British civil aircraft accidents 1919 - 1929

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18.4.19 Short Shamrock (S.538), Short Brothers, Rochester

Ditched after engine failure, off Holyhead, Anglesey

Maj James Conrad Peter Wood rescued

Capt Colin Charles Wyllie rescued

30.4.19 Avro 534 Baby, A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Spun into shore after take-off, Hamble

Capt Harold Alan Hamersley MC unhurt

1.5.19 D.H.9 C6054 (G-EAAA), Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd.

Crashed in mist, Portsdown Hill, near Portsmouth

Capt Howard John Thomas Saint DSC injured

Capt Donald Greig injured

12.5.19 Handley Page O/400 F5414, Handley Page Ltd.

Hit bank on take-off, Harker, near Carlisle; rebuilt as O/7 G-EAAF

Capt William Harold Nelson Shakespeare MC AFC injured (pilot)

Maj Thomas Hans Orde-Lees injured (observer)

Miss Grace Ellen Pothecary alias Silva/Sylvia Boyden injured

Bill Crisp unhurt (fitter)

George Kimber Marchmont unhurt (rigger)

19.5.19 Sopwith Atlantic

Ditched in sea, 750m W of Ireland

Harry George Hawker rescued

Lt-Cdr Kenneth Mackenzie-Grieve rescued

31.5.19 Blackburn Kangaroo B9982 (G-EADF), Grahame-White Aviation Co Ltd.

Sideslipped and nose dived on take-off, Hendon

5 or 6 occupants; passenger Pte H Cox injured (Canadian)

10.6.19 Sopwith Gnu K-101 (G-EAAH), Sopwith Aviation & Engineering Co Ltd.

Crashed on sands and caught fire, Southport

Capt Charles Douglas Barnard injured

Lt Sanwell injured

Passenger unhurt

15.6.19 Vickers Vimy, Vickers Ltd.

Forced landed in bog, Clifden, Galway, Ireland; preserved at the Science Museum, London

Capt John William Alcock DSC unhurt

Lt Arthur Whitten Brown unhurt

5.7.19 Grahame-White G.W.E.6 Bantam K-150 (G-EAFK), Grahame-White Aviation Co Ltd

Crashed into hangar, Hendon

Capt Paul Richard Tankerville James Michael Isidore Camille Chamberlayne unhurt

17.7.19 Martinsyde "The Raymor"

Crashed on take-off, St John's, Newfoundland

Frederick Phillips Raynham unhurt

Lt Conrad Herbert Biddlecombe unhurt

19/20.7.19 Avro 504K H6599 (G-EAGW), North Sea Aerial Navigation Co Ltd.

Crashed in trees on landing, Scarborough Racecourse

21.7.19 Avro 504K G-EACL, Berkshire Aviation Company

Overturned on forced landing in hayfield, Northampton

Alan John Cobham unhurt

Miss Davies unhurt

Miss O'Callaghan unhurt

4.8.19 Avro 504K E1663 (G-EACW), A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd.

Ditched in sea, by Southport pier

Pilot & 2 passengers rescued

6.8.19 Avro 536 K-105 (G-EAAP), A V Roe & Co, Hounslow

Stalled on approach, Sandhurst, Berks.

Capt Herbert Richard Hastings (30) killed

Major H S Phillips injured

E Kohler injured

A J Whittingdon injured

21.8.19 Avro 504K D9343 (G-EAGO), A V Roe & Co Ltd, Southport

Sideslipped onto sands after take-off, Birkdale, Southport

Lt Joseph Crabtree Taylor injured

Reginald Kendel Bolton unhurt

Mrs Cole unhurt

27.8.19 Avro 536, A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Wrecked in gale, South Shore sands, Blackpool

27.8.19 Avro 504K E1660 (G-EAFC), A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Blown away in gale and wrecked on promenade, Rhyl

