5.1.1938 | Audax I K5126, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Crashed into tree, Maer Hall estate, near Whitmore, Staffs | |
Act Plt Off Howard Graham Clitheroe (24) killed (Canadian) | |
9.1.38 | Dagling primary glider, North Lindsey Gliding Club |
Crashed following structural failure, Clapgate, Appleby, near Scunthorpe | |
Thomas Ernest Porter Cocking (37) killed | |
14.1.38 | Wallace II K6057, 6 Armament Training Camp, Woodsford |
Dived into ground while target-towing, West Chaldon, near Weymouth | |
Plt Off Geoffrey Burr Andrews (22) killed | |
AC1 Novel Everard Boon (21) killed | |
17.1.38 | Gladiator I K8014, 65 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Collision in formation with K7940, Ridgewood, near Uckfield, Sussex | |
Sgt Geoffrey Edwin Gaskell (24) killed | |
Plt Off Roland Robert Stanford Tuck baled out of K7940, injured | |
17.1.38 | Hind K5492, 57 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Gunner fell from aeroplane during camera-gun practice, Upper Heyford | |
AC2 Walter George Goodhand (18) killed | |
Plt Off Clive Theodore Norman (pilot) | |
20.1.38 | Gauntlet II K5310, 79 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Hit tractor on take-off, Biggin Hill | |
Christopher Leonard Sawbridge (42) killed (tractor driver) | |
Act Plt Off Arthur Glyn Evans unhurt | |
21.1.38 | Gauntlet II K5303, 66 Sqn, Duxford |
Collision with Tiger Moth G-ADHW emerging from cloud, Smallford, near Hatfield | |
Plt Off Leonard René Helps (23) killed | |
21.1.38 | Tiger Moth G-ADHW, 1 ERFTS, Hatfield |
Collision with Gauntlet II K5303, Smallford, near Hatfield | |
Sgt Theodore Quentin Paviour-Smith (30) killed (RAFVR; New Zealander) | |
Brian William Grieves (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
24.1.38 | Anson I K6277, 51 Sqn, Boscombe Down |
Crashed into trees at night, Ibworth, near Basingstoke | |
Plt Off David Lorraine Lloyd Morris (23) killed | |
Sgt Donald William Mansbridge injured | |
Act Plt Off Cecil Wardman Poulter injured | |
AC2 Ronald Harry Price injured | |
24.1.38 | Magister I L6901, 3 ERFTS, Hamble |
Dived into the Solent, off Calshot | |
Sgt David Lionel Middleton (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
27.1.38 | Blenheim I K7078, 44 Sqn, Waddington |
Lost control attempting aerobatics; pilot baled out, Tattershall Thorpe | |
Plt Off Alan Norman Macfarlane (26) killed (New Zealander) | |
31.1.38 | Audax I K5210, 11 FTS, Wittering |
Spun on approach to forced landing, Barnack, near Wittering | |
Act Plt Off Trevor Kearsley Goss Dudley (20) killed | |
Act Plt Off Peter Robert Burton-Gyles injured | |
31.1.38 | Hart K3744, 1 FTS, Leuchars |
Crashed on railway line, near Stravithie Station, near St Andrews | |
Fg Off Richard Stratton Laybourne (23) killed (Lt, Welsh Guards) | |
31.1.38 | Blackburn B-2 G-AEBI, 5 ERFTS, Hanworth |
Hit by landing Hart K4434 while preparing to take off, Hanworth | |
Kenneth Jonathan Wild (18) killed | |
Fg Off Lawrence Edward Chiswell injured in Hart (RAFO) | |
1.2.38 | Hurricane I L1556, 111 Sqn, Northolt |
Dived into ground, Western Avenue, Uxbridge | |
Fg Off Mervyn Seymour Bocquet (22) killed | |
7.2.38 | Gladiator I K7934, 72 Sqn, Church Fenton |
Hit high-tension wires in fog, Riplingham, near Brough, Yorks | |
Plt Off Alfred Alexander Devany (23) killed | |
11.2.38 | Blenheim I K7119, 144 Sqn, Hemswell |
Hit tree in snowstorm, Oulton, near Aylsham, Norfolk | |
Plt Off Lawrence Clement Mitchell (22) killed | |
Cpl George Henderson (25) killed | |
AC1 Clifford Alfred Smith (19) killed | |
11.2.38 | Gladiator I K8002, 65 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Collision with K7942 during mock attack, near North Weald | |
Plt Off Philip Ralph Austin-Sparks (21) killed | |
Flt Lt Leslie Charles Bicknell baled out of K7942 | |
13.2.38 | Avro 504N G-ACRE, Air Publicity Ltd, Penshurst |
Hit tree and crashed, Gamlingay, Cambs | |
Flt Lt Percival Phillips DFC (44) killed (RAFO) | |
22.2.38 | Fury I K2061, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Hit high-tension cables and crashed in trees, South Downs, near Lewes Racecourse | |
Plt Off Merton Vivian Baxter (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
24.2.38 | Swordfish I K5984, A Flt Gosport |
Collision with K5974 during practice torpedo attack, off Spithead | |
Plt Off John Robert Limmer Edminson (26) killed | |
Fg Off Basil Barry Jupp unhurt in K5974 | |
24.2.38 | Wellesley K7734, Long Range Development Unit, Upper Heyford |
Missing, North Sea, off NE Scotland | |
Flt Lt Frank Steight Gardner (29) killed (Australian) | |
Fg Off George James Douglas Thomson (27) killed (South African) | |
Sgt George Higgs (27) killed | |
26.2.38 | DH.84 Dragon 2 VH-UZX, Air Travel and Survey, Australia |
Crashed on railway embankment after engine failure on approach, near Croydon | |
Thomas Adams Vallette (38) died 20.10.38 | |
Capt Philip Bailey injured (pilot) | |
John Furnival injured | |
9.3.38 | Fury II K8241, CFS, Upavon |
Flew into ground in bad visibility, Ammerdown Park, near Radstock, Somerset | |
Lt Mohammed Mustafa Ismail (25) killed (Egyptian Army Air Force) | |
12.3.38 | GAL ST.25 Monospar Universal G-AEJV, Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne |
Spun and crashed after take-off, Lympne | |
William Eric Davis (34) killed (pilot) | |
Raymond Arthur Joseph Hernu (30) killed | |
Miss Yvonne Mollie Marguerite Hernu (32) killed | |
Miss Gertrud Mohr (31) killed (German) | |
18.3.38 | Swordfish I K5985, Torpedo Training Unit, Gosport |
Hit hillside in fog, Swyre Head, Kingston, Dorset | |
Plt Off Frederick Edgar Williams (21) killed | |
Cpl Cyril John Coles (32) killed | |
LAC David Samuel Hurrell (21) killed | |
21.3.38 | Gladiator I K7959, 73 Sqn, Digby |
Overshot flare path and sank into ground on attempted overshoot, Digby | |
Plt Off John Francis Pearce (21) killed | |
26.3.38 | Hind K5498, 603 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Crashed while low-flying, Breich, near West Calder, Midlothian | |
Fg Off Cecil Alexander Grove Thomson (36) killed (AAF) | |
AC2 Robert Henderson Starrett (21) killed (AAF) | |
28.3.38 | Magister I L6916, 8 ERFTS, Woodley |
Dived into ground, Sonning Common | |
LAC Herbert Edward Griffiths (22) killed | |
31.3.38 | Hind K6643, 49 Sqn, Scampton |
Midair collision with K6753, Scampton | |
Plt Off Benjamin Gordon Davies (23) killed | |
AC2 James Henry Scoberg (27) killed | |
31.3.38 | Hind K6753, 49 Sqn, Scampton |
Midair collision with K6643, Scampton | |
Plt Off John Nugent de Merle Tyrrell (25) killed | |
1.4.38 | Anson I K6320, 269 Sqn, Abbotsinch |
Flew into hilltop in cloud, Whittlemuir Dam, Howwood, Renfrewshire | |
Sgt William Alexander Sutherland killed | |
Cpl Robert Hunter (34) killed | |
4.4.38 | Fury I K2074, 43 Sqn, Tangmere |
Broke up during aerobatics, Racton, near Emsworth, Hants. | |
Sgt Matthew Henry Baxter (25) killed | |
5.4.38 | Harrow II K6995, 75 Sqn, Driffield |
Flew into ground in bad weather at night, Tibthorpe, near Driffield | |
Flt Sgt Edward James Merchant (28) killed | |
Sgt Ronald George Cowley Marshall (23) killed | |
AC1 Ronald Herbert Fish (19) killed | |
Cpl Walter Greaves (29) killed | |
LAC George Jeffrey Humphries (26) killed | |
7.4.38 | Anson I K6270, 233 Sqn, Thornaby |
Crashed in North Sea, near Dudgeon Light Vessel, off Norfolk | |
Flt Lt William Noel Hamilton Banks (32) killed | |
Plt Off Felix Oswald Thresher (26) killed | |
AC1 Robert Munro killed | |
7.4.38 | Audax I K7307, 9 FTS, Hullavington |
Crashed after take-off, Hullavington | |
Act Plt Off Robert Brock La Pointe (22) killed (Canadian) | |
Act Plt Off James Ronald Vincent (26) killed (Canadian) | |
