liverpool and District Aero Club, Speke |
Crashed on beach and caught fire, Talacre, near Prestatyn | |
Frank Blenkin (19) killed | |
James Donald Greenhaigh injured (pilot) | |
14.4.37 | Gauntlet II K7853, 66 Sqn, Duxford |
Hit water tower while night-flying, The Kennels, Brent Pelham, Herts. | |
Sgt John Alfred Wardle (20) killed | |
19.4.37 | Wellington prototype K4049, A&AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Elevator failed in dive, near Waldringfield, Suffolk | |
AC1 George Peter Smurthwaite (21) killed | |
Flt Lt Maurice Hare baled out; injured | |
23.4.37 | Tutor K3425, 6 FTS, Netheravon |
Wing hit estuary sands in low turn and caught fire, Penrhyndeudraeth | |
Cpl Walter Kirby Jackson (22) killed | |
LAC Leonard Hopkirk injured | |
27.4.37 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-AEGR, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Woodley |
Spun off steep turn, Bucklebury Common, Berks. | |
Peter James Salkeld Burra (27) killed | |
Allan Anderson injured (pilot) | |
29.4.37 | Harrow I K6945, 214 Sqn, Feltwell |
Collision with K6950 during formation practice, Wissington, Norfolk | |
Fg Off John Joseph McCarthy (24) killed | |
AC1 Thomas Garside (19) killed | |
AC1 John George Simpson (23) killed | |
29.4.37 | Harrow I K6950, 214 Sqn, Feltwell |
Collision with K6945 during formation practice, Wissington, Norfolk | |
Plt Off Wilfred Lawrence Warner (22) killed | |
Sgt James Murray Macdonald (25) killed | |
30.4.37 | Nimrod II K4625, 800 Sqn, Eastleigh |
Collision with S1631 and S1615 during formation roll, Stoke Down, Soberton, Hants | |
Sgt Harry Frederick Croft (27) killed | |
Flt Lt James Winter Carmichael More baled out of S1615 | |
Sgt Hugh Philip Hopkins baled out of S1631 | |
2.5.37 | Biplane, , Maylands |
Pilot thrown out while practicing spin, Harold Wood, Essex | |
Douglas Charles Gee (25) killed | |
Claude Alfred Oscroft unhurt | |
11.5.37 | Shark II K5608, 821 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Air gunner thrown out in collision with K5609 in formation flight, over the Solent | |
Telegraphist Frederick George Baxter (26) killed | |
Flt Lt John Vincent Clarence Badger unhurt | |
LAC Sidney Major Russell unhurt | |
Fg Off John Augustin Levers unhurt in K5609 (Lt, RN) | |
Telegraphist William Westerman unhurt in K5609 | |
13.5.37 | Hart K6492, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Crashed on landing, Ternhill | |
Act Plt Off Ormond Graham Thomson (19) died 19.5.37 | |
Sgt Charles Frederick Christopher Ridout unhurt (instructor) | |
14.5.37 | Demon I K5690, 607 Sqn, Usworth |
Stalled and crashed onto beach in fog, near Dawdon Colliery, Seaham Harbour | |
Plt Off Thomas Templer Richardson (22) killed (AAF) | |
17.5.37 | Miles M.3A Falcon Major G-AETN, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Woodley |
Stalled and crashed, Cockwood, near Dawlish, Devon | |
Plt Off William George Bruce (21) killed (RAFO) | |
Geoffrey Edward Ford-North injured | |
Gavin Alexander Simonds injured | |
25.5.37 | DH.60X Moth G-EBYH, G Baillie, Abridge |
Broke up during aerobatics, near Theydon Bois, Essex | |
Plt Off Arthur Thomas Blomville Campling (23) killed | |
Peter Avison Scott (23) killed | |
25.5.37 | Gauntlet II K7828, 65 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Wing broke off in loop, Maylands Aerodrome | |
Sgt Frederick William Boxall (21) killed | |
28.5.37 | Audax K1997 & K2031, 4 Sqn, Odiham |