28.8.19 Avro 504K H1959 (G-EAHO), H V David, Aberystwyth

Dived in after take-off, Maesmawr Farm, Aberystwyth

Howell Vernon David injured

J Forman unhurt

Miss L Way unhurt

30.8.19 Avro 536 G-EACG, A V Roe & Co Ltd., Manston

Crashed on test flight, Manston

Capt Denis Milner Deighton injured (pilot)

George Elliott injured (chief mechanic)

Eric Davis injured

Cpl Wells unhurt

Miss Pyle unhurt

1.9.19 Avro 536 K-161 (G-EAGM), A V Roe & Co.

Spun in on golf links, Weston-super-Mare

Brig-Gen Charles Frederick Lee CMG (36) killed

Lt A J Andrews injured

Roderick William Smith injured

9.9.19 Avro 536 K-104 (G-EAAQ), A V Roe & Co.

Wrecked on landing after engine failure, Southwark Park

Lt Edward Albert Sullock AFC unhurt

Mr Ware unhurt

Mrs Wait unhurt

10.9.19 Supermarine Sea Lion I G-EALP, Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd.

Sank after landing with hull damage, off Christchurch, Hants.

Basil Deacon Hobbs DSO DSC rescued

5.10.19 Avro 504L K-146 (G-EAFG), A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Wrecked at sea in fog, off Alderney

Capt Evans rescued

29.10.19 D.H.4A G-EAHG, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd.

Lost in mist; ditched in English Channel, 7m off Portsmouth

Lt Henry (Jerry) Shaw rescued

Oelrichs rescued (passenger)

2.11.19 Avro 504K G-EAKV, Ecole Aero Lausanne, Blecherette

Crashed in ravine after engine failure, Nyon, Switzerland; rebuilt as CH-10

Eric Bradley injured

Auguste Richard injured

13.11.19 Alliance P.2 Seabird G-EAOX "Endeavour", Alliance Aeroplane Co.

Crashed on attempted flight to Australia, Surbiton, Surrey

Lt Roger M Douglas MC DCM (25) killed (Australian)

Lt James Stuart Leslie Ross (24) killed (Australian)

8.12.19 Blackburn Kangaroo G-EAOW, Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co Ltd., Brough

Nosed over on landing after engine failure, Suda Bay, Crete; abandoned

Capt George Hubert Wilkins MC AFC (navigator; Australian)

Lt Valdemar Rendle (first pilot; Australian)

Lt David R Williams (second pilot; Australian)

Lt Gernsey Henry Meade Potts (engineer; Australian)

9.12.19 Martinsyde Type A Mk. I G-EAMR, Martinsyde Ltd.

Crashed in sea, San Giorgio Bay, Corfu

Capt Cedric Ernest Howell DSO DFC MC (23) drowned (Australian)

Lt George Henry Fraser (39) drowned (Australian)

11.12.19 D.H.4A G-EAHF, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd.

Hit tree in mist, near the Guards Depot, Caterham, Surrey

Stanley Blackall Bradley (32) died 13.12.19 (pilot)

George Franklin Rand (52) killed (American)

18.12.19 Vickers Viking I G-EAOV, Vickers Ltd.

Crashed on landing in fog, Cote d'Evrard, near Rouen, France

Capt Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC (27) killed


19.2.20 Handley Page O/7 G-EANV "Pioneer", Handley Page South African Transport, Ltd.

Wrecked in forced landing, Acacia Siding, near Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa

Maj Henry Meintjies MC AFC, Capt Christoffer Johannes Venter DFC, Askew (engineer) & 7 passengers unhurt

25.2.20 D.H.6 G-EAHE, Golden Eagle Aviation Co. Ltd, Squires Gate

Crashed on sands, Southport

Maj Horace Scott Shield unhurt

25.2.20 Handley Page O/400 G-EAMC, Handley Page Ltd.

Crashed, 6m N of El Shereik, Sudan

Sqn Ldr Herbert George Brackley DSO DSC

Capt Frederick Tymms

Maj C C Turner

27.2.20 Vickers Vimy Commercial G-EAAV, Vickers Ltd.

Crashed after engine failure on take-off, Tabora, Tanganyika

Capt Stanley Cockerell (pilot)