13.4.38 | Wellesley K7766, 207 Sqn, Worthy Down |
Hit tree on forced landing and caught fire, Abingdon | |
Sgt Walter Bateman (29) killed | |
LAC Robert McPhie unhurt | |
19.4.38 | Swordfish I K8874, Torpedo Training Unit, Gosport |
Dived into sea during torpedo-dropping exercise, off Calshot | |
Sgt Godfrey Herbert Keates Hughes (23) killed | |
22.4.38 | Blenheim I K7127, 44 Sqn, Waddington |
Crashed after engine cut on take-off, Waddington | |
Cpl Leslie Tidey (25) killed | |
Plt Off Thomas Donald Mackintosh Macdonald injured | |
AC1 Jack Martlew injured | |
22.4.38 | Blenheim I K7146, 110 Sqn, Waddington |
Dived into ground, Empson Farm, Postland, near Crowland | |
Plt Off Harry David Green (24) killed | |
Cpl Charles James Badger (26) killed | |
AC2 Frank Howard (19) killed | |
22.4.38 | Gladiator? K8028? |
Airman hit by aircraft on take-off at night, Debden | |
AC2 Cyril Alfred Jackson (22) killed | |
Plt Off Kenneth Blair (pilot) | |
25.4.38 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACHX, Wrightways, Croydon |
Crashed into trees after engine failure on approach, Woodcote, near Croydon | |
Fg Off Colin Calder Byar (33) died 28.4.38 (RAFO, New Zealander) | |
Ernest K Ratcliffe injured (wireless operator, New Zealander) | |
1.5.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AEMS, Liverpool and District Aero Club, Speke |
Crashed and burned, Bromborough, Cheshire | |
Alexander Birnie MacDowall (27) killed | |
Herbert Topham Dewhurst (40) killed | |
1.5.38 | Primary glider, Portsmouth and South Hants Gliding Club |
Stalled and crashed, Portsdown Hill | |
Reginald Frank James (18) killed | |
6.5.38 | Audax I K5598, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Bounced and stalled on overshoot, Sealand | |
Act Plt Off Errol Desmond Gimson (21) killed (New Zealander) | |
7.5.38 | Magister I L5972, 3 ERFTS, Hamble |
Spun into ground, Locks Heath, near Botley, Hants | |
Sgt Stephen Henry Douglas Leech (18) killed (RAFVR) | |
9.5.38 | Blenheim I K7117, 139 Sqn, Wyton |
Airman hit by propeller, Driffield | |
AC1 John Douglas Bradshaw (19) killed | |
Sgt William Henry Hancock Heayns (pilot) | |
10.5.38 | Blenheim I K7037, 114 Sqn, Wyton |
Engine failed on take-off, overturned and caught fire, Wyton | |
Plt Off Douglas Perry (20) killed | |
AC1 John Joseph Gerrard Rice (27) killed | |
AC1 Fred Crimes (22) killed | |
10.5.38 | Blenheim I K7080, 144 Sqn, Hemswell |
Crashed after take-off, 1m W of Hemswell | |
Plt Off Richard Douglas Hamilton Maxwell (22) killed | |
Cpl David Spencer Wissett (25) killed | |
AC1 Whitfield Dodds injured | |
10.5.38 | Magister I L5948, Wyton Station Flight |
Dived out of clouds and crashed in field, near Godmanchester | |
Plt Off Ivor Jack Fawdry (22) killed | |
Plt Off Colin James Carr Lee (22) killed | |
10.5.38 | Hurricane I L1579, 3 Sqn, Kenley |
Stalled on approach and dived into ground, Kenley | |
Plt Off Hugh Henry-May (20) killed | |
13.5.38 | Wellesley I K7717, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton |
Crashed in flames, Alveston, near Bristol | |
Peter Hescroff Warren (23) killed (observer) | |
Flt Lt Charles Alan Washer parachuted (pilot, New Zealander) | |
14.5.38 | Percival Vega Gull G-AFGU, S Smith, Woolsington |
Dived into ground in bad weather, Lonscale, near Keswick, Cumberland | |
Samuel Smith (32) killed | |
Robert Gold Ratcliffe (26) killed | |
Norman Tennant Ayton (30) killed | |
14.5.38 | Hütter H 17 G331, R S Rattray, Amy Johnson, Peggy Thring & John Saffery |
Spun in, Farmoor, Oxon | |
Capt Robert Sutherland Rattray CBE OBE (56) killed | |
19.5.38 | Hector K9710, 59 Sqn, Old Sarum |
Veered off flare-path on night landing; wing hit airmen, Old Sarum | |
LAC Terence Ralph King (22) died 21.5.38 | |
AC Thomas Verdun Thomas (19) died 20.5.38 | |
Fg Off Mervyn Jackson Muspratt-Williams unhurt (pilot) | |
1.6.38 | Percival Vega Gull G-AFBR, Indian Aviation Development Co Ltd, Bombay |
Crashed on approach, Luton airport | |
Sir Alasdair Workman MacRobert (25) killed | |
Edward Sander Baker (32) killed | |
Ronald Eric Laurence Beere (36) killed | |
12.6.38 | S.C.A.L. FB.30 Avion Bassou G-AFCD, W L Lewis, Hanworth |
Stalled after take-off, Hanworth | |
Walter Louis Lewis (44) killed | |
13.6.38 | Magister I L6894, 3 ERFTS, Hamble |
Control lost; abandoned too low, Bursledon, Hants. | |
Gerald Ian Fellowes Colmore (20) killed (Canadian) | |
15.6.38 | Magister I L6910, 4 ERFTS, Brough |
Stalled and spun into water, River Humber, near Brough | |
George Alexander McLeod Baird (24) drowned (New Zealander) | |
16.6.38 | Gladiator I K7933, 54 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Propellor hit by unsynchronized bullets; crashed in sea, off Leysdown, Kent | |
Sgt Reginald Malcolm Marsh (23) killed | |
20.6.38 | Fury I K3730, 2 FTS, Brize Norton |
Crashed, near Filkins, Oxon | |
Act Plt Off Colin William Edward Milburn (21) killed (Canadian) | |
22.6.38 | Shark III L2385, 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Lee-on-Solent |
Stalled on take-off, dived into ground and caught fire, Lee-on-Solent | |
AC2 William John Richards (18) killed | |
Plt Off Jack Llewellyn Ellis injured | |
25.6.38 | Demon I K3798, 25 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Crashed in fog, Sugar Loaf Hill, Holywell, Folkestone | |
Plt Off Bonar Roy Whaley (25) killed (Canadian) | |
Plt Off Charles Connell Law (22) killed | |
25.6.38 | DH.84 Dragon G-ADCR, Channel Air Ferries |
Stalled on approach in fog, Land's End Airport, St Just | |
Capt David Louis Dustin (28) died 26.6.38 (Fg Off, RAFO) (New Zealander) | |
Mlle Marie Rose Castaidre injured (French) | |
Miss Constance Mary Thompson injured | |
Miss Edna Amelia Thompson injured | |
Miss Grace Thompson injured | |
M Nabos unhurt (French) | |
Charles Thomas Thompson unhurt | |
25.6.38 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADXZ, 12 ERFTS, Prestwick |
Crashed on Humeston Hill, Carrick Hills, near Croy, Ayrshire | |
Sgt Thomas Murray Heron (19) killed (RAFVR) | |
28.6.38 | Miles M.11C Whitney Straight G-AEYI, Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Woodley |
Crashed in sandpit, Harefield, Middx. | |
Wg Cdr Frederick William Stent MC (Ret) (48) killed | |
29.6.38 | Gladiator I K6139, 72 Sqn, Church Fenton |
Midair collision with K6138 in formation, 1m S of Selby | |
Flt Lt William Forster Pharazyn (35) killed (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off Robert James Walker unhurt in K6138 | |
3.7.38 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AEBX "Star of Scotia", Railway Air Services |
Spun and crashed in circuit, Belfast Harbour airport, Sydenham | |
Capt Alfred Churchill Larmuth (31) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Reginald Harry Vaughan (23) killed (engineer) | |
17.7.38 | Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III G-AFEU, Thanet Aero Club, Ramsgate |
Spun into sea after loop, off Cliftonville, Margate | |
Edmund Leonard George Betts (19) drowned | |
Marjorie Cynthia Walk (16) drowned | |
18/19.7.38 | Blenheim I L1153, 139 Sqn, Wyton |
Abandoned out of fuel at night and crashed, Wixford Lodge Farm, Bidford-on-Avon | |
Cpl David Owen Day (25) killed | |
Plt Off Malcolm Llewellyn McColm unhurt | |
AC1 James Hamilton Gordon unhurt | |
20.7.38 | Hurricane I L1549, 111 Sqn, Northolt |
Engine failed, stalled avoiding houses and crashed in garden, Hillingdon | |
Sgt Maurice Reginald Kennedy Smith (26) killed | |
21.7.38 | Battle K7689, 105 Sqn, Harwell |
Abandoned after control lost during searchlight exercise, Lasham | |
AC1 Francis Howard Kent (18) killed | |
AC1 Albert William James Robinson (26) killed | |
