3.9.1939 | Blenheim IF L1164, 600 Sqn, Northolt |
Stalled during single-engine approach and crashed into Heading Street, Hendon | |
Plt Off John Noel Laughton Isaac (28) killed | |
3.9.39 | Wallace K6028, 1 AOS, North Coates |
Flew into hills in bad visibility, Benachie, near Aberdeen | |
Plt Off Ellard Alexander Cummings (23) killed (Canadian) | |
LAC Alexander Ronald Renfrew Stewart (24) killed | |
4.9.39 | Hudson I N7239, 233 Sqn, Leuchars |
Climbed steeply after take-off, stalled & crashed inverted into River Eden, Leuchars | |
Flt Lt Guy Percy Robinson (22) killed | |
Fg Off Earl Douglas Godfrey (22) killed (Canadian) | |
4.9.39 | Spitfire prototype K5054, RAE Farnborough |
Overturned on landing, Farnborough | |
Flt Lt Gilbert Stanbridge White (40) died 5.9.39 | |
5.9.39 | Hampden I L4161, 7 Sqn, Finningley |
Dived into ground, near Cantley, Doncaster | |
Plt Off Anthony Richard Playfair (26) killed (Canadian) | |
6.9.39 | Hurricane I L1985, 56 Sqn, North Weald |
Shot down by 74 Sqn Spitfire, Hintlesham, Suffolk | |
Plt Off Montagu Leslie Hulton-Harrop (26) killed | |
6.9.39 | Spitfire I K9986, 66 Sqn, Duxford |
Crashed during night circuit, Duxford | |
Plt Off Douglas George Brenchin Paton (24) killed | |
7.9.39 | Hudson I N7247, 224 Sqn, Leuchars |
Dived into sea, 4m NNE of North Carr lightship | |
Fg Off Harry Dale Green (32) killed | |
Plt Off Cedric Nicholas Whittington (21) killed | |
LAC John Lawrence Calpin (23) killed | |
AC1 Archibald Macrae Rodger (20) killed | |
8.9.39 | Wellington I L4320, 9 Sqn, Honington |
Hit trees low flying near Berners Heath range, 4m SW of Thetford | |
Plt Off Harold Rosofsky (26) killed (South African) | |
Plt Off Bruce Innes Clifford-Jones (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
AC1 Hugh McGreevy (23) killed | |
AC1 Thomas Purdie (24) killed | |
AC2 William Charles Hilsdon (20) killed | |
8.9.39 | Hurricane I L1631, 111 Sqn, Northolt |
Crashed on night landing, Northolt | |
Plt Off The Hon. Peter George Alex St. Clair-Erskine (21) killed | |
8.9.39 | Spitfire I K9965, 602 Sqn, Abbotsinch |
Flew into ground, near Balerno, Edinburgh | |
Sgt John Martin Cullen Bryden (23) killed | |
9.9.39 | Hurricane I L1954, 504 Sqn, Hucknall |
Lost height at night and crashed on approach, Metheringham | |
Fg Off John Michael Godfree Browne (34) killed | |
10.9.39 | Blenheim IV P4853, 82 Sqn, Watton |
Crashed on approach after engine failure, RAF Cleave, Cornwall | |
Sgt James Pratt alias James McLaughlin killed | |
AC1 George Henry Butler (19) killed | |
AC1 J Dorman injured | |
AC1 Ronald Patrick Arthur Dougan injured | |
11.9.39 | Hurricane I L1707, 79 Sqn, Biggin Hill |
Dived into ground, Chelsham, Surrey | |
Flt Lt Richard Willoughby Reynolds (24) killed | |
11.9.39 | Gladiator I K7987, 615 Sqn, Kenley |
Crashed at night, 1m N of Bletchingley, Surrey | |
Plt Off Anthony St. Croix Rose (29) killed | |
11.9.39 | Harvard I N7074, 1 SFTS, Netheravon |
Failed to recover from spin, Oare Hill, Marlborough | |
Fg Off Douglas Genders (26) killed | |
Midshipman (A) John Harrington Jefford baled out | |
12.9.39 | Harvard I N7105, 10 SFTS, Ternhill |
Spun into sea, off Pwllheli | |
Flt Lt John Pegram Marriott (26) killed | |
Plt Off Alan George Whitehead (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
14.9.39 | Spitfire I K9849, 41 Sqn, Catterick |
Crashed on take-off at night, Catterick | |
Plt Off John James Hawke Copley (18) killed | |
14.9.39 | Audax K7479, 13 SFTS, Drem |
Flew into hill near East Linton, E Lothian | |
Plt Off Keith Bartram Chiazzari (19) killed (South African) | |
Plt Off Frederick Alan Bishop (23) killed (Australian) | |
14.9.39 | Tiger Moth N6490, 22 ERFTS, Cambridge |
Pilot hit by propellor, Cambridge | |
Cpl Douglas Harold Gill (23) killed | |
15.9.39 | Audax K5207, 14 SFTS, Kinloss |