Collision during formation change, South Warnborough, near Odiham | |
AC1 Leslie Hall (26) killed | |
AC1 Frederick Thomas Hicks (20) killed | |
Fg Off Ronald Noel Smith baled out | |
Plt Off Gerald Val Smither baled out | |
28.5.37 | Demon K4512, 64 Sqn, Martlesham |
Spun in and caught fire, Martlesham Heath | |
Fg Off Peter Charles Vickery (23) killed | |
LAC Joseph Hutchinson (26) killed | |
29.5.37 | Audax I K3066, Station Flight, Farnborough |
Spun into ground during Empire Air Day aerobatic display, Farnborough | |
Plt Off Arthur James Robinson (23) killed | |
AC2 Almerik Hugh Hudson (19) killed | |
29.5.37 | Audax I K3698, 16 Sqn, Old Sarum |
Stalled and dived into ground, Old Sarum | |
Plt Off Ronald Morgan Elms (22) killed | |
29.5.37 | Fury I K2076, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Stalled on climbing turn and spun into ground, Boxgrove, near Tangmere | |
Sgt Plt John Jeffrey Tanfield (20) killed | |
29.5.37 | Fury II K8228, 2 FTS, Digby |
Crashed off slow roll during Empire Air Day aerobatic display, Waddington | |
Sqn Ldr Henry Eustace Power (39) killed | |
29.5.37 | DH.60G Moth EI-AAJ, Irish Aero Club |
Crashed on Little Sugar Loaf Mountain, Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow | |
Reginald C Good (29) died 30.5.37 | |
29.5.37 | Airspeed AS.5A Courier G-ACSZ, North Eastern Airways, Croydon |
Spun in on pleasure flight, Doncaster | |
Idwal ap Ieuan Jones (31) killed (pilot) | |
Henry Betts (10) died 30.5.37 | |
Felix Burns (29) killed | |
Arthur Joseph Henman (36) killed | |
Ronald Batty injured | |
Eric Reaney injured | |
29.5.37 | Percival Vega Gull G-AERH, W R Porter, Hooton |
Hit house after take-off, Hanworth | |
Sydney William Sparkes (41) killed | |
Charles Fry (39) killed | |
Mrs Elsie Florence Abbey (40) died 30.5.37 (in house) | |
4.6.37 | Vildebeest III K4607, 22 Sqn, Donibristle |
Flew into high ground, Crinkle Crags, Langdale, Westmorland | |
Sgt Plt Frank Wilkinson (25) killed | |
LAC Alexander Mitchell (27) killed | |
5.6.37 | Hind K6613, 98 Sqn, Hucknall |
Crashed into high ground and caught fire, Port William, Wigtownshire | |
Plt Off Patrick Herbert Edward Burke killed | |
Cpl Stanley Metcalfe (24) killed | |
5.6.37 | Hind K6614, 98 Sqn, Hucknall |
Flew into high ground, Threshthwaite Cove, near Hartsop, Cumberland | |
Sgt Plt Joseph Mitchell (24) killed | |
LAC Gerald Murray (24) killed | |
5.6.37 | Miles Hawk Trainer G-AEAZ?, 8 Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School, Woodley |
Spun on practice forced landing, Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks | |
Sgt John Edmund Roe (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
6.6.37 | Broughton-Blayney Brawny G-AERF, F W Broughton, Hanworth |
Spun on low turn, Bromley Hill Cemetery, Kent | |
Alfred Stanley Bacon (37) killed | |
7.6.37 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACTO, Cambridge Aviation Services, Ely |
Pedestrian hit after landing, Stoke Park, Guildford | |
Charles Robert Puttock (80) killed | |
Engert Brand unhurt (pilot) | |
Edward Cox unhurt (passenger) | |
11.6.37 | DH Moth Major G-ABUI, Ipswich Aero Club |
Spun, hit tree and caught fire, Nacton, near Ipswich | |
Herbert Samuel Ward (46) killed | |
12.6.37 | Fury II K8219, 9 FTS, Thornaby |
Crash into hill in fog, Divis Mountain, near Belfast | |
Fg Off Alfred Archibald McMath (23) killed | |
17.6.37 | Shark II K8511, 811 Sqn, Gosport |