Sgt Albert Joseph Charles Eagles unhurt (pilot) | |
2.8.38 | Barnwell B.S.W. Mk. 1 G-AFID, F S Barnwell, Whitchurch |
Stalled and dived in after take-off, Whitchurch, Bristol | |
Capt Frank Sowter Barnwell OBE AFC (57) killed | |
6.8.38 | Hector K9759, 13 Sqn, Odiham |
Crashed in sea, off North Shields | |
Plt Off Douglas St Quentin Robinson (21) killed | |
7.8.38 | Battle K7630, 88 Sqn, Boscombe Down |
Hit trees and crashed after engine failure, between Mill Green and Highwood, Essex | |
Cpl William Henry Wheeler (24) killed | |
Flt Lt David William Hyde-Gardner injured | |
AC William Thomas Cable baled out | |
7.8.38 | Harrow I K6961, 37 Sqn, Feltwell |
Crashed at night in fog, Conyer's Green, Great Barton, near Bury St Edmunds | |
Fg Off John Adam (23) killed | |
Plt Off Albert George Gillespie (26) killed | |
Plt Off Edward Rayment White (23) killed | |
AC Patrick Joseph McGovern (23) killed | |
AC Charles Carter Moxon Suthers (23) killed | |
8.8.38 | Anson I K8831, 233 Sqn, Thornaby |
Crashed in sea, Bridlington Bay | |
Sgt Cecil Joseph Le Patrick Gordon (22) killed | |
AC1 Melville George Brand (21) killed | |
AC1 Leslie Freeman (19) killed | |
AC2 Thomas Charles Andrews killed | |
10.8.38 | Swordfish I K8886, Torpedo Training Unit, Gosport |
Crashed in the Solent after releasing torpedo, off Browndown Point | |
Act Plt Off Reginald Alexander Robertson (25) drowned (New Zealander) | |
12.8.38 | Hind K6636, 83 Sqn, Scampton |
Stalled and crashed, Bickerton Hill, Broxton, near Chester | |
Flt Lt Ronald John Faull Craig (28) killed | |
Cpl William Hilbert Quane (27) killed | |
12.8.38 | Wallace II K6022, Electrical & Wireless School, Cranwell |
Flew into hillside in mist, near Caythorpe, Lincs | |
Plt Off Frank Alfred Morant (23) killed | |
Act Sgt Wilfred Waller (32) killed | |
13.8.38 | Supermarine Scapa I K7306, 228 Sqn, Pembroke Dock |
Dived into sea, near Cork Lightship, off Felixstowe | |
Sgt David Louis Bissett Cabuzet (27) killed | |
AC Peter Edgar Evans (26) killed | |
AC Oswald J Edwards (21) killed | |
AC Thomas Emrys Griffiths (20) killed | |
AC Keith C Sherwin (24) killed | |
Mr Hunter Gray (25) killed (Bawdsey research station) | |
14.8.38 | ?, Scottish Flying Club, Renfrew |
Spectators hit by landing aeroplane, Westraw Mains Farm, Pettinain, Lanark | |
Elizabeth Russell (5) killed | |
George Prestwell injured | |
Andrew Prentice Hunter unhurt (pilot) | |
16.8.38 | Magister I L8060, 26 Sqn, Catterick |
Crashed on forced landing, Gilling, near Richmond, Yorks. | |
Fg Off Edward James Boyle (26) killed (Lt, KOSB) | |
Dr William Delano Walker (40) killed | |
21.8.38 | Slingsby Falcon III BGA 237, C E Hardwick, Long Mynd |
Crashed on take-off, Long Mynd, Shropshire | |
Major James Geoffrey Stewart Smith (34) died 22.8.38 | |
Jack Vincent Rushton injured (instructor) | |
4.9.38 | Audax I K7381, 1 ERFTS, Hatfield |
Crashed on houses, Dunholme Road, Edmonton | |
Sgt Stanley Robert Morris (20) killed (pilot, RAFVR) | |
Mrs May Lavinia Callaghan (39) died 8.9.38 | |
Doris M Callaghan (16) died 25.9.38 | |
Dennis Callaghan (13) killed | |
Terence Callaghan (3) killed | |
John Euesden (45) killed | |
James Letch (24) died 5.9.38 | |
Edward Letch (20) killed | |
Benjamin Saunders (43) killed | |
Mrs Harriet Grace Saunders (37) killed | |
Roy Saunders (16) killed | |
Derek Saunders (9) killed | |
James Alfred Tant (8) killed | |
6.9.38 | Hurricane I L1652, Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Brooklands |
Dived into ground on test flight, St George's Hill, Weybridge | |
John Stuart Hindmarsh (30) killed | |
12.9.38 | Whitley I K7207, RAE, Farnborough |
Crashed and caught fire after take-off with locked ailerons, Farnborough | |
Sqn Ldr Maurice James Adam AFC (29) killed | |
Flt Lt Reginald Monks (27) killed (pilot) | |
Mr Benjamin Thomas Edwin Bond (36) killed (civilian wireless operator) | |
13.9.38 | Oxford I L4580, 3 FTS, South Cerney |
Spun in, near Poulton, Glos | |
Act Plt Off Robert Ernest Winter (21) killed | |
13.9.38 | Magister I L8269, 2 Group Communications Flight, Wyton |
Stalled and flew into ground on approach, Wyton | |
Fg Off Kenneth Gerald Stodart AFC (28) died 15.9.38 | |
14.9.38 | Hurricane I L1620, 87 Sqn, Debden |
Lost control in cloud and spun into sea, Holbeach ranges, Lincs. | |
Sgt Thomas Frederick Dowsett Dewdney (22) killed | |
15.9.38 | Gauntlet II K7840, 213 Sqn Wittering |
Crashed after collision with Magister L8263, Stamford, Lincs; hit woman on the ground | |
Miss Violet Mary Russell (22) killed | |
Plt Off Brian van Mentz baled out | |
Fg Off John Eric James Sing baled out of Magister | |
AC R Humphreys baled out of Magister | |
15.9.38 | Swordfish I K8877, Floatplane Training Flight, Lee-on-Solent |
Hit fishing boat on landing and crashed in sea, off Lee-on-Solent | |
Thomas Henry Kemp (48) killed | |
Thomas Bannister (75) died 17.9.38 | |
Sub-Lt Douglas Tennant Stewart unhurt | |
Sgt Clifford Bond unhurt | |
18.9.38 | Blenheim I K7163, 61 Sqn, Hemswell |
Stalled during rainstorm and crashed, Urpeth Forge, near Beamish, Co. Durham | |
Cpl Henry Edward West (26) killed | |
AC1 James Stewart Grey (18) killed | |
Plt Off Alner George Newton baled out | |
19.9.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AFIG, 4 ERFTS, Brough |
Crashed in rainstorm, Dorrington Fen, near Sleaford, Lincs. | |
Plt Off Dennis Gerald Baker (19) killed | |
Act Plt Off Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson injured (pilot) | |
20.9.38 | Sunderland I L2162, 210 Sqn, Pembroke Dock |
Broke up on landing at night, Milford Haven | |
Cpl Cyril Henry Clayton (30) drowned | |
Cpl Ronald Narbett (29) drowned | |
Fg Off John Mclachlan Harvey Sinclair injured | |
LAC William John Reed injured | |
Sqn Ldr Archibald Martin Watts-Read unhurt | |
Plt Off Dennis Bowen Esmonde-White unhurt | |
AC George Wyndham Bowen unhurt | |
AC Hubert Allen Jenkins unhurt | |
21.9.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AELI, Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne |
Stalled and dived in, Lympne | |
Fg Off David William Llewellyn (34) killed (RAFO) | |
2Lt John Buller Kitson (23) killed | |
29.9.38 | Wellesley K7732, 148 Sqn, Stradishall |
Lost wing diving out of cloud, Kedington, near Stradishall | |
Sgt Ronald Ashley Cowan (26) killed | |
Sgt Harry Newby (23) killed | |
AC2 Peter Asquith Corp (19) killed | |
30.9.38 | Anson I L7929, 6 FTS, Little Rissington |
Dived into ground in bad weather, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxon | |
Plt Off John Goodhart Mason (24) killed | |
Act Plt Off Roderick Gordon James (18) killed | |
5.10.38 | Wellesley K7729, RAE, Farnborough |
Spun in, Bunce's Farm, Farnham, Surrey | |
Flt Lt Kenneth Darleigh Salmon (30) killed | |
6.10.38 | Battle K7589, 226 Sqn, Harwell |
Crashed on mountain, Plynlimon, Montgomeryshire | |
Plt Off Alastair Lilburn MacEwen (23) killed | |
Cpl Frank James (26) killed | |
AC1 Kenneth Adrian Clark (28) killed | |
6.10.38 | Harrow II K6971, 215 Sqn, Honington |
Missing in storm during night exercise, North Sea | |
Fg Off Douglas Aubrey Hamilton (25) killed | |
Plt Off Roland Noah Haynes (25) killed (pilot) | |
Plt Off Thomas Ian Stewart Munro killed | |
LAC Charles Selby Lodge (21) killed | |
AC1 Trevor Prowse killed | |
11.10.38 | Audax I K5149, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Midair collision with K7396 during bombing practice, near Hell's Mouth, Caernarvonshire | |
Act Plt Off Ronald Vincent Hart (18) killed | |
Act Plt Off Robert Andrew Desmond Meharey injured | |
11.10.38 | Audax I K7396, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Midair collision with K5149 during bombing practice, near Hell's Mouth, Caernarvonshire | |