Stalled on night approach, Kinloss | |
Cpl Hamilton Short Happel (23) killed | |
18.9.39 | Oxford I L4571, 9 SFTS, Hullavington |
Dived into wood, near Hullavington | |
Plt Off Richard Bowyer (27) killed | |
18.9.39 | Sunderland I L2165, 210 Sqn, Pembroke Dock |
Crashed in sea out of fuel at night, at entrance to Milford Haven | |
Flt Lt Thomas Ivor Davies (23) killed | |
Plt Off Gordon William Brant (23) killed (Canadian) | |
Plt Off Gordon William Sutton (26) killed (New Zealander) | |
Cpl Ronald Wesley Ewens (25) killed | |
AC1 Frederick Ernest Hudson killed | |
AC1 Michael Murphy (24) killed | |
AC1 William Arthur Soanes (29) killed | |
AC1 Frederick Jesse Soffe (22) killed | |
AC2 Jack Moss (18) killed | |
AC2 William Attrata O'Brien (19) killed | |
19.9.39 | Whitley III K9001, 51 Sqn, Linton on Ouse |
Crashed after take-off, Linton on Ouse | |
Sgt Frank Hugo Griffiths (24) killed | |
Sgt Bernard Mullin (26) killed | |
19.9.39 | Battle I K9448, 207 Sqn, Cranfield |
Flew into hill, near Winchcombe, Glos. | |
Plt Off James Edward Hull (24) killed (New Zealander) | |
AC2 Robert Malcolm (18) killed | |
19.9.39 | Gladiator II N2305, 605 Sqn, Tangmere |
Collision with Gladiator N2313 during practice attack, near Tangmere | |
Fg Off John Henry Warren (23) killed | |
Fg Off Norman Forbes baled out of N2313 | |
20.9.39 | Harvard I N7197, 1 SFTS, Netheravon |
Crashed on night take-off, Netheravon | |
Leading Airman Ronald Ernest Heyburn (22) killed | |
22.9.39 | B.A.C. Drone G-ADSB?, London Gliding Club, Dunstable |
Instructor hit by propeller while testing engine, Dunstable | |
Edward Reginald Kearney (38) died 23.9.39 | |
23.9.39 | Harvard I P5791, 1 SFTS, Netheravon |
Collision with P5792, 5m NE of Netheravon | |
Midshipman (A) John Clutha Casey (21) killed (New Zealander) | |
AC1 William Roderick Walter Phillips (21) killed | |
23.9.39 | Harvard I P5792, 1 SFTS, Netheravon |
Collision with P5791, 5m NE of Netheravon | |
Midshipman (A) Roger Malcolm Brennen Kettle (19) killed | |
24.9.39 | Harvard I N7067, RAF, Grantham |
Spun into ground out of cloud, Newton, Lincs | |
Fg Off William Symington Pryde (22) killed | |
LAC Albert Bernard Hayes (49) killed | |
24.9.39 | ? |
Boys hit by practice bomb dropped on house, Headington, Oxford | |
Trevor John Thomas (6) died 25.9.39 | |
David Thomas injured | |
27.9.39 | Magister I N3843, 15 EFTS, Redhill |
Dived into ground, Brockham, near Dorking, Surrey. | |
Sgt Albert Bryan Greensides (23) killed | |
Sgt James Ernest Milne (26) killed | |
28.9.39 | Oxford II N4758, 14 SFTS, Kinloss |
Crashed, Lethen Bridge, SE of Nairn, Morayshire | |
Plt Off John Rupert Rogers (23) killed | |
Sgt John Lewis Carter (24) killed | |
28.9.39 | Oxford II N4786 15 SFTS, Lossiemouth |
Hit by Harvard I N7086 taking off, Lossiemouth | |
Plt Off Joseph Baxter Ellis (22) killed | |
Plt Off David Hill (20) killed | |
Plt Off Claude Alexander Hansen injured in N7086 | |
LAC Horace Rocknean injured in N7086 | |
30.9.39 | Hind K5373, Abingdon Station Flight |
Hit high ground whilst low flying, 2m N of Cranwell | |
Plt Off Joe Ralph (19) killed | |
Plt Off George John Habgood (20) killed | |
1.10.39 | Spitfire I L1047, 603 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Landed on by L1059, Grangemouth | |
Fg Off James Alexander Brownlie Somerville (26) killed | |
Plt Off James Storrs Morton survived in L1047 | |
1.10.39 | Gladiator II N2314, 615 Sqn, Croydon |
Flew into the ground while on night patrol, Holmwood Common, Surrey | |
Plt Off John Charles Mackenzie Hanbury (30) killed | |
4.10.39 | Anson I N5096, 49 Sqn, Scampton |
Crashed near Radcliffe-on-Trent | |
Plt Off Brian Leslie Gordon Harker (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
AC2 Francis Leo McGurk (22) killed | |
4.10.39 | Hudson I N7214, 224 Sqn, Leuchars |