Broke up pulling out of dive during torpedo practice, off Portsmouth | |
Plt Off James Grahame Thompson (22) killed | |
18.6.37 | Anson I K8763, 48 Sqn, Manston |
Stalled at night and dived into ground, Yew Tree Farm, Leeds, near Maidstone | |
Sgt William Hinson (26) killed | |
21.6.37 | ? |
Airman hit by bullet on air-firing range, Hell's Mouth, near Pwllheli | |
AC Frank Parker (25) killed | |
Flt Cadet Philip Anthony Cox (pilot) | |
24.6.37 | DH.60M Moth G-AACD, Cambridge Aero Club |
Dived into ground, Fen Ditton, Cambridge | |
Gordon Bertie Smith (39) killed | |
30.6.37 | Blenheim I K7053, 90 Sqn, Bicester |
Flew into hill and exploded, Lyth Bank, Stanton Long, Shropshire | |
Sgt Edward Moorhouse (25) killed | |
AC1 Sydney Herbert William Coomber (24) killed | |
AC2 Alfred George Martin (20) killed | |
3.7.37 | Percival Vega Gull G-AEWP, Percival Aircraft Ltd |
Spun in after engine failure, Johnstone, near Renfrew, Scotland | |
Fg Off Michael O'Bryen Shute Barrington (28) killed (RAFO) | |
John Milne Barbour (30) killed | |
Capt John Houston MC (45) killed | |
Stanley Pearcy (25) killed | |
8.7.37 | Aeronca 100 G-AEXB, Aeronautical Corporation of GB Ltd, Peterborough |
Lost in Irish Sea, off Holyhead, en route to Baldonnel | |
Richard de Cruce Grubb (22) killed | |
17.7.37 | Blenheim I K7049, 90 Sqn, Bicester |
Crashed out of low cloud, White Hill, Pitton, near Salisbury | |
Plt Off Peter Edwards (22) killed | |
Cpl Thomas Henry Robson (22) killed | |
18.7.37 | DH.60M Moth K1858, 15 ERFTS, Redhill |
Hit house during low loop, Pebblecombe, Box Hill, near Dorking, Surrey | |
Sgt Raymond Arthur Mould (20) killed (RAFVR) | |
22.7.37 | Heyford III K6875, 166 Sqn, Leconfield |
Crashed on mountain, Broadlee Bank Tor, near Edale, Derbyshire | |
Sgt Newton William Baker (35) killed | |
Sgt James William Barker (26) killed | |
Sgt Charles Patrick Dugald McMillan (26) killed | |
AC1 Eric James McDonald (22) killed | |
AC1 William Henry Gray (20) killed | |
AC2 Ernest John Musker (20) killed | |
22.7.37 | Magister I L5912, A&AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Spun in; pilot baled out low over the sea, off Felixstowe | |
Flt Lt Eric Rolfe Simonds (28) drowned | |
23.7.37 | Gladiator I K6133, 72 Sqn, Church Fenton |
Flew into ground out of low cloud, Gawber, near Barnsley | |
Plt Off Philip Hughes Crompton (26) killed | |
30.7.37 | Blackburn B-2 G-ACBI, Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, Brough |
Spun into ground on river bank, Brough Haven | |
Edward Owen Thomas James Poyner (21) killed | |
2.8.37 | Fury I K5666, 11 FTS, Wittering |
Mushed into ground recovering from dive on target, Holbeach range | |
Act Plt Off Albert Edward Ralph Ferris (22) killed | |
4.8.37 | Audax I K5253, 6 FTS, Netheravon |
Stalled in bad visibility and dived into ground, Sutton Bridge | |
Act Plt Off Philip Herbert Baily (22) killed | |
Act Plt Off Douglas Leslie Parnell Bagot-Gray (20) killed | |
9.8.37 | Hind K6662, 142 Sqn, Andover |
Dived into ground, Penton Harroway, near Andover | |
Sgt Harry Scaife (28) killed | |
AC1 Ernest Albert Withey (26) killed | |
9.8.37 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ADBK, Kent Flying Club, Bekesbourne |
Spun on approach, Bekesbourne | |
Garnet Percival Lovett (31) killed | |
10.8.37 | Hind K5452, 18 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Stalled on approach, Scatgate Farm, Cottisford, near Brackley | |