Capt Frank Crossley Griffiths Broome DFC (navigator and second pilot)

Sgt-Major James Wyatt MSM (mechanic)

Mr Claude Corby (mechanic)

Dr Peter Chalmers Mitchell

3.3.20 D.H.10 G-EAJO, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd.

Ran into ditch on forced landing after engine failure, near Briviesca, Burgos, Spain

Henry (Jerry) Shaw & mechanic unhurt

18.3.20 D.H.16 G-EACT, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd.

Ditched in English Channel after compass failure, off Sussex

Lt Harold Fraser Game AFC rescued

19.3.20 Avro 504K G-EAGI, Central Aircraft Co., Northolt

Hit trees on landing after engine failure, Marble Hall Park, Twickenham

Otto Cowell injured

Joseph Edge injured

23.3.20 B.A.T. Bantam (G-EAFM), British Aerial Transport Co Ltd., Hendon

Spun in, Hendon

Major Christopher Draper DSO injured

31.3.20 Avro 504K G-EAHW, Handley Page Ltd., Cricklewood

Landed in lake, Southwark Park, London

Capt Gordon Percy Olley & passenger unhurt

17.4.20 Sopwith Wallaby G-EAKS, Sopwith Aviation & Engineering Co Ltd.

Crashed on landing, Grokgak, Bali, Dutch East Indies; rebuilt as G-AUDU

Capt George Campbell Matthews AFC injured (Australian Flying Corps)

Sgt Thomas D Kay unhurt (Australian Flying Corps)

23.5.20 Avro 504K G-EAQV, Scottish Aerial Touring and Transportation Co., Edinburgh

Crashed on riverbank after engine failure, Castle Park, Kelso

Pilot, John Maxwell +1 passenger unhurt

25.5.20 D.H.6 G-EARA, International Aviation Co Ltd, Douglas

Dived into sea after take-off, Douglas, IoM

Lt George Hughes rescued

Mr & Mrs Cockcroft rescued

10.6.20 D.H.16 G-EARU, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd, Croydon

Overturned on forced landing after engine failure, Swanley Junction, Kent

Mrs Madeline Dorothy Day (28) died 31.5.21

Capt Bayliss injured

Sibery Day injured

Mr Taw injured

15.6.20 Bristol Tourer G-EART, S Instone & Co Ltd, Croydon

Forced landed in field after engine failure and overturned

Herbert Walter Chattaway & passenger unhurt

24.6.20 Avro 504K G-EADR, S Summerfield & Co.

Wings collapsed, Werrington, near Peterborough

Donald Hastings Sadler (21) killed (pilot)

Charles Guest (21) killed

Philip Warwick Runquest (31) killed

1.7.20 Handley Page O/400 G-EAKE, Handley Page Transport

Crashed on take-off after forced landing, Östanå, Sweden

Sgt Walter Rogers injured (pilot)

Donovan injured (mechanic)

Capt Wilhelm Meisterlin injured

Lt Brynjulf Gottenborg unhurt

Dr Nicolaysen unhurt

Mrs Astrid Meisterlin unhurt

Haakon Qviller injured (Norwegian)

2.7.20 Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 G-EATP, Maj T Gran, Andover

Burnt out after forced landing, near Örebro, Sweden

Major Jens Tryggve Herman Gran DSC MC unhurt (Norwegian)

Lt Lawrence Lauder (Larry) Carter unhurt

12.7.20 Avro 504K G-EALO, Eastbourne Aviation Co Ltd.

Hit hedge on forced landing after engine failure, Amies Mill Farm, Horsham

Claude Perrett unhurt (pilot)