Dived into ground from 300ft, Leuchars | |
Fg Off Desmond George Perry (29) killed | |
Plt Off John William Crawford Mcfarlane (20) killed | |
Plt Off Richard Atkinson Barker (24) killed | |
Sgt Harry Letchford (23) killed | |
AC1 Cyril Arthur Bates killed | |
AC1 Frederick Henderson May (32) killed | |
5.10.39 | Harvard I N7094, 2 SFTS, Brize Norton |
Crashed, Black Bourton | |
Cpl Thomas William Cledwin Hopkin (22) killed | |
7.10.39 | Anson I N5233, 500 Sqn, Detling |
Control lost after engine failure in bad weather, near Cranbrook Road, Benenden | |
Fg Off Dennis Guy Mabey (25) killed | |
Plt Off Andrew MacDonald Paterson (29) killed | |
Cpl John Francis Drew (26) killed | |
LAC Frederick Messent baled out | |
7.10.39 | Audax I K7334, 9 FTS, Hullavington |
Flew into high ground in bad weather, Uppingham, Rutland | |
Sgt Kenneth George Sherman (19) killed | |
8.10.39 | Harvard I N7181, CFS, Upavon |
Crashed on take-off at night, Upavon | |
Sgt John Horner Hargreaves (27) killed | |
Sgt Charley Lovell Wallace Mason (29) killed | |
10.10.39 | Blenheim I L1219, 108 Sqn, Bicester |
Lost at night, Irish Sea | |
Sgt Frederick George Bryant (27) killed | |
Sgt Phillip Geoffrey Vezey Hemsley (23) killed | |
AC2 James Shearer (22) killed | |
10.10.39 | Hart K6482, 152 Sqn, Acklington |
Flew into high ground, The Cheviot, Northumberland | |
Sgt Thomas Mycroft (24) killed | |
10.10.39 | Hudson I N7227, 233 Sqn, Leuchars |
Flew into high ground, 1.5 miles S of Freuchie, Fife | |
Fg Off Charles Hampton (Charlie) Clark (27) killed (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off William Edward Lockley (21) killed (Australian) | |
AC1 Basil Norman Blades (19) killed | |
AC2 William McKelvie Cochrane (20) killed | |
10.10.39 | Audax K7489, 12 SFTS, Grantham |
Stalled after night take-off, Grantham | |
Plt Off Raymond Edward Stanford Brown (19) killed | |
13.10.39 | Battle I K7593, 1 Air Armament School, Manby |
Stalled & crashed, Theddlethorpe ranges | |
Sgt William Elijah Levitt (21) killed | |
AC2 Harold Stewart Melvin (20) killed | |
AC2 Jack Warry (20) killed | |
15.10.39 | Sunderland I N9030, 204 Sqn, Mount Batten |
Crashed into the water on landing in poor visibility, Mount Batten | |
Fg Off Dennis Ford (27) killed | |
AC2 John Henry Hayward (24) killed | |
AC2 Joseph Douglas Whitford (18) killed | |
AC2 William Henry Fiddock (18) killed | |
7 injured | |
16.10.39 | Blenheim IV L4876, 90 Sqn, Upwood |
Crashed on take-off, Upwood | |
Plt Off Trevor Anthony Peeler (25) killed | |
Sgt Joseph Anthony Douglas Dobbing injured | |
AC2 Brown unhurt | |
16.10.39 | Junkers Ju 88A-1 4D+AK, 1/KG30, Westerland-Sylt |
Shot down by Spitfires; ditched off Crail, Firth of Forth | |
Uffz Kurt Seydel (26) killed | |
Uffz Kurt Naake killed | |
Gefr August Schleicher (22) killed | |
Hptm Helmut Pohle captured (Gr Kdr) | |
16.10.39 | Junkers Ju 88A-1 4D+DH, 1/KG30, Westerland |
Shot down by 603 Sqn Spitfires, 4m N of Port Seton, Firth of Forth | |
Obgefr Kr�mer killed | |
Obltn Storp captured | |
Fw K�hnke captured | |
Fw Hielscher captured | |
17.10.39 | Junkers Ju 88A-1 4D+EK, 1/KG30, Westerland |
Shot down by AA, Pegal Burn, Hoy, Orkney | |
Obltn Walter Flaemig killed | |
Ofw Faust killed | |
Uffz Attenburger killed | |
Uffz Fritz Ambrosius injured | |
18.10.39 | Battle I K9398, 52 Sqn, Benson |
Crashed after collision with Battle K9399 in formation, Dorchester, Oxon | |
Plt Off John Ross Anderson (26) killed (Canadian) | |
AC1 Robert Allan Walker Keogh (20) killed | |
18.10.39 | Whitley III K8996, 102 Sqn, Driffield |
Crashed on take-off, Catterick | |
Plt Off Reginald Arthur Morton Luckman (27) killed | |
Sgt Herbert John Gaut (26) killed | |
AC1 John Baker Clark (20) killed | |
AC2 Charles Paterson (22) killed | |
Sgt Arthur Vincent (30) killed | |
Sgt Albert H Harris (27) killed (Canadian) | |