Act Plt Off John Astley Cooper (20) killed | |
Act Plt Off Thomas Campbell Dunn (20) killed | |
11.10.38 | Vildebeest III K4605, 22 Sqn, Thorney Island |
Dived into sea during torpedo practice, Spithead, off Seaview, IoW | |
Plt Off Leslie Morley Barlow (27) killed | |
12.10.38 | Osprey I S1696, 801 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Crashed in sea off HMS Furious, near Bass Rock, Firth of Forth | |
Fg Off John Newton Snow (24) killed (Lt, RM) | |
15.10.38 | Hind L7236, 23 ERFTS, Rochester |
Collision with Avro Tutor K3328, Walderslade, near Chatham | |
Flt Lt Rowan Sydney Howe (25) killed (RAFO; South African) | |
Sgt Jack William Walkling (25) killed | |
15.10.38 | Tutor K3328, 23 ERFTS, Rochester |
Collision with Hind L7236, Walderslade, near Chatham | |
Sgt Norman Percy Smith (22) killed | |
18.10.38 | Wellesley K7714, 148 Sqn, Stradishall |
Collision with K7716 at night, Great Dunmow, Essex | |
Plt Off Eric Chamberlain Wheelwright (25) killed | |
Sgt Eric Mark Walker (23) killed | |
AC2 Thomas Moore Boyd (23) killed | |
18.10.38 | Wellesley K7716, 148 Sqn, Stradishall |
Collision with K7714 at night, Great Dunmow, Essex | |
Sgt Reginald Prosser (24) killed | |
Sgt Wilfred Courtney Cunnington (29) killed | |
Act Sgt James Crane Irwin (31) killed | |
22.10.38 | Whitley II K7261, 51 Sqn, Linton-on-Ouse |
Crashed in fog at night, Aldwark, near Linton-on-Ouse | |
Plt Off Franklin Gordon Hanlan (25) killed (Canadian) | |
AC1 Christopher Peter Timothy Bowring (20) killed | |
Flt Sgt Frank Clifford Noyes injured; died 20.4.39 | |
AC1 Andrew Moffat Fleming injured | |
26.10.38 | Blenheim I L1252, 34 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Crashed on hillside in cloud, Staple Moss, 6m W of Middleton-in-Teesdale | |
Act Plt Off John Owen Sowerbutts (25) killed | |
AC1 William Ashbridge (21) killed | |
AC2 Horace Redfern (18) killed | |
1.11.38 | Anson I K8836, 206 Sqn, Bircham Newton |
Flew into sea in rain squall, off Flamborough Head, Yorks. | |
Fg Off (Act Flt Lt) Patrick Jonathan Kenyon Pike (24) killed | |
Plt Off Matthew Angus Scott (24) killed | |
AC1 Reginald William Stanley Rae (23) killed | |
AC2 Derek Alexander Wilson killed | |
3.11.38 | Demon I K5730, 23 Sqn, Wittering |
Collision with K5712 in formation, between Uffington and Barholm, Lincs. | |
AC1 Roy Harold Lee (20) killed | |
Sgt Jack Arnold Bullard baled out | |
Plt Off Arthur Edward Slocombe baled out of K5712 | |
4.11.38 | DH.86 G-ACZN "St Catherine's Bay", Jersey Airways |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Rue es Minquiers, near Jersey Airport | |
Fg Off Alwyn Geoffrey Morgan Cary (35) killed (RAFO) | |
Reginald John Syner Lyons (28) killed (wireless operator) | |
Frank Berry (c.60) killed | |
Thomas Olaf Cox (29) killed | |
Sister Janet Hansford killed | |
Harold Kersley (57) killed | |
Stuart Spring (28) killed | |
Capt William Dermot Swan (30) killed | |
Mrs Rozel Clinton Swan (27) killed | |
Miss Bridget Jennifer Swan (1) killed | |
Major Gerald Hazzard Voisin (40) killed | |
Mrs Eleanor Ruby Courtney Voisin killed | |
Mrs Lucy Helena Wall (40) killed | |
Edmund le Cornu killed (farm worker, on ground) | |
7.11.38 | Blenheim I L1160, 61 Sqn, Hemswell |
Abandoned on fire; crashed onto mud flats, Holbeach Marsh, Lincs. | |
Cpl John William Beverley Bentley (25) killed | |
AC1 Alfred Charles Laurens (23) drowned | |
Plt Off Arthur Dennis Steele-Perkins unhurt | |
10.11.38 | DH.60G Moth G-ABOV, Herts & Essex Aero Club |
Crashed in fog and caught fire, Crundale, near Wye, Kent | |
Jayant Ganparo Pathare (23) killed (Indian) | |
11.11.38 | Battle K7664, 185 Sqn, Thornaby |
Crashed on take-off, hitting civilian groundsmen in hut, Henlow | |
Harry Abbiss (48) killed | |
Harry Dilley injured | |
Plt Off Cecil Cakebread unhurt | |
Sgt Wood unhurt | |
12.11.38 | Blenheim I L1208, 139 Sqn, Wyton |
Stalled avoiding collision and dived into ground, Rugeley, Staffs | |
Fg Off Robert Duncan Tate (23) killed | |
Cpl Hedley George Kennett (27) killed | |
AC1 Robert Cyril Salter (18) killed | |
14.11.38 | Audax I K7417, 144 Sqn, Hemswell |
Overturned on forced landing, Haverfield, near Patrington, Yorks | |
AC1 Sydney David McNaughton (22) killed | |
Fg Off Frank Cunniff Stibbard unhurt (Canadian) | |
14.11.38 | Heyford III K5194, 9 Sqn, Scampton |
Undershot runway and burst into flames, Stradishall | |
Wg Cdr Harry Augustus Smith MC (44) killed | |
Plt Off Aubrey Ward Jackson (20) killed | |
14.11.38 | Fairey Seal K4780, 7 Armament Training Station, Acklington |
Spun into sea, off Amble, Northumberland | |
Sgt William Arthur Curl (25) killed | |
AC1 Joseph Millican (20) killed | |
16.11.38 | Magister I N3808, RAF, Lee-on-Solent |
Crashed in field, Bent Farm, Laurencekirk, Scotland | |
Fg Off Peter Marshall Hamilton-Hall (25) killed | |
22.11.38 | Lockheed 14 G-AFGO, British Airways |
Crashed on rocks on test flight, Redcliffe Bay, Portishead | |
Eric Glynne Robinson (30) killed | |
Flt Lt Robert Paul Joseph Leborgne (28) killed (RAFO) | |
24.11.38 | Whitley III K8963, 77 Sqn, Driffield |
Crashed in field on overshoot and caught fire, Driffield | |
Plt Off Peter Rodney Wood (22) killed | |
Sgt Thomas Gilbert Mahaddie injured (pilot) | |
25.11.38 | Battle K7567, 63 Sqn, Upwood |
Hit trees in bad weather, Plain's Wood, East Tisted, Hants | |
Plt Off John Ellis (21) killed | |
Cpl Arthur Robert James Thorogood injured | |
AC2 Victor Douglas Rawlings injured | |
27.11.38 | Magister I L8175, 27 ERFTS, Tollerton |
Dived into ground, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham | |
Sgt Edward Watkin-Thomas (22) killed (RAFVR) | |
6.12.38 | Avro 643 Cadet II G-ADTZ, 9 ERFTS, Ansty |
Dived and crashed in field, Lodge Farm, Walsgrave, Coventry | |
Sgt Raymond William Kingsley Clark (24) killed (RAFVR) | |
10.12.38 | Fury II K8271, 9 FTS, Hullavington |
Hit shore while recovering from dive on target, Chesil Bank, Dorset | |
Cpl John Robert Daniel (22) drowned | |
13.12.38 | Battle K7585, 207 Sqn, Cottesmore |
Undershot and hit tree, Cottesmore | |
Plt Off Philip Charles Rolls (21) killed | |
15.12.38 | Swordfish I K8875, Torpedo Training Unit, Gosport |
Wing hit airman while landing, Gosport | |
AC1 Ernest Harold Tew (22) killed | |
Sub-Lt John Illsley Baker (pilot) | |
LAC Frank Turpie (passenger) | |
19.12.38 | Hart K5795, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Failed to recover from dive, Bletchley, near Ternhill | |
Act Plt Off Winston Alvanley Jenns (20) died 20.12.38 | |
Act Plt Off John Milne Morgan injured (pilot) | |
21.12.38 | ?, 9 FTS, Hullavington |
Pilot hit by propeller, Warmwell | |
Act Plt Off Norman Aubrey Bagnald (23) killed | |
28.12.38 | Tiger Moth N5449, 12 ERFTS, Prestwick |
Flew into Auchingilloch Hill, near Strathaven | |
LAC Ernest Francis Bennett killed | |
3.1.1939 | Magister I L8329, 30 ERFTS, Burnaston |
Crashed on Rolls-Royce works, Derby | |
Sgt George Anthony Bell (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
3.1.39 | Wallace K6027, 1 Air Observers School, North Coates |
Observer hit on head by propeller, North Coates | |
LAC Michael Carthage O'Shea (20) killed (Irish) | |
Sgt Harold Fred Bucknell (pilot) | |
9.1.39 | Anson I L9153, 12 ERFTS, Prestwick |
Crashed on mountain, Corserine, near Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire | |
Fg Off Iain Douglas Shields (26) killed (RAFVR) | |
LAC Gordon Eric Betts killed | |
LAC Henry Gilbert Stewart Briggs (22) killed | |
Mr Norman Hector Duff (30) killed | |
13.1.39 | Battle I K7631, 106 Sqn, Thornaby |
Crashed in sea in bad visibility, off Souter Point, Co Durham | |
Sgt Eric James Beer (24) killed | |