Sgt William Jeremiah Postlethwaite (24) killed | |
AC1 Robert Ernest Barber (27) killed | |
16.8.37 | Slingsby Kirby Kadet, Yorkshire Gliding Club |
Dived into ground after launch with reversed elevator controls, Sutton Bank | |
Eric Loudon Maule (25) killed | |
17.8.37 | Shark II K8498, 810 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Wing collapsed in dive, Donna Nook range | |
Fg Off John Alan Goldsmith (25) killed (Lt, RN) | |
AC1 Ernest George Clarke (22) killed | |
21.8.37 | DH Moth Major G-ACZX, Tollerton Aero Club |
Spun in while stunting at carnival, Huthwaite, near Mansfield | |
James Daniel Bradbury (35) killed | |
Roy Hobart Crossland (21) killed | |
23.8.37 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AEWH, Midland Bank Flying Club, Hanworth |
Dived into Queen Mary Reservoir, Littleton | |
Herbert Mason Willis (29) drowned | |
24.8.37 | B.A.C. Drone G-AEEN, W M C Peatfield, Ramsgate |
Stalled and spun on approach, Ramsgate | |
David Holliday Jorge (25) killed | |
25.8.37 | Hart K6532, 3 ERFTS, Hamble |
Collision with Swordfish I L2740, Curdridge, near Botley, Hants | |
Sgt Henry Garnett Jenkins (22) killed (RAFVR) | |
25.8.37 | Swordfish I L2740, 810 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Collision with Hart K6532, Curdridge, near Botley, Hants | |
Fg Off Alfred John Whillier (22) killed | |
AC1 William Arthur Murray (23) killed | |
28.8.37 | Caudron C.286/8 Super-Phalène F-AMMR, A A Keim, Paris |
Hit wires on landing and overturned, Stanley Wood, Amersham | |
Francis Henry Berkeley (28) killed | |
Albert Andre Keim injured (pilot, French) | |
Leslie Lewis injured | |
30.8.37 | Gauntlet II K7847, 66 Sqn, Duxford |
Collision with K7871 during formation roll, Duxford | |
Fg Off Thomas Norman Kenneth Walker (24) killed | |
Plt Off Patrick Browne unhurt in K7871 | |
2.9.37 | Vildebeest III K4588, 22 Sqn, Donibristle |
Abandoned after collision with K4606, Skipsea ranges, near Atwick, Yorks. | |
Plt Off William Herbert Cheetham (22) drowned | |
AC1 Leslie Broadbent Wilson unhurt | |
2.9.37 | Vildebeest III K4606, 22 Sqn, Donibristle |
Abandoned after collision with K4588, Skipsea ranges, near Atwick, Yorks. | |
Sgt John Medd (22) drowned | |
Cpl Cecil George Gurd (26) drowned | |
3.9.37 | Osprey III K3622, C Flt Gosport |
Hit side of HMS Furious, off Ryde, Isle of Wight | |
Fg Off Charles Anthony Knocker (22) killed (Sub-Lt, RN) | |
9.9.37 | Audax I K7497, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Hit fence, overuturned and caught fire on forced landing, Hodnet | |
Act Plt Off Danford Laycock Marsh-Smith (19) killed | |
10.9.37 | Miles M.3A Falcon Major G-AENG, Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Woodley |
Crashed in turbulence in King's Cup Air Race, Castle Hill, Scarborough | |
Wg Cdr Edward Goodwin Hilton DFC AFC (41) killed | |
Wg Cdr Percy Clark Sherren MC (Ret) (44) killed (Canadian) | |
11.9.37 | Anson I K8778, 233 Sqn, Thornaby |
Crashed on hill in bad weather, Belmont Bank, Guisborough Moor, Yorks. | |
Plt Off Leonard William Lowden (21) killed | |
Act Plt Off Hugh Gordon McDonald (22) killed (S Rhodesian) | |
Act Plt Off David Sorley Munro (19) killed | |
AC1 Thomas Douglass (18) killed | |
14.9.37 | Swordfish I K5974, A Flt Gosport |
Undershot landing and hit airman, Gosport | |
Cpl Albert Percy Hodge (29) killed | |
Flt Lt Simon Hayward Jones (pilot) | |
17.9.37 | Anson I K6227, 220 Sqn, Bircham Newton |