AC1 Horace Jones (23) killed | |
Sgt Donald E Gibbs injured | |
Cpl W Jenkinson injured | |
18.10.39 | Blenheim I L6689, 604 Sqn, North Weald |
Flew into ground at night, Purley Way, Croydon | |
Fg Off Edward Neville Prescott (27) killed | |
LAC Albert Roberts (19) killed | |
18.10.39 | Harvard I N7034, 2 SFTS, Brize Norton |
Crashed on take-off, Brize Norton | |
Cpl Owen Henry John Jordan (23) killed | |
19.10.39 | Blenheim I L1213, 108 Sqn |
Flew into ground after night take-off, Bicester | |
Sgt Dennis Charles Lamb (26) killed | |
19.10.39 | Anson I N5055, School of Air Navigation, St Athan |
Ditched in sea, off Bude | |
Plt Off Joseph Wendell Boreham (24) drowned (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off Harry James Winch injured | |
Sgt Peter Chris Cunningham rescued | |
AC1 Clifford Douglas Bradbury rescued | |
20.10.39 | Miles Master N7415, 5 SFTS, Sealand |
Spun into ground, Burton Meadows, near Wrexham | |
Flt Lt William Arnold Lindrea Locker (23) killed | |
Plt Off John Guy Leonard Haigh (25) killed | |
21.10.39 | Heinkel He 115B 1876 / K6+EH, 1/K�.Fl.Gr. 406 |
Shot down by Hurricanes, 5m E of Spurn Head | |
Ltn Fritz Meyer (28) killed | |
Obltn.z.S. Heinz Schlicht (23) killed | |
Uffz Bernhard Wessels (24) killed | |
26.10.39 | Oxford I N4592, 13 SFTS, Drem |
Dived into ground, Lammerlaw, Lothian | |
Cpl Basil Francis Evans killed | |
Cpl Charles Maurice Thorpe (22) killed | |
27.10.39 | Anson I N5204, 608 Sqn, Thornaby |
Shot down by Hurricane while on convoy patrol, North Sea, near Humber light vessel | |
Flt Lt Geoffrey Whitley Garnett (34) killed | |
Plt Off Arthur Denis Baird (20) killed | |
Cpl Richard Andrew Wilson (34) killed | |
AC2 J P Smith injured | |
28.10.39 | Heinkel He 111H-2 5449 / 1H+JA, Stab/KG26, L�beck |
Forced landed after attacks by Spitfires, east of Humbie, Lammermuir Hills | |
Uffz Gottlieb Kowalke (23) killed | |
Gefr Bruno Reimann (19) killed | |
Uffz Kurt Lehmkuhl injured | |
Lt Rolf Niehoff injured | |
29.10.39 | Gladiator I K7997, 607 Sqn, Acklington |
Spun into ground, Swarland Dene Farm, 5m W of Acklington | |
Fg Off Alan Otho Glover (23) killed | |
29.10.39 | Battle I K9472, 35 Sqn, Cranfield |
Flew into cliff, near Carew Cheriton | |
Plt Off Geoffrey Arthur Cyril Rhind (19) killed | |
AC1 Ewart Wynne Looker (20) killed | |
AC2 Bernard Connor (20) killed | |
30.10.39 | Wellington I L4288, 9 Sqn, Honington |
Collision with Wellington L4363 in formation practice, near Sapiston, Suffolk | |
Sqn Ldr Lennox Stanley Lamb (29) killed (New Zealander) | |
Fg Off Peter Edward Torkington-Leech (26) killed (South African) | |
Sgt Cyril Arthur Bryant (24) killed | |
LAC Stanley Hawkins (24) killed | |
AC1 Edward Grant (23) killed | |
30.10.39 | Wellington I L4363, 9 Sqn, Honington |
Collision with Wellington L4288 in formation practice, near Sapiston, Suffolk | |
Fg Off John Frank Chandler (23) killed | |
Plt Off Colin Charles Cameron (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
AC2 Walter James Chapman (19) killed | |
AC2 Leonard George Dicks (18) killed | |
30.10.39 | Oxford I N4563, 11 SFTS, Shawbury |
Airman struck by aircraft, Shawbury | |
AC1 Thomas Gee (35) killed | |
31.10.39 | Hampden I L4096, 50 Sqn, Waddington |
Lost height shortly after night take-off from Waddington, Branston | |
Sgt Ralph Sunei Wallace Cordle (25) killed | |
AC1 Joseph Frank Burge (18) killed | |
AC2 Leonard James Penteny (18) killed | |
31.10.39 | Anson I N5158, 108 Sqn |
Collision with N5177, Weston-on-the-Green | |
Fg Off Dennis Richard Dale Green (22) killed | |
31.10.39 | Anson I N5177, 108 Sqn |
Collision with N5158, Weston-on-the-Green | |
Plt Off James Doan Cody (23) killed (Canadian) | |
Plt Off Robert Ernest Cox (26) killed (Australian) | |
1.11.39 | Harvard I N7182, CFS, Upavon |