AC2 William Ingram killed | |
14.1.39 | Magister I N3907, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Dived in out of low cloud, Walberton, near Arundel | |
Fg Off Alexander Charles Douglas (26) killed | |
Sgt John James Cooper (34) killed | |
17.1.39 | Gladiator I K6151, 3 Sqn, Kenley |
Crashed into house in fog, Chapel Green, Crowborough, Sussex | |
Act Plt Off Donald James Catt (23) killed (RAFO) | |
Miss Ella Coomber (57) killed | |
Harriet Louise Smyly injured | |
17.1.39 | Hurricane I L1558, 111 Sqn, Northolt |
Spun into ground in bad weather, Manor Farm, Wield, near Alton, Hants | |
Sgt Llewellyn Roy Griffiths (23) killed | |
17.1.39 | Miles Mentor I L4414, Eastchurch Station Flight |
Dived into ground, Tangham Forest, near Butley, Suffolk | |
Fg Off Geoffrey Beavis (22) killed | |
AVM Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave CB DSO DFC injured (pilot) | |
17.1.39 | Anson I L9149, 9 ERFTS, Ansty |
Crashed on mountain in bad weather, Fan Brycheiniog, near Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire | |
Fg Off Ernest Ronald Henshaw Coombes (35) died 18.1.39 (RAFO) | |
LAC Alban Dennis Mabbett (18) killed | |
LAC John Murdo Macleod Macdonald unhurt | |
Mr Leslie Arnold Priscott unhurt (wireless operator) | |
23.1.39 | Whitley I K7211, 10 Sqn, Dishforth |
Missing, English Channel | |
Plt Off Frederick William Miller killed | |
Plt Off Allan Frederick William Miles (21) killed | |
Sgt Horace Cutts (25) killed | |
AC1 Harry Thompson (19) killed | |
AC1 Ralph Lavery killed | |
AC1 John Robert Hanley killed | |
24.1.39 | Wallace II K6067, 3 Armament Training Station, Sutton Bridge |
Undershot and overturned, Sutton Bridge | |
Sgt James Thomas Wyse (26) killed | |
LAC Edward Lawrence Wade injured | |
26.1.39 | Gladiator I K7930, 54 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Flew into ground in snowstorm, Weston Park, Baldock, Herts | |
Plt Off Theodore Ralph Tate Carr-Ellison (23) died 30.1.39 | |
28.1.39 | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AEVH, Reading Aero Club, Woodley |
Crashed in bad visibility, Pilot Hill, Ashmansworth, Hants | |
George Richard Hobbs (26) killed | |
Vernon Claude Morris (26) killed | |
30.1.39 | Blenheim IV L4836, 53 Sqn, Odiham |
Hit telegraph wires after engine failure and crashed, Odiham | |
Plt Off Peter Francis Gordon Jameson (21) killed | |
30.1.39 | Blenheim I L1476, 64 Sqn, Church Fenton |
Dived into ground in cloud, Sykes Moor, near Glossop, Derbyshire | |
Plt Off Stanley John Daly Robinson (21) killed (South African) | |
Act Plt Off Jack Elliot Thomas (21) killed (Rhodesian) | |
2.2.39 | Hurricane I L1629, 87 Sqn, Debden |
Dived into ground, Pamphillions Farm, Debden | |
Fg Off Terence Hugh Knapp O'Brien (22) killed | |
5.2.39 | Hind K6752, 22 ERFTS, Cambridge |
Spun in while stunting, near Chatteris, Cambridgeshire | |
Sgt Ralph Herbert Wright (19) killed (RAFVR) | |
6.2.39 | Swordfish floatplane |
Handler hit by propeller on slipway, Lee-on-Solent | |
AC2 Arthur Peake (22) killed | |
7.2.39 | Hart K5031, 10 FTS, Ternhill |
Hit tree in low turn, Child's Ercall, Shropshire | |
Act Plt Off Francis Joseph Hamell (23) killed | |
Fg Off Edward Reginald Berrill injured | |
7.2.39 | Hurricane I L1682, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Crashed at night, Tindon End, near Debden | |
Sgt Allen Vincent Hancock (24) killed | |
10.2.39 | Gladiator I K7955, 3 Sqn, Kenley |
Hit hillside in cloud, Firle Beacon, Sussex | |
Plt Off Jack Driscol Mills (21) killed | |
11.2.39 | Audax I K7459, 19 ERFTS, Gatwick |
Crashed on house in fog, Freshfield Road, Brighton | |
Sgt Will Edward Brun (22) killed (RAFVR) | |
Mrs Dorothy Edith Baigent (28) killed | |
Audrey May Baigent (3) killed | |
Gwendoline Grace Baigent (2) killed | |
15.2.39 | Blenheim I L1155, 44 Sqn, Waddington |
Crashed after engine failure on take-off, North Coates | |
Flt Lt Ernest Michael Withy (25) killed | |
AC2 John Henry Richardson (23) killed | |
AC2 Joseph Raymond Lisgo injured | |
16.2.39 | Audax I K7366, 2 FTS, Brize Norton |
Dived into ground at night, Clanfield, Oxford | |
Plt Off Carleton Allenby Ross (19) killed (Canadian) | |
16.2.39 | Harvard I N7000, A&AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Spun into ground, Eyke, near Woodbridge | |
Sqn Ldr Robert Travers Cazalet (27) killed | |
Mr Richard Peter Alston (32) killed (senior scientific officer, RAE) | |
16.2.39 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AFER, S Lawrence, Alfreton |
Midair collision with G-AEIG, Cotgrave, near Tollerton | |
Jack Edwin Walker (28) killed | |
Capt Arthur Frederick Muir & pupil Barrow unhurt in G-AEIG (landed with minor damage) | |
18.2.39 | Hind K6819, 603 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Crashed on hill in mist, Bishop Hill, Kinross | |
Plt Off Ingram Edward Pease (24) killed (AAF) | |
21.2.39 | Anson I K8733, 9 FTS, Hullavington |
Crashed at night and caught fire, near Hullavington | |
Act Plt Off Herbert William Stanton Stanton-Hope (18) killed | |
27.2.39 | Blenheim I L1099, 114 Sqn, Wyton |
Engine failed on take-off and hit tree, Wyton | |
Fg Off Wilfred Maurice Lupton (26) killed | |
Sgt Charles Maurice Belshan (29) killed | |
AC1 George Noel Hopley (24) killed | |
5.3.39 | DH.60G Moth G-AFKA, Redhill Flying Club |
Stalled on turn after practice forced landing, Upper Barn Farm, Blindley Heath, Surrey; repaired | |
Frederick Wills (28) killed | |
Michael Collins Waterfield injured (pilot) | |
13.3.39 | Audax K4396, 6 FTS, Little Rissington |
Crashed in sea while pulling out of dive on bombing range, Chesil Beach, Dorset | |
Act Plt Off Adam Eastman de Pencier (25) killed (Canadian) | |
13.3.39 | Hurricane I L1692, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Spun off turn on approach after engine failure, Tangmere | |
Sgt William Allan Cuthbert (24) killed | |
16.3.39 | Spitfire I K9838, 41 Sqn, Catterick |
Broke up in dive, Eryholme, between Northallerton and Darlington | |
Sgt George Verdun Serjeant (22) killed | |
16.3.39 | DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ACXH, Douglas K Fairweather, Renfrew |
Passenger hit by propeller, Heston | |
Dr Elizabeth Sym Cook (38) killed | |
The Hon Mrs Margaret Fairweather (pilot) | |
Joseph Vincent Casey (mechanic) | |
18.3.39 | Anson I K6321, 269 Sqn, Abbotsinch |
Crashed in fog, Barraston Glen, near Torrance, Stirlingshire | |
Sgt George Charles MacDonald killed | |
Sgt Hugh Lynn McPhee (25) killed (New Zealander) | |
AC1 William George Reid killed | |
AC2 Donald MacDonald killed | |
20.3.39 | Blenheim I L1459, 23 Sqn, Wittering |
Spun into the ground out of cloud, Fenny Compton, Warwickshire | |
Plt Off Anthony Stewart Peter (22) killed | |
Plt Off Joseph Benjamin Raven (22) killed | |
20.3.39 | Hampden I L4082, 50 Sqn, Waddington |
Dived into ground out of cloud, Boultham, Lincoln | |
Plt Off Robert Alexander McAlister (23) killed | |
Sgt Walter Harvey Freestone (27) killed | |
AC1 Norman Vincent Newsham (26) killed | |
AC2 Frederick Roy Greensill (18) killed | |
21.3.39 | Osprey I S1682, Station Flight, Gosport |
Stalled and crashed after engine cut on take-off, Gosport | |
Flt Lt Dermod Donatus O'Brien (29) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Sub-Lt Charles Howard Colomb O'Rorke injured | |
22.3.39 | Blenheim I L1262, 62 Sqn, Cranfield |
Control lost in hailstorm, Cranford, near Kettering | |
Plt Off David Shine (19) killed | |
Sgt John Randolph Wiles (26) killed | |
AC2 Frederick George Lewis (20) killed | |
23.3.39 | Battle I L4967, 207 Sqn, Cottesmore |
Dived into ground at night, near Mileham, Norfolk | |
Plt Off Guy Cecil Shepherd (19) killed | |