A S Belleville unhurt

W B Leeds unhurt

22.7.20 Martinsyde F.5, Martinsyde Ltd, Brooklands

Hit mowing machine on landing, Brooklands

Frederick Phillip Raynham injured

24.7.20 D.H.14A G-EAPY, F S Cotton

Forced landed, near Hertford

Frederick Sidney Cotton unhurt

Harwood injured

28.7.20 Sopwith Snipe G-EAUV, Handley Page Ltd.

Crashed after engine failure on take-off, Kingsmead, Hertford

Arthur Sidney Wilcockson unhurt

1.8.20 Avro 504K G-EAIB, Anderson & Pool Aviation Co, South Denes

Ditched off shore after engine failure, Great Yarmouth

Capt David Forgham Anderson & 2 passengers unhurt

2.8.20 Avro 504K G-EAGV, North Sea Aerial Navigation Co Ltd.

Crashed on forced landing, Oliver's Mount, Scarborough, Yorks.

Reginald Watson Kenworthy & 2 passengers unhurt

3.8.20 D.H.6 G-EARD, International Aviation Co Ltd, Douglas

Ditched in Irish Sea after engine failure, 6m off Maughold Head, IoM

Lt George Hughes rescued

5.8.20 Avro 534B Baby G-EAUG, A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Crashed in field, Bentley, near Ipswich

Denis George Westgarth-Heslam injured

6.8.20 Avro 504K G-EARZ, Bournemouth Aviation Co Ltd.

Crashed on landing at night, near Bournemouth Aerodrome, Ensbury Park

Robert Osmond Lindsay injured

16.8.20 D.H.18 G-EARI, Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd, Croydon

Overshot forced landing into gardens, Bute Road, Wallington, Surrey

Cyril Thomas Holmes unhurt (pilot)

James Ackroyde unhurt (American)

Cameron Buxton unhurt (American)

B Clifford Grey unhurt (American)

Owen Moore unhurt (American)

Edward Waffermann unhurt (American)

H J Whawell unhurt

16.8.20 Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 G-EALW, By Air Ltd, Coventry

Crashed after engine failure, Biddenham, near Bedford

James Gordon Riley (21) killed

Henry Hamblin injured

19.8.20 Avro 504L G-EAJH, Eastbourne Aviation Co Ltd.

Dived into sea off steep turn during race, off Hove, Sussex

Arthur George Loton rescued (pilot)

Nicholas rescued (mechanic)

4.9.20 Avro 504K G-EAIA, Border Aviation Company, Carlisle

Forced landed on shore after engine failure, South Bay, Scarborough

John Oliver AFC unhurt

Wainwright brothers unhurt

23.9.20 Avro 504K G-EAJQ, H W B Hansford

Hit bank on landing, Honiton, Devon

Henry Woodland Beazing Hansford & 2 passengers unhurt

25.9.20 Central Centaur IIA G-EAPC, Central Aircraft Co., Northolt

Spun in, Sharvel Lane, Hayes

Lt Frederick Benjamin Goodwin Castleman (23) killed (Central chief pilot)

Ellen Rowland (14) died 27.9.20

George Rowland (43) killed

Imelda Mary Trafford (23) killed

Gladys Sybil Wilkinson (16) killed

Mrs Mary E Wilkinson (43) killed

6.10.20 Avro 504K G-EATV, International Aviation Co Ltd, Douglas

Hit rock and overturned landing on sands, Douglas, IoM

Launcelot John Rimmer unhurt (pilot)

L Broadey injured (mechanic)

12.12.20 Beardmore WB.IIB G-EARX, Wm Beardmore & Co Ltd.

Crashed on forced landing in snowstorm, Portholme Meadow, Huntingdon

Capt C E Ward injured

Mechanic unhurt

14.12.20 Handley Page O/400 G-EAMA, Handley Page Transport, Cricklewood

Hit tree and house roof after take-off and caught fire, Golders Green

Robert William Bager (34) killed (pilot)

John H Williams (27) killed (mechanic)

Montague Samuel Salinger (50) killed

Adolphe M Van Der Elst (40) killed (French)

Piero Curioni injured (Italian)

E Rosenthal injured

Alexandre Bona unhurt (Italian)

Eric Studd unhurt


28.1.21 F.E.2B G-EAHC, Bournemouth Aviation Co Ltd.

Hit hedge on forced landing with engine trouble, near Trowbridge, Wilts.