Night flying, hit hill and crashed, Puckshipton House, Marden, near Marlborough | |
Sqn Ldr Michael Arthur Aylmer (25) killed | |
Fg Off Edward Knowles Rayson (35) killed | |
1.11.39 | Oxford II N6434, 15 SFTS, Lossiemouth |
Spun into ground, near Lossiemouth | |
Flt Sgt Francis John Brooks Moore (31) killed | |
Plt Off Eric Wilfred Allinson (21) killed (Canadian) | |
3.11.39 | Battle I P2274, 63 Sqn, Benson |
Lost control and crashed, Checkendon Court, near Reading | |
Plt Off George Francis Astley Barwell (19) killed | |
3.11.39 | Stranraer I K7294, 209 Sqn, Falmouth |
Crashed on take-off, Falmouth | |
LAC William George Bowman (23) killed | |
AC1 Stephen Colin Colbridge (18) killed | |
Sgt Henry Arnold injured | |
Cpl John William Jay injured | |
LAC George Peterson injured | |
3.11.39 | ? |
Pedestrian hit by propeller of taxying aeroplane, Gosport | |
Ernest John Kibler (63) killed | |
Sqn Ldr Oliver Ingham Gilson (pilot) | |
5.11.39 | Wellington I L4239, 38 Sqn, Marham |
Hit tree while low-flying, Marks Farm, Boughton, 4m S of Marham | |
Sgt Edward Thomas Summers AFM (30) killed | |
LAC David George (27) killed | |
AC1 John Clarence Bailey (19) killed | |
AC1 William Watson (23) killed | |
AC2 William Henry Dye (19) killed | |
AC2 Alan Hardman (18) killed | |
AC2 George Henry Charles Newman (19) killed | |
6.11.39 | Spitfire I K9846, 41 Sqn, Catterick |
Crashed on night take-off, Catterick | |
Fg Off Horace Ernest Herbert Overall (26) killed (Canadian) | |
6.11.39 | Wellington I L4345, 214 Sqn, Methwold |
Crashed in circuit, Methwold | |
Plt Off John Lingwood (20) killed | |
AC1 Arthur Matthews (23) killed | |
6.11.39 | Lysander II N1310, School of Army Cooperation, Old Sarum |
Crashed on take off at night, Salisbury Plain | |
Plt Off Michael Edgar Russell Smith (20) killed | |
6.11.39 | Oxford I L4547, 2 SFTS, Brize Norton |
Dived into ground at night, Black Bourton | |
Plt Off Robert Patrick Skene Davidson (39) killed | |
Sgt Richard Watkin Adcock (27) killed | |
7.11.39 | Battle I K9238, 98 Sqn, Hucknall |
Flew into ground, near Stow-on-the-Wold | |
Plt Off Donald Kerr Robertson (20) killed | |
Sgt Ronald Leslie Harrison (19) killed | |
AC2 Francis Joseph Wilkes (20) killed | |
7.11.39 | Hart K4439, 1 Ferry Pilot Pool |
Flew into high ground, Ewelme Park, Oxon | |
Plt Off James Campbell Campbell (20) killed (Canadian) | |
7.11.39 | Oxford II P1845, 11 SFTS, Shawbury |
Flew into hill in bad visibility, The Wrekin, Shropshire | |
Plt Off George Hugh Hamilton Coates (18) killed | |
Plt Off William Oliver Cramer injured | |
8.11.39 | Spitfire I K9886, 54 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Ran out of fuel and crashed whilst circling a beacon at night, near Basildon, Essex | |
Sgt Eric James Cole (21) killed | |
8.11.39 | Blenheim I L8731, 64 Sqn, Church Fenton |
Crashed just after take-off at night, near Church Fenton | |
Plt Off Desmond Charles Reid Carter (27) killed (New Zealander) | |
LAC Geoffrey George James Lovegrove (23) died 12.11.39 | |
8.11.39 | Whitley II K7225, 97 Sqn, Abingdon |
Undershot and hit house, Abingdon | |
Plt Off Ian St. John Beere (25) killed (New Zealander) | |
Sgt Arnold Vernon Strong (23) killed | |
AC2 Ernest Duff (18) killed | |
8.11.39 | Hudson I N7290, 220 Sqn, Thornaby |
Stalled on approach and crashed, Linthorpe, Middlesborough | |
Plt Off Douglas Haig Robertson (21) killed (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off Augustine Harold Jervis Ryan (21) killed (New Zealander) | |
Sgt Rex Mitchell (24) killed | |
AC1 Albert Wade (26) killed | |
8.11.39 | Blenheim IV P4848, Special Duty Flight, Perth |
Crashed on Ben Inner, near Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire | |
Flt Lt Kenneth Norman Masters Eyres killed | |
9.11.39 | Harvard I N7104, 10 SFTS, Ternhill |
Hit tree and spun into ground during aerobatics, 1.5m S of Evesham | |