Act Sgt Francis Charles Talbot Norman (26) killed | |
AC1 John Thomas Samuel Randle (18) killed | |
25.3.39 | Tiger Moth N6454, 34 ERFTS, Rochford |
Midair collision with Audax K8329, North Benfleet, Essex | |
Flt Lt Harold Bertie Robertson (34) killed (RAFO) | |
Sgt Edward George Dyas (18) killed | |
Sgt Lawrence Thomas Wilton-Jones unhurt in Audax | |
29.3.39 | Hurricane I L1792, 46 Sqn, Digby |
Spun into ground at night, near Corby, Lincs. | |
Plt Off Richard Albert Cyril Kent (20) killed | |
29.3.39 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-AFKL, Reading Aero Club, Woodley |
Lost control during aerobatics, Woodley | |
Paul Lailey Uphill (28) killed | |
2.4.39 | Slingsby Primary BGA 373, Bristol Gliding Club, Leighterton |
Spun and crashed, Leighterton | |
Peter Alan Lantsbery Grear (22) died 3.4.39 | |
5.4.39 | Battle K9359, 15 Sqn, Abingdon |
Officer fell out of aircraft in dive, Lashford Lane, Abingdon | |
Plt Off Peter Shennan (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
Fg Off Paul Geoffrey Chapman (pilot) | |
9.4.39 | Audax I K7415, 20 ERFTS, Gravesend |
Hit tree during aerobatics, Romney Street Farm, Shoreham, Kent | |
Fg Off Bernard John Sciortino (24) killed (RAFVR) | |
14.4.39 | Hart K4431, 16 ERFTS, Shoreham |
Flew into hill in cloud, Streat Hill Farm, near Plumpton, Sussex | |
Sgt George William Read (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
18.4.39 | Gladiator I K7962, 3 Sqn, Kenley |
Midair collision with K8023 at night, Caterham | |
Act Plt Off Frank Brian Stiven (19) killed | |
18.4.39 | Gladiator I K8023, 3 Sqn, Kenley |
Midair collision with K7962 at night, Caterham | |
Fg Off Dennis Thomas Collins (23) killed | |
20.4.39 | Hampden I L4136, 144 Sqn, Hemswell |
Dived into dyke after bomb door broke off, Sunk Island, Holderness, near Hull | |
Plt Off Charles Edward Jones (26) killed (Canadian) | |
22.4.39 | Hurricane I L1738, 43 Sqn, Tangmere |
Hit trees on approach at night, Tangmere | |
Fg Off Charles Auston Rotheram (25) killed | |
24.4.39 | Hurricane I L1599, 56 Sqn, North Weald |
Dived into ground, Margaretting, near Ingatestone, Essex | |
Sgt Sidney Victor Evetts (26) killed | |
28.4.39 | Lysander I L4702, 2 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Stalled off climbing turn, Hawkinge | |
Fg Off Ronald Anthony George Petrie (23) killed | |
AC2 Henry Arthur John Stacey (20) killed | |
28.4.39 | Lysander II L4762, 13 Sqn, Odiham |
Stalled on turn and dived into ground after take-off, Denham | |
Fg Off Denys Greville Bell (23) killed | |
2.5.39 | Whitley I K7190, 10 Sqn, Dishforth |
Stalled after take-off, Dishforth | |
Sgt Henry Albert Donald (24) killed | |
Sgt Eric Cecil James Fryer (26) killed | |
3.5.39 | Hart Special K4372, 2 ERFTS, Filton |
Collision with Tiger Moth G-ACBA on approach, Filton | |
Flt Sgt Clifford Percival Wright (19) killed (RAFVR) | |
Michael Anthony Sims injured in Tiger Moth | |
5.5.39 | Battle I K9469, 35 Sqn, Cottesmore |
Engine cut after night take-off; dived in, Cottesmore | |
Plt Off Gerald Louis Cooper (21) killed (South African) | |
Sgt John Frederick Tompkins (25) killed | |
AC2 John Sweeney (20) killed | |
7.5.39 | Audax I K5593, 15 ERFTS, Redhill |
Collision with stationary Battle K7649 on landing, Redhill | |
Sgt Gordon Percival Alan Harris (26) killed (RAFVR) | |
8.5.39 | Audax I K7377, RAF College, Cranwell |
Collision with K7458 while attacking towed target, Stubton, Lincs | |
Flt Cadet Robert Adrian Greey Morgan (20) killed | |
8.5.39 | Audax I K7458, RAF College, Cranwell |
Collision with K7377 while attacking towed target, Stubton, Lincs | |
Flt Cadet Bernard Robert Guille (21) killed | |
8.5.39 | Hart K5800, 19 ERFTS, Gatwick |
Collision with Moth G-AAVR, Horne, near Horley | |
Sgt Stuart Smith (19) killed (RAFVR) | |
8.5.39 | DH.60M Moth G-AAVR, Redhill Flying Club |
Collision with Hawker Hart K5800, Horne, near Horley | |
Capt John Joseph ('Paddy') Flynn (44) killed | |
Miss Aurora D Tasselli (19) killed | |
9.5.39 | Anson I K6210, 220 Sqn, Bircham Newton |
Collision with K6225 while rejoining formation, Bircham Common, near Bircham Newton | |
Sgt Robert Norman Riddell (23) killed | |
Sgt David Peacock (26) killed | |
Cpl Charles Samson (38) killed | |
Fg Off Andrew Bruce unhurt in K6225 | |
Plt Off Charles Edward Lionel Powell unhurt in K6225 | |
9.5.39 | Wallace I K3570, 1 Air Armament School, Manby |
Crashed in sea, off Mablethorpe | |
Plt Off Michael Travers Lloyd (20) killed | |
AC James Flannery (26) killed | |
12.5.39 | Tiger Moth N5487, 20 ERFTS, Gravesend |
Midair collision with N6451 during blind-flying practice, Cobham Woods, near Gravesend | |
Fg Off John Fyrley Spanton (28) killed (AAF) | |
Midshipman (A) Colin Gerald Shaw Hodgkinson injured | |
12.5.39 | Tiger Moth N6451, 20 ERFTS, Gravesend |
Midair collision with N5487 during blind-flying practice, Cobham Woods, near Gravesend | |
Fg Off Froude Ridler Matthews (38) died 6.1.40 | |
Midshipman (A) Arthur Taylor injured | |
16.5.39 | Avro 504N G-ADEI, H B G Michelmore, Hedon |
Nose dived after take-off, Hanworth | |
Sydney Lane Foster St Barbe (44) died 17.5.39 | |
Richard Arthur Clinton Holme injured | |
18.5.39 | Blenheim IF L1439, 25 Sqn, Hawkinge |
Lost control in cloud at night, near Dartford, Kent | |
AC2 Francis Roy Jones (19) killed | |
Sgt John Granville Lingard baled out (pilot) | |
19.5.39 | Hector K9690, 59 Sqn, Andover |
Sideslipped into ground after take-off and caught fire, Penton Mewsey, near Andover | |
Plt Off Nigel Avenel Van Someren (21) killed | |
AC1 Alfred Dennis Jacobs (22) killed | |
23.5.39 | Hampden I L4155, 7 Sqn, Finningley |
Lost control and spun while changing formation, Kelwick, near Newark | |
Fg Off Jack George McGrail (28) killed (Canadian) | |
Plt Off Geoffrey Lloyd (24) killed (RAFO) | |
Sgt Howard Kane Trencham (27) killed | |
AC1 Raymond Lumley (20) killed | |
AC2 Edward Brian Brentnall (18) killed | |
28.5.39 | Hart K3864, 28 ERFTS, Meir |
Flew into trees during aerobatics, Barleyford Farm, near Rushton Spencer, Cheshire | |
Sgt Clare Norman Parish (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
29.5.39 | Hillson Praga G-AEUK, Northern Aviation School & Club Ltd, Barton |
Broke up in steep dive, Kirkholt Farm, Balderstone, near Rochdale | |
David Johnston (24) killed | |
Donald Smith Ferguson (26) killed | |
30.5.39 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ABVV, Maj J E D Shaw, Welburn Hall |
Crashed on aerotow take-off with Gull BGA 349, Welburn Hall, Yorks. | |
Montagu Scott McMurdo (42) killed. | |
30.5.39 | Slingsby Gull BGA 349, Yorkshire Gliding Club |
Crashed on aerotow take-off with Avro Cadet G-ABVV, Welburn Hall, Yorks. | |
Angus Oastler Pick (31) killed | |
1.6.39 | Spitfire I K9826, 19 Sqn, Duxford |
Hit tractor driver on landing, Brize Norton | |
Herbert Phipps (35) killed | |
Plt Off James Baird Coward unhurt (pilot) | |
2.6.39 | Hampden I L4128, 144 Sqn, Hemswell |
Stalled on approach and caught fire, near Caenby Corner, Lincoln | |
Plt Off Hugh Salisbury James (19) killed (Rhodesian) | |
Sgt Harold Kinloch (30) killed | |
AC1 Donald Eskburn Shimmin (20) killed | |
2.6.39 | Walrus I L2173, 751 Sqn, Ford |
Crashed on landing in sea, 7m off Littlehampton | |
Act Sub-Lt (A) Jack Robertson killed | |
Midshipman (A) Hugh Lawley Charteris (20) killed | |
Plt Off Antonio Simmons Dini rescued (pilot, New Zealander) | |
6.6.39 | Gauntlet II K7822, 17 Sqn, North Weald |
Undershot night landing and overturned, North Weald | |
Sgt Gordon Allan Hughes (22) died 7.6.39 (RAFVR) | |
6.6.39 | Hampden I L4107, 61 Sqn, Hemswell |
Stalled and crashed in sea on air-firing exercise, off Tentsmuir, Fife | |