Pilot unhurt

16.4.21 Avro 504K G-EAMI, W G Pudney

Overturned on landing on the Marshes, Southam Road, Banbury

Gerald Joynson injured

Mechanic unhurt

27.4.21 Martinsyde F.4 G-EAWE, Handley Page Ltd.

Damaged on forced landing out of fuel, Ronchin, Lille, France

Maurice Walter Piercey unhurt

14.5.21 D.H.18A G-EAUF "City of Paris", Instone Air Line

Crashed on landing, Argueil, near Rouen, France

Herbert Walter Chattaway & 8 passengers unhurt

19.5.21 Bristol Coupe Tourer G-EAWQ (M-AAEA), Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd. / Alberto Bayo

Hit mountainside in fog, near Anzuola, 25m SW of San Sebastian, Spain

Andrew Haig Forson (28) killed

25.5.21 Bristol Fighter G-EAWZ, P J Pinckney

Stalled and crashed, Hamble

Philip John Pinckney (61) killed

Thomas Lawrence Tebbit (23) killed (pilot)

Miss Frances Pinckney injured

21-22.6.21 Beardmore rigid airship R36 G-FAAF, Air Council, Pulham

Damaged while mooring; hit shed, Pulham, Norfolk; reconditioning abandoned 1926

12.7.21 Nieuport Goshawk G-EASK, Nieuport and General Aircraft Co Ltd.

Spun into ground, Burnt Oak, near Hendon

Harry George Hawker (32) killed (Australian)

15.7.21 Avro 539B Racer G-EAXM, A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Overshot landing into railway cutting, Hamble

Denis George Westgarth-Heslam injured

16.7.21 Sopwith Pup G-EAVX, Wg-Cdr A R M Rickards, Glos.

Nosed over on landing, Hendon

Dring Lester Forestier-Walker unhurt

7.8.21 Avro 504K G-EAJK, Vulcan Aviation Co., Bridlington

Crashed after engine failure on take-off, Flamborough Road, Bridlington

Charles H Smith unhurt

E Johnson unhurt

10.8.21 D.H.6 G-EANJ?, Stallard Airways

Ditched off shore after engine failure, West Marina, Hastings, Sussex

Ronald Herbert Leavey unhurt

Mrs Marjorie Lily Stallard unhurt

17.8.21 D.H.6 G-EARJ?, Giro Aviation Co Ltd, Southport

Forced landed on sandbank and covered by tide, Ribble Estuary, 2m off St Anne's, Lancs.

Lt Sidney Norman Giroux rescued (pilot, Canadian)

Capt William Percy Gibbons MC rescued

T J Davies rescued

18.8.21 B.A.T. F.K.26 G-EAPK "City of Newcastle", Instone Air Line, Croydon

Tyre burst on landing and undercarriage collapsed, Le Bourget, France

Herbert WaIter Chattaway unhurt (pilot)

21.8.21 Avro 548 G-EAVH, A V Roe & Co Ltd

Lost speed after take-off and crashed, Melilla, near Montevideo, Uruguay

Frank Shingleton (33) killed

Francisco Javier Muñiz Livingston (25) killed (Argentine)

25.9.21 Avro 504K G-EAEB, S Summerfield

Forced landed after engine failure, Lakenham Sports Ground, Norwich

Frank Neale injured (pilot)

Bowles & companion unhurt

6.11.21 D.H.6 G-EAQC, B Martin, Nottingham

Wrecked by gale, Hardy's Farm, Humberston, Cleethorpes

26.11.21 Avro 504K G-EAFQ, Stallard Airways, Herne Bay

Sideslipped and crashed, Charcott, near Tonbridge, Kent

Ronald Herbert Leavey injured (pilot)