Stalled and dived into sea avoiding headland, Penmaenbach, near Conway | |
Sgt William Henry Victor Rimer (24) killed | |
AC1 Michael Kirwan (23) killed | |
AC2 Kenneth Mark Butcher (20) killed | |
20.9.37 | Osprey IV K5756, 800 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Abandoned after control lost, Moray Firth, near Eathie, Cromarty | |
AC1 John Beresford Murfin (24) killed | |
Fg Off Duncan Whiteley Balden rescued | |
21.9.37 | Blackburn B-2 G-AEBF, 5 ERFTS, Hanworth |
Crashed during inverted flight, Sunbury-on-Thames | |
LAC Reginald Denys Maxwell Gibb (22) killed | |
23.9.37 | Hind K5494, 57 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Overshot forced landing into wood, near Brackley | |
Plt Off Malcolm Patrick Alexander Craig-Mooney (20) killed | |
AC2 Peter McGeehan unhurt | |
24.9.37 | DH.60M Moth G-AALX, Brooklands Flying Club |
Crashed in sea, off Shoreham harbour | |
Thomas Tarrant (31) killed | |
29.9.37 | Audax I K5230, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Stalled and spun after take-off and caught fire, Sealand | |
LAC Edwin Pepall Jeffrey (23) killed | |
11 injured attempting rescue | |
30.9.37 | Demon I K3769, 29 Sqn, North Weald |
Collision with K3803 in circuit, North Weald | |
Sgt Arthur Clifton Reginald Wood (25) killed | |
AC2 Brinley Thomas South (20) killed | |
30.9.37 | Demon I K3803, 29 Sqn, North Weald |
Collision with K3769 in circuit, North Weald | |
AC1 Robert Pull (21) killed | |
Plt Off Leon Maxwell Muller baled out | |
1.10.37 | T.K.4 G-AETK, The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield |
Stalled and crashed during test flight, near Hatfield | |
Robert John Feltham Waight (27) killed | |
1.10.37 | Blenheim I K7066, 139 Sqn, Wyton |
Spun on approach, Wyton | |
Sgt John Hubert Williams (23) killed | |
2.10.37 | B.A. Eagle 2 G-AEER, J P Wakefield, Brooklands |
Dived in and caught fire, Breedon-on-the-Hill, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch | |
Derrick Clive Howell (21) killed | |
John Walley (27) killed | |
Mrs Jessie Walley (26) killed | |
4.10.37 | Hart ?, 6 FTS, Netheravon |
Veered on night take-off and hit airman, Netheravon | |
AC2 Albert Stacey (20) killed | |
Fg Off Ernest Ralph Bitmead (instructor) | |
Act Plt Off Jack Llewellyn Ellis (pupil) | |
11.10.37 | Osprey III K4333, 801 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Dived into sea, Moray Firth, near Tarbat Ness | |
Fg Off William Ronald Harley (24) drowned (Lt, RN) | |
12.10.37 | Hind K6830, 82 Sqn, Cranfield |
Hit tree on approach at night and caught fire, Cranfield | |
Plt Off James Laurence Wells (21) killed | |
14.10.37 | Audax I K5202, 8 FTS, Montrose |
Crashed in sea during gunnery practice, Lunan Bay, off Ethie Haven | |
Act Plt Off Richard Vivian Peacock (20) drowned | |
Act Plt Off John Goodhart Mason injured (pilot) | |
20.10.37 | Wellesley K7738, 35 Sqn, Worthy Down |
Flew into ground in fog, Rowlands Farm, New Leake, near Spilsby, Lincs. | |
Sgt Thomas Eric Moon (22) killed | |
Sgt Vernon Hedley (29) killed | |
AC1 George John Michael Nunn (24) killed | |
5.11.37 | Demon I K3983, 25 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Crashed after collision in formation with K4538, East Langdon, near Dover | |
AC1 James Dale (19) killed | |
Plt Off John Geoffrey Cave baled out | |
Sgt Philip Richard Smith & Cpl H Stoten unhurt in K4538 | |
14.11.37 | Hind K6763, 502 Sqn, Aldergrove |
Hit wireless mast on approach, Aldergrove | |