Fg Off Alner George Newton (26) killed | |
Sgt George Harold Fawcett (27) killed | |
AC1 Robert Glynn Thomas (19) killed | |
12.6.39 | Hurricane I L1598, 56 Sqn, North Weald |
Crashed after collision with L1611 on formation take-off, Epping Forest | |
Plt Off Peter Philip Charlton (23) killed (RAFO) | |
Plt Off Montagu Leslie Hulton-Harrop unhurt in L1611 | |
15.6.39 | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AFBV, Thanet Aero Club, Ramsgate |
Hit wind sock and crashed, Ipswich Airport | |
Fg Off Charles Frederick Almond (28) killed (RAFO) | |
Henry Angwin Spray (22) killed | |
15.6.39 | Harvard I N7064, 1 FTS, Netheravon |
Night flying accident; crashed 3m E of Netheravon | |
Midshipman (A) James Vincent Reed (19) killed | |
19.6.39 | Blenheim I L1253, A&AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Crew baled out, Icklingham, Suffolk; aircraft landed by pilot at Mildenhall | |
AC1 Jack Maurice Forsdyke (22) killed | |
AC1 Christopher Stoddart injured | |
Sqn Ldr Ian Grant Mackay unhurt (pilot) | |
19.6.39 | Short S.30 Empire G-AFCW "Connemara", Imperial Airways |
Caught fire while refuelling from petrol barge, Hythe, Southampton Water | |
Hedley Newton Vincent (36) killed | |
George Summers injured | |
20.6.39 | Battle I K9249, 88 Sqn, Boscombe Down |
Caught fire in flight and abandoned, Netherhampton, near Salisbury | |
Sgt Harrison George Ing (24) killed | |
Plt Off Donald Alexander John Foster unhurt (Canadian) | |
AC2 Edward Glyndwr Williams unhurt | |
20.6.39 | Fury II K8222, 9 FTS, Hullavington |
Spun off steep turn and caught fire, Long Newnton | |
Act Plt Off Eric Russell McGovern (21) killed (Canadian) | |
20.6.39 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AERE, British American Air Services |
Flew into hillside, near Ettersgill, 5m NW of Middleton-in-Teesdale | |
Ferruccio Sylvani (Frank) Appi (20) killed (pilot) | |
James Elmslie (33) killed (wireless operator) | |
John Lionel (Jack) Crouch (23) killed | |
20.6.39 | Hurricane I L1593, 79 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Struck by lightning and dived into ground, Ditchling Common, East Sussex | |
Sgt Leonard Frank Davis (26) killed | |
21.6.39 | Blenheim IF L1504, 29 Sqn, Debden |
Crashed in trees on take-off at night, Cole End Farm, near Debden | |
Plt Off Sidney Herbert Lyttle (20) killed | |
23.6.39 | Hind Trainer L7241, 7 ERFTS, Desford |
Stalled on climbing turn and dived into ground, Desford | |
Fg Off Joseph Leonard John Rowland (26) killed (RAFO) | |
Fg Off Noel Hill injured (instructor) | |
23.6.39 | Hurricane I L1573, 73 Sqn, Digby |
Side slipped and nose dived, Top Covert, Beckingham, near Newark | |
Plt Off Anthony D'Orton Lamarque (22) died 24.6.39 | |
25.6.39 | Tiger Moth K4287, 20 ERFTS, Gravesend |
Spun in during aerobatics, Rowhill Woods, Wilmington, Kent | |
Sgt John Elevys Morgan (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
25.6.39 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACHZ, Airsales & Service Ltd, Bekesbourne |
Stalled, crashed and caught fire Bekesbourne | |
Cecil James Dobson (24) killed | |
26.6.39 | Hurricane I L1690, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Caught in searchlight and spun, West Dean, Sussex | |
Fg Off William Oliver Chambers Hemmings (24) killed | |
27.6.39 | DH.60G Moth G-ABBW, Brooklands Flying Club |
Crashed in sea, off Shoreham | |
Henry Norman Kyte (42) died 28.6.39 | |
27.6.39 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AFSK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Woolsington |
Crashed into hilltop, Roseden, near Wooler, Northumberland | |
Frederick Geoffrey Harrison Wall (29) killed | |
5.7.39 | Tiger Moth L6931, 11 ERFTS, Perth |
Flew into hillside in thunderstorm, Craigvinean, near Dalguise, Perthshire | |
John Allan Gardiner (19) killed (RAFVR) | |
7.7.39 | DH.87B Hornet Moth G-AFAT, C Penn Hughes, Brooklands |
Nose dived turning after take-off, Lympne | |
Clifton Penn Hughes (34) killed | |
Edward Tobin injured | |
9.7.39 | Avro 643 Cadet II G-ADTH, 3 ERFTS, Hamble |
Spun and dived into sea, Milford-on-Sea | |
Sgt David Horatio McCluckie Joseph (22) killed (RAFVR) | |
10.7.39 | Willoughby Delta F G-AFPX, Willoughby Delta Co Ltd, Witney |
Crashed, Caulcott, near Bicester | |
Hugh Nichol Olley (24) killed | |
Percival Nesbit Willoughby (36) killed | |
11.7.39 | Dunstable Kestrel BGA 371, W E Godson, Camphill |
Spun in during National Gliding Contest, Camphill, Derbyshire | |
William Eric Godson (28) killed | |
12.7.39 | Audax I K7486, 2FTS, Brize Norton |
Crashed in sea after hitting towed sleeve target, off Chesil Beach, Dorset | |
2Lt Nuri Muhsin killed (Royal Iraqi Air Force) | |
13.7.39 | Hawker Tomtit G-AFKB, Leicestershire Aero Club, Braunstone |
Hit power cable and crashed, Leicester Forest East | |
Percy Raymond Kerfoot (33) died 14.7.39 | |
15.7.39 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AFHN, London Air Park Flying Club, Hanworth |
Crashed on approach, Hanworth Road, Feltham | |
Harold Clyde Ferguson (32) killed | |
Gordon Reginald Watson injured | |
15.7.39 | DH.60G Moth G-ABBV, Cotswold Aero Club, Staverton |
Spun and crashed in field, Dean's Farm, Brockworth, Gloucester | |
Charles Henry Pitt (31) killed | |
15.7.39 | Slingsby Petrel BGA 382, F Charles, Furness |
Dived into the ground on winch launch, Camphill, Derbyshire | |
Frank Charles (32) killed | |
18.7.39 | Hampden I L4046, 44 Sqn, Waddington |
Dived into ground and exploded, Irnham, near Corby, Lincs. | |
Fg Off David Ivan Jobson (26) killed (New Zealander) | |
Sgt Plt John Archibald Hawes (25) killed | |
Act Sgt Ernest Walter Jones (21) killed | |
AC2 Ronald James Andrews (20) killed | |
18.7.39 | Spitfire I K9888, 41 Sqn, Catterick |
Flew into high ground in cloud, Great Dun Fell, near Appleby, Westmorland | |
Sgt Kenneth Mitchell (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
20.7.39 | Blenheim I L8368, 23 Sqn, Wittering |
Crashed after collision with L1448, Wansford, near Wittering | |
Sgt Jack Arnold Bullard (25) killed | |
Dennis Effrain Nahum baled out | |
Fg Off Edward Trevor Williams unhurt in L1448 | |
21.7.39 | Hart K4366, 1 FTS, Netheravon |
Dived into sea during bombing practice, Skipsea range | |
Lt David Marsh Lloyd (26) killed (RN) | |
21.7.39 | Hind K5418, Oxford University Air Squadron, Abingdon |
Collision with Moth G-ABJZ, Tilmanstone, Kent | |
Plt Off David Curig Lewis (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
21.7.39 | DH.60G Moth G-ABJZ, Kent Flying Club, Bekesbourne |
Collision with Hind K5418, Tilmanstone, Kent | |
Fg Off Keith Kendle Brown (38) killed (RAFO) | |
Donovan William Alan Pragnell (44) killed | |
21.7.39 | Wellington I L4290, 148 Sqn, Stradishall |
Dived into ground out of cloud, East Hill, Milborne Port, near Yeovil | |
Fg Off York Plant Wilson (25) killed (Canadian) | |
Plt Off Ivor Russell Barton (26) killed (Canadian) | |
AC1 James Alexander Lowery (19) killed | |
21.7.39 | Whitley III K9002, 166 Sqn, Leconfield |
Crashed in fog, Scorbrough, near Leconfield | |
Plt Off Joseph Murray Brockbank (19) killed | |
Plt Off George Buchanan Baker (21) killed | |
Sgt Philip Mealing (24) killed | |
25.7.39 | Battle I K9412, 63 Sqn, Upwood |
Flew into ground at night, Great Massingham | |
Sgt Albert James Shepherd (24) killed | |
Sgt Aubrey Alan James Sherriff (25) killed | |
AC2 William Murphy (23) killed | |
25.7.39 | Blenheim IF L1465, 23 Sqn, Wittering |
Collision with Hart K4977, Humby, near Grantham | |
Act Sgt Leslie George Tarrant (30) killed | |
Fg Off Percy Don Walker baled out; injured | |
25.7.39 | Hart K4977, 12 FTS, Grantham |
Collision with Blenheim L1465, Humby, near Grantham | |