Plt Off Stephen Ballard Morris (26) killed | |
10.11.39 | Hurricane I L2007, 11 Group Pool, St Athan |
Flew into seashore at night, 1m S of St Athan | |
Plt Off Ernest Ewart Crompton (24) killed (Canadian) | |
12.11.39 | Magister P6350, 41 Sqn, Catterick |
Flew into ground after take-off, near Tunstall, Catterick | |
Plt Off Stephen George Baker (24) killed | |
13.11.39 | Blenheim IV N6198, 110 Sqn, Wattisham |
Crashed, Barking Tye, near Wattisham | |
Sgt Victor Brunsden Thorne (20) killed | |
Plt Off Philip Samuel Goulder injured (Canadian) | |
13.11.39 | Fury II K8244, 1 Air Armament School, Manby |
Dived into ground, Theddlethorpe ranges | |
Flt Lt Ernest Henry Jago (35) killed | |
13.11.39 | Harvard I N7043, 1 SFTS, Netheravon |
Dived into ground, near Netheravon | |
Flt Lt Wilson Irwin Hammond (25) killed (Canadian) | |
Act Sub-Lt (A) Donald Copsey (23) killed | |
14.11.39 | Blenheim I L1286, 145 Sqn, Croydon |
Lost control in cloud and flew into the ground, near RAF Harwell | |
Plt Off William Ronald Ross (27) killed | |
14.11.39 | Skua L2972, 1 Ferry Pilots Pool, Hucknall |
Spun in attempting to avoid another aircraft, Sealand | |
Sgt John Bryan Golden (22) killed | |
14.11.39 | Skua L3036, 5 MU, Kemble |
Dived into ground, Savernake Forest, near Marlborough | |
Sub-Lt (A) Edward Samuel Woodford (22) killed | |
15.11.39 | Blenheim I L1127, 92 Sqn, Tangmere |
Engine failed on approach, stalled and dived into the ground, Tangmere | |
Plt Off Hugh Kendrick Arthur Drummond (24) killed (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off Martin Victor Dugdale (19) killed | |
Plt Off John Monroe-Hinds (23) killed | |
15.11.39 | Blenheim IV N6226, 139 Sqn, Alconbury |
Practice bomb exploded on landing, Upper Heyford | |
Cpl Francis James Wilson Moores (24) killed (radio operator) | |
Plt Off Philip Ellard Dundee unhurt | |
Sgt P N Davidson unhurt | |
16.11.39 | Blenheim I L1275, 108 Sqn, Bicester |
Crashed at night, Glebe Farm, Ludgershall | |
Plt Off Kenneth Charles Harvey Jacobs (19) killed | |
16.11.39 | Blenheim I L6685, 600 Sqn, Hornchurch |
Crashed on take-off at night, Hornchurch | |
Fg Off Albert Antony Vickers (26) killed | |
18.11.39 | Harvard I N7077, 10 SFTS, Ternhill |
Crashed in forced landing, Llangurig, Montgomeryshire | |
Sgt John William Reginald Parr (22) killed | |
19.11.39 | Hudson I N7284, 220 Sqn, Thornaby |
Crashed in North Sea, 4.5m E of Seaham, Co Durham | |
Plt Off Hubert John Keller (20) killed (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off John Whyte Crichton Robertson (20) killed | |
19.11.39 | Harrow II K6939, 9 BGS, Penrhos |
Took off with control locks engaged and dived into the ground, Penrhos | |
Flt Lt Kenneth Maconochie (36) killed | |
Plt Off Douglas Roy James Paterson (23) killed | |
19.11.39 | Gladiator I K7950, 12 Gp Pool, Aston Down |
Engine caught fire after take-off and crashed, Little Rissington | |
Sgt Kenneth Joseph Linton (23) killed | |
20.11.39 | Oxford I G-AFFM, British Airways |
Hit balloon cable and crashed, near Gosport | |
Sgt Arthur George Nicholson (23) killed | |
Arthur Edward Eady (27) killed (radio operator) | |
21.11.39 | Harvard I P5871, 12 Gp Pool, Aston Down |
Spun in, near Chalford | |
Plt Off Henry Noel Masterson (20) killed | |
23.11.39 | Hampden I L4034, 49 Sqn, Waddington |
Flew into hangar landing in poor visibility, Waddington | |
Sqn Ldr Percy McGregor (Willy) Watt (33) killed | |
Cpl Archibald McDonald Henderson (24) killed | |
Cpl Thomas Alexander Keating (46) killed | |
LAC Walter Gerald Kelly (19) killed | |
LAC George Thomas Landing (30) killed | |
AC1 Leslie McGarvie (26) killed | |
AC1 Stanley Taylor (18) killed | |
AC2 Frank Leslie Talbot (18) killed | |
Cpl A Cooke injured | |
AC2 M Bastow injured | |
24.11.39 | Battle L5255, 9 BGS, Penrhos |