LAC Donal Martin (25) killed (AAF) | |
Flt Lt Brian George Corry injured (AAF) | |
22.11.37 | Demon K4516, 64 Sqn, Martlesham Heath |
Overturned in forced landing after engine failure, Cookley, near Halesworth, Suffolk | |
AC1 Robert Edwin Smith (22) died 28.11.37 | |
Sgt Herbert Branwell Hackney injured | |
23.11.37 | Gauntlet II K5344, 17 Sqn, Kenley |
Midair collision with K5348 at night, Farthing Downs, near Coulsdon | |
Plt Off Keith Victor Keen (24) killed | |
23.11.37 | Gauntlet II K5348, 17 Sqn, Kenley |
Midair collision with K5344 at night, Farthing Downs, near Coulsdon | |
Plt Off Montague Percival Richards (21) killed | |
24.11.37 | Gauntlet II K7849, 66 Sqn, Duxford |
Midair collision with Gauntlet K7871, near Royston, Herts. | |
Plt Off Leonard Melville Beavis (24) killed | |
Sgt Arthur Dumbell Smith baled out of K7871; injured | |
26.11.37 | Junkers-Ju 52/3m D-AGAV "E. Schaefer", Deutsche Lufthansa |
Crashed into hangar on take-off in fog, Croydon | |
Walter Bayer (33) killed (pilot) | |
Franz Kelbl (37) killed (mechanic) | |
Hans Petersen (28) killed (wireless operator) | |
26.11.37 | Hind K6632, 218 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Crashed into sea out of cloud, off Workington, Cumberland | |
Plt Off Eric Arthur Hunt (21) drowned | |
AC1 Joseph Thomas (20) drowned | |
29.11.37 | Audax I K7392, 2 FTS, Brize Norton |
Hit wall on forced landing in fog, near Four Crosses, Pwllheli | |
Act Plt Off Albert George Michael Wright (22) killed | |
AC1 John Goodinson injured | |
6.12.37 | Audax I K5159, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Crashed on house in fog, Globe Street, Everton, Liverpool | |
Act Plt Off Gordon Dutton Angus (20) killed | |
11.12.37 | Battle I K7594, 226 Sqn, Harwell |
Spun into lake, Chesil Bank, Dorset | |
Sgt Arthur William Butler (25) killed | |
AC2 William Ernest Vincent (19) killed | |
13.12.37 | Heyford IA K4039, 149 Sqn, Mildenhall |
Flew into ground at night, Stopham Bridge, near Pulborough, Sussex | |
Plt Off Andrew Aitken (23) killed | |
Sgt Duncan Robert Francis Ross (21) killed | |
Cpl John Bennett (27) killed | |
LAC William Lemuel Sillince (31) killed | |
16.12.37 | Heyford III K5183, 102 Sqn, Honington |
Overturned on landing at night, Honington | |
Plt Off Thomas Arthur Bunting (23) killed (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off Basil Gaston Lancelot Betbeder (21) died 18.12.37 | |
Act Plt Off Laurence Herbert McFarlane injured (New Zealander) | |
AC1 Ernest Marrows injured | |
AC1 Charles Albert Frederick Kettle unhurt | |
17.12.37 | Fury I K2901, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Collision with K2902 during formation aerobatics, Stansted Park, near Chichester | |
Sgt Robert Edmund Patten (26) killed | |
17.12.37 | Fury I K2902, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Collision with K2901 during formation aerobatics, Stansted Park, near Chichester | |
Fg Off (Act Flt Lt) Harry Hamilton Peck (26) killed | |
21.12.37 | Audax I K7443, 3 FTS, South Cerney |
Flew into hillside in fog, Fennells Farm, Lypiatt, near Stroud, Glos. | |
Act Plt Off Myles Leonard Birch (19) killed | |
Act Plt Off Christie Leslie Taylor (22) killed | |
23.12.37 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABDI, Redhill Flying Club |
Spun into field, Horne, near Horley, Surrey | |
Robert Stewart Gray (25) killed | |
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