Act Plt Off William Leonard Wright (23) killed | |
26.7.39 | Anson I K6255, 269 Sqn, Abbotsinch |
Hit hillside in cloud, Cauldron Hill, near Greenock, Renfrewshire | |
Mr Harold John Reynolds (28) died 27.7.39 (Civil Air Guard) | |
Sgt George William Robson injured (pilot) | |
LAC Sydney John Ball injured | |
AC1 William Edward Ward injured | |
28.7.39 | Hudson I N7260, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Speke |
Wing came off on test flight, Church Farm, Thurstaston, Wirral | |
Frank William Anderline (42) killed (pilot, American) | |
John Crowell Hagadorn (27) killed (inspector, American) | |
Fred William Taylor (32) killed (mechanic, American) | |
1.8.39 | Oxford I N6297, 15 FTS, Lossiemouth |
Collision with N6329, over the Moray Firth, off Lossiemouth | |
Fg Off Eric Wilson Yates (24) killed (Australian) | |
Act Plt Off Douglas Henry Kitson Alwood (20) killed | |
1.8.39 | Oxford I N6329, 15 FTS, Lossiemouth |
Collision with N6297, over the Moray Firth, off Lossiemouth | |
Cpl Reginald Cameron Morrell (24) killed | |
2.8.39 | Skua I L2932, 800 Sqn, HMS Ark Royal |
Spun into sea, Firth of Forth, off North Berwick | |
Sub-Lt Charles Edward Watson (21) killed | |
Act Leading Airman William Harwood Norman (23) killed | |
2.8.39 | ?, Air Dispatch Ltd. |
Trespasser walked into propeller, Croydon | |
Anthony William Richard De Ferriere Mackeson (37) killed | |
4.8.39 | Magister I P2495, 151 Sqn, North Weald |
Hit inn roof while low-flying, South Stoke, Oxon | |
Plt Off Peter Phillips (22) killed | |
Plt Off John Frederick Pettigrew injured (Australian) | |
6.8.39 | Battle I K9263, 103 Sqn, Usworth |
Collision with K9373, Nottingham; landed damaged at Tollerton | |
Sgt Ronald Jefferies Williams (28) killed | |
Sqn Ldr John Coverdale unhurt | |
AC2 Peter Ivo Bligh unhurt | |
Fg Off Arthur Lushington Vipan unhurt in K9373 | |
7.8.39 | Blenheim IV N6180, 107 Sqn, Wattisham |
Crashed in mist, near Beachy Head, Sussex | |
Sgt Harry Donald Perry Farrow (24) killed | |
Act Sgt Alfred John William Sargeant (20) killed | |
AC2 Leslie Phillips (19) killed | |
Miss Mary Florence Savery (35) killed (walker on cliff path) | |
8.8.39 | Whitley III K8970, 58 Sqn, Linton-on-Ouse |
Hit tree after night take-off, Linton-on-Ouse | |
Flt Sgt Edward James Bruce Russell Gillespie (25) killed | |
Sgt David John Wood (26) killed | |
AC1 Philip Henry Cook (19) killed | |
AC1 Thomas William Clarkson (24) killed | |
AC1 William McGlenn Stewart Harkness injured | |
9.8.39 | Wellington I L4258, 149 Sqn, Mildenhall |
Disappeared, North Sea, off Yarmouth | |
Fg Off Thomas Adam Darling killed (Canadian) | |
Plt Off Frank Edward Board killed | |
Act Sgt Arthur Lickley killed | |
AC1 Reginald Charles Barr Collins (20) killed | |
AC1 James William Sadler killed | |
11.8.39 | Battle I K9328, 218 Sqn, Boscombe Down |
Hit electricity pylon, near Carlton, Beds | |
Fg Off William Kinane (21) killed (Australian) | |
Sgt Peter Aitken Allan (28) killed | |
AC1 Ivor Roberts (21) died 13.8.39 | |
11.8.39 | Hurricane I L1567, 32 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Crashed into field at night, The Grange, Tatsfield, Surrey | |
Plt Off Harold Stewart Olding (19) killed | |
11.8.39 | Hurricane I L1662, 32 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Crashed into field at night, Lusted Hall Farm, Tatsfield, Surrey | |
Fg Off Arthur Robin Buchanan-Wollaston (26) killed | |
15.8.39 | Wellington I, 148 Sqn, Stradishall |
Flash bomb exploded while being loaded without safety-pins attached, Stradishall | |
AC1 Frederick John Allen (23) died 18.8.39 | |
AC1 Kevin Vincent McNamee injured | |
Sqn Ldr Maynard Densil Crichton-Biggie (pilot) | |
17.8.39 | Fairey Seal K3579, 2 Air Observers School, Acklington |
Collision with K4783 during formation change, near Beal, Northumberland | |
Cpl John Prudhoe (27) killed (parachute failed to open) | |
Flt Lt James Mail Bodman baled out | |
Plt Off Patrick Chaloner Lindsey injured in K4783 | |
AC1 Alexander Armour unhurt in K4783 | |
AC1 William Fletcher unhurt in K4783 | |
18.8.39 | Hampden I L4192, 185 Sqn, Cottesmore |
Dived into the ground after take-off, Thornaby | |
Plt Off Reginald William Harper (23) killed (Argentinian) | |
18.8.39 | DH.60G Moth G-ABAM, Malling Aero Club, West Malling |
Stalled and spun, near Borough Green, Kent | |
Ernest Edward John Raggett (26) killed | |
19.8.39 | Supermarine Stranraer I K7297, 209 Sqn, Invergordon |
Missing on patrol over the North Sea in bad weather | |
Fg Off Arthur Frederick Barber killed | |
Fg Off Frederick Ernest Royston King (26) killed | |
LAC Donald Fulcher (22) killed | |
AC1 David George Poeten Ash (21) killed | |
AC1 Walter Joseph Jeckells (19) killed | |
AC2 Leslie Samuel Freshwater (22) killed | |
21.8.39 | Spitfire I K9941, 72 Sqn, Church Fenton |
Crashed in mist, Hooton Roberts, Yorks. | |
Sgt Donald Victor Peacock (25) killed | |
21.8.39 | DH.60G Moth G-AAAL, Isle of Wight Flying Club |
Crashed on take-off and destroyed by fire, Lea Farm, Sandown, Isle of Wight | |
Count Adam Mihaly Karolyi (21) died 22.8.39 (Hungarian) | |
Mr Egmont Otto Stuart Fulda injured | |
23.8.39 | Bristol Bombay I L5808, A&AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Stalled after take-off, Martlesham | |
Flt Sgt Cecil Eneder Higgins (28) killed | |
LAC John Reginald Machin (24) killed | |
AC1 Douglas Treadwell (21) killed | |
24.8.39 | DH.94 Moth Minor G-AFMZ?, Kent Flying Club, Bekesbourne |
Cyclist hit by aircraft on approach, Bekesbourne | |
Arthur Vallance Martin Turner (57) died 28.8.39 | |
Arthur George Drew (instructor) & pupil unhurt | |
26.8.39 | Sea Gladiator N5541, 758 Sqn, Donibristle |
Crashed while trying to land in dense fog on cliffs, near St Abbs Head, Berwickshire | |
Act Sub-Lt Henry Wilson Goold Pearce (27) killed | |
28.8.39 | Wellington, 115 Sqn, Marham |
Pilot hit by propeller after landing, Boscombe Down | |
Air Cdre Arthur Ashford Benjamin Thomson MC AFC (44) killed | |
29.8.39 | Wellington I L4257, 149 Sqn, Mildenhall |
Dived into North Sea, 5m SE of Happisburgh light vessel | |
Plt Off John Lee Yerbury (25) killed | |
Sgt Olaf Thomas Victor Pitt (25) killed | |
Act Sgt Gladney Lumb (24) killed | |
AC1 David Islwyn George killed | |
AC1 John Sydney Lewis killed | |
AC1 Robert William Little killed | |
29.8.39 | Wellington Ic L4214, 149 Sqn, Mildenhall |
Crash landed in trees after engine fire, 2m NE of Brandon, Suffolk | |
Act Sgt Anthony Frederick Adrian Freeman (18) killed | |
Plt Off Thomas Watson injured | |
Fg Off Francis William Scott Turner unhurt (pilot) | |
Sgt Horace James Wheller unhurt | |
AC2 John Gerard Hoey unhurt | |
AC2 Cecil George Barker unhurt | |
30.8.39 | Spitfire I K9861, 74 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Stalled and dived into ground, Grays, near Thurrock, Essex | |
Sgt Cyril Douglas Gower (24) killed | |
30.8.39 | Magister I L8214, 19 ERFTS, Gatwick |
Spun and crashed, Horley, Surrey | |
Flt Sgt Thomas Richard Watkin Owens (30) killed | |
Mr Roger John Gillingham (21) killed (New Zealander) | |
30.8.39 | Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III G-AFEV, Exeter Aero Club |
Stalled and dived into ground in fog, Ware Cross, near Lyme Regis | |
Henry Stanley Foulds (39) killed | |
2.9.39 | Spitfire I K9985, 611 Sqn, Duxford |
Flew into ground out of cloud, Barking, near Stowmarket, Suffolk | |
Plt Off Henry Fiddes Leech (21) killed (AAF) | |
2.9.39 | Magister I N3981, 23 ERFTS, Rochester |
Dived into ground, near Cassington, Oxford | |
Flt Lt John Joseph Nolan (40) killed (RAFO) | |
Charles Hardie Scott (38) killed | |
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