Collision with L5256, 4m NNW of Penrhos | |
Plt Off Keith Percival Hamilton (20) killed (New Zealander) | |
LAC Thomas Douglas Siddons (20) killed | |
LAC Roland Alexander Stirling (20) killed | |
24.11.39 | Battle L5256, 9 BGS, Penrhos |
Collision with L5255, 4m NNW of Penrhos | |
Flt Lt Aird Arthur Deacon (22) killed (Canadian) | |
AC1 Thomas Douglas King (18) killed | |
AC2 Frederick Shepherd (21) killed | |
25.11.39 | Vildebeest III K8079, 42 Sqn, Bircham Newton |
Wireless operator fell out of aircraft, near Docking | |
AC2 Edward William Littlefair Westgarth (20) killed | |
Fg Off William Barrie-Smith (pilot) | |
25.11.39 | Harvard I N7134, 6 SFTS, Little Rissington |
Crashed in forced landing, Charwelton, near Daventry | |
Plt Off Ronald Dunham-Treble (20) killed | |
25.11.39 | Gladiator I K8012, Northolt Station Flight |
Broke up in spin, Hadley Common, Middlesex | |
Fg Off Bryan Graham (26) killed (New Zealander) | |
28.11.39 | Anson I N5084, 148 Sqn, Harwell |
Flew into high ground, Simonsbath, near Minehead | |
Fg Off Thomas William Storey (29) killed | |
Sgt Thomas Robert Moss (29) killed | |
Sgt Gerald Roland Cecil Talbot (22) killed | |
AC1 Arthur John Whittaker (23) killed | |
AC2 Frederick Challenger Overall (23) killed | |
28.11.39 | Battle I L5279, 207 Sqn, Cranfield |
Engine failed on night take-off, Bassingbourn | |
Plt Off Thomas Ross Williams (21) killed (Canadian) | |
29.11.39 | Blenheim I L1452, 23 Sqn, Digby |
Crashed, Stockwith, near Gainsborough | |
Flt Lt Percy Don Walker (27) killed | |
AC2 Benjamin France (19) killed | |
LAC C Chrystall baled out | |
29.11.39 | Blenheim I L6601, 604 Sqn, North Weald |
Dived into ground at night, near Epping, Essex | |
Fg Off Philip Clifton Wheeler (29) killed | |
LAC Vernon Henry Oliver (21) killed | |
29.11.39 | Oxford I P1807, 5 SFTS, Sealand |
Spun in, near Chavenage, Tetbury | |
Sgt Alfred George Banks (19) killed | |
30.11.39 | Hampden I L4203, 185 Sqn, Cottesmore |
Crashed in bad weather, Grange Farm, Widmer End, Bucks | |
Sqn Ldr Nigel Hope (32) killed | |
Plt Off John Musgrave (20) killed | |
Sgt Lindsay Thom (24) killed | |
AC2 Daniel John O'Regan (18) killed | |
30.11.39 | Skua L2981, 2 Anti Aircraft Co-operation Unit, Gosport |
Stalled and crashed into Fareham Creek | |
Sqn Ldr Cecil Christian Clark (42) killed | |
1.12.39 | Anson l N5073, 63 Sqn, Benson |
Lost without trace, off Cornwall | |
Plt Off Charles Robey Coventry (27) killed (Australian) | |
Plt Off Angus Cameron (22) killed (Canadian) | |
Sgt Alvin Gordon Gibson (19) killed | |
AC2 James Crompton Buckland (19) killed | |
AC2 Hugh Oliver Wilson Gormlay (21) killed | |
1.12.39 | Blenheim I L8691, 141 Sqn, Turnhouse |
Dived into ground out of cloud, Leuchars | |
Plt Off Richard Michael Williams (25) killed | |
Plt Off Horace George Yelland (25) killed (Canadian) | |
AC2 Leonard Dale killed | |
AC2 John Cooper Hunt (22) killed | |
6.12.39 | Heinkel He 115B-1 2081 / S4+EL, 3/K�.Fl.Gr. 506, Nordeney |
Crashed in sea, West Beach, Sheringham, Norfolk | |
Oblt z S Wolfgang Wodtke (25) killed | |
Ofw Emil R�del (29) killed | |
Ofw Karl Ullmann (31) killed | |
9.12.39 | Battle I K9467, 98 Sqn, Hucknall |
Flew into ground, near Stow-on-the-Wold | |
Sgt Frederick Hinson (39) killed | |
AC2 Leslie Reginald Bull (19) killed | |
Plt Off Peter Denis Brock Stevens injured | |
10.12.39 | Anson I N5231, 500 Sqn, Detling |
Flew into trees in low cloud after take-off, Detling | |
LAC Henry John Le Gassick (19) killed | |
Plt Off B H Arkell injured (pilot) | |
LAC J Walton injured | |
Sgt Braybrooks injured | |
11.12.39 | Blenheim I L6740, 29 Sqn, Debden |
Crashed, Great Chesterford Park, NW of Saffron Walden | |
Flt Sgt William Henry Packer (26) killed | |
11.12.39 | Hampden I P1267, 76 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Crashed into trees, Horsenden Manor, near Aylesbury | |