Thomas Baden Powell unhurt

1.12.21 Avro 504K G-EANQ, Ingham and Little Aviation Co, Carlisle

Forced landed on estuary sands after engine fire and burnt out, Burgh Marsh, near Carlisle

Sydney Frank Woods injured (pilot)

Percy Hall Ingham injured

31.12.21 Handley Page O/10 G-EATM, Handley Page Ltd.

Wrecked by gale after landing, Berck-sur-Mer, France


15.1.22 Handley Page O/10 G-EATN, Handley Page Ltd.

Forced landed in fog, Survilliers, France

Capt Robert Henry McIntosh injured (pilot)

Wireless operator injured

2 passengers unhurt

18.2.22 D.H.9C G-EAYT "Atlanta", de Havilland Aeroplane Hire Service

Descended into sea in fog and sank, off Venice Lido, Italy

Alan John Cobham injured

Lucien Sharpe injured (American)

7.4.22 D.H.18A G-EAWO, Daimler Hire Ltd.

Collision with Farman Goliath F-GEAD, over Thieuloy-St-Antoine, Oise, France

Lt Robert Edward Duke (28) died 8.4.22

Hermann Conrad Hestermann (18) killed (steward)

13.4.22 Vickers Viking Mk. IV G-EBBZ, Sir Ross Smith

Spun off turn, Brooklands

Sir Ross Macpherson Smith (29) killed (Australian)

Lt James Mallett Bennett (26) killed

17.4.22 B.E.2e G-EAVS, Royal Aero Club

Damaged on landing, Croydon

Vice-Admiral Mark Edward Frederic Kerr unhurt

17.4.22 Martinsyde F4 G-EAXB, Aircraft Disposal Co Ltd.

Collision after landing with G-EAXU, Croydon

Flt Lt Howard Oakey Long unhurt

17.4.22 S.E.5A G-EAXU, Aircraft Disposal Co Ltd.

Collision after landing with G-EAXB, Croydon

Fg Off Reginald Sheridan Carroll unhurt

28.4.22 Avro 504K G-EAHU, W L Woodward, Castle Bromwich

Crashed with engine trouble after take-off, Turnhouse, Edinburgh

William Lee Woodward unhurt

28.4.22 Avro 504K G-EASA, S Summerfield

Forced landed after engine failure on take-off, Armthorpe Lane, Doncaster

Samuel Summerfield unhurt

Mr & Mrs Johnson unhurt

6.5.22 Avro 504K G-EBCL, W R Bailey, Newport

Crashed on take off, Cefn, Rogerstone, near Newport, Monmouthshire

Lt William Richardson Bailey injured

Geoffrey Watkins injured (mechanic)

Fred Smith unhurt

27.5.22 D.H.9A G-EAXC, Aircraft Disposal Co Ltd.

Collision with stationary Morane on take off, Le Bourget, Paris, France

Capt Reginald Herbert (Rex) Stocken unhurt

12.6.22 Avro 504K G-EAOE, B Martin, Cleethorpes

Caught fire while taking-off from sands and burnt out, Cleethorpes

Bernard Martin unhurt

12.8.22 Vickers Vulcan G-EBBL, Instone Air Line Ltd.

Hit hedge and tree in forced landing on golf course, Woldingham, Surrey; repaired

Capt G Bradley & 5 American passengers unhurt

20.8.22 Avro 504K G-EAJG, T Baden Powell, Croydon

Crashed on landing, Penshurst, Kent

Thomas Baden Powell unhurt

20.8.22 Avro 504K G-EBAV, W G Chapman (Leatherhead Aviation Services)

Spun off loop and hit tree, St Barnard's Convent, Slough

C Arnold Graham injured (pilot)

William George Chapman injured

Bert Cude injured

22.8.22 Fairey IIIC seaplane G-EBDI, Maj W T Blake

Capsized after forced landing, Sandwip Channel, off Chittagong, India

Capt Norman Macmillan MC rescued