Plt Off Charles Douglas Stevens (22) killed (Canadian) | |
11.12.39 | Oxford II P1800, 2 SFTS, Brize Norton |
Stalled and flew into ground out of cloud, Burford | |
Sgt Sidney Hallas Newbigging (25) killed | |
12.12.39 | Tutor K3309, 605 Sqn, Tangmere |
Wing hit ground while low-flying, Sidlesham, Sussex | |
Plt Off Patrick Constable Fraser (20) killed | |
Plt Off Maxtone Eric Gibson Mailer (24) killed | |
12.12.39 | Walrus I K8556, 754 Sqn, Lee-on-Solent |
Hit balloon cable and crashed, Bitterne, Southampton | |
Lt Richard Herriot Mackay Heriot-Hill (24) killed | |
Plt Off Michael Fortnum (19) killed | |
Leading Airman Michael John McLoughlin (25) killed | |
Air Mechanic (E) Louis Moorhead (19) killed | |
13.12.39 | Wellington I R2699, 214 Sqn, Methwold |
Crashed on approach on training flight, Methwold | |
Plt Off William Leonard Colmer (25) killed | |
Plt Off Rex Alan Russell-Forbes (21) killed | |
LAC John Thomas Warriner (24) killed | |
13.12.39 | Magister R1816, 236 Sqn, Stradishall |
Spun in, Clopton, Suffolk | |
Sgt Edward McCluggage (23) killed | |
13.12.39 | Audax K7423, RAF College, Cranwell |
Flew into ground after night take-off, Cranwell | |
LAC Warren Alexander Smith (18) killed | |
14.12.39 | Spitfire I N3031, 66 Sqn, Duxford |
Crashed, Wilbraham, Cambs. | |
Sgt Frank Ernest Waller (23) killed | |
14.12.39 | Wellington IA N2957, 99 Sqn, Newmarket |
Crashed on landing with battle damage, Newmarket | |
Flt Lt Eugene John Hetherington (25) killed (New Zealander) | |
AC1 Ronald Entwistle (19) killed | |
Cpl Andrew Sharp (25) killed | |
Fg Off Reginald Joseph Payne survived | |
Sgt L W Parton survived | |
AC2 Albert Douglas Foch Craig survived | |
15.12.39 | Harvard I N7010, 14 SFTS, Kinloss |
Crashed on take-off, Burghead, Morayshire | |
Plt Off Peter Ross (22) killed | |
16.12.39 | Battle I N2159, 264 Sqn, Martlesham Heath |
Abandoned, Hintlesham, Suffolk | |
Plt Off Harold Graham Tipple (19) killed | |
17.12.39 | Skua II, 803 Sqn, Donibristle |
Crashed into sea, Dalgety Bay, Scotland | |
Petty Officer Airman Leonard Lancelot Parker (23) killed (South African) | |
18.12.39 | Whitley II K7260, 97 Sqn, Abingdon |
Hit trees in bad visibility, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxon | |
Fg Off John Gaskell Howard (22) killed | |
Plt Off Clair Neil Robinson (19) killed | |
Sgt Albert Coe (23) killed | |
18.12.39 | Harvard I P5801, 14 SFTS, Kinloss |
Dived into ground, Alves, Moray | |
Plt Off Ian Richardson Wilson (20) killed | |
20.12.39 | Beaufort I L4468, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton |
Dived into water out of cloud during test flight, off Avonmouth docks | |
Flt Lt Paul Le Mesurier Carodyce Deacon (30) killed (RAFO) | |
20.12.39 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACJT, Western Airways |
Crashed after take-off, Weston-super-Mare | |
Mr Leslie Ivor Arnott (35) killed | |
21.12.39 | Hampden I L4090, 44 Sqn, Waddington |
Shot down by 602 Sqn Spitfires and ditched, Gullane Bay, Firth of Forth | |
LAC Terrance Gibbin (19) killed | |
Plt Off Patrick Fraser Dingwall rescued | |
Sgt J A M Reid rescued | |
Sgt W K Lodge rescued | |
21.12.39 | Hampden I L4072, 49 Sqn, Scampton |
Hit church on approach to Acklington, North Broomhill | |
Sgt Samuel Hainey Potts (23) killed | |
AC1 Edward Henry Humphry (19) killed | |
Plt Off James Melville Dundas Irvine injured | |
Sgt Edward Marshall injured (pilot) | |
24.12.39 | Magister I N3806, Turnhouse Station Flight |
Dived into ground, 3m SW of Turnhouse | |
Flt Lt Frank Gower-Jones (34) killed | |
30.12.39 | Spitfire I K9977, 602 Sqn, Drem |
Wingtip touched the ground during aerobatics, Haddington, East Lothian | |
Sgt Brian Peter Bailey (19) killed | |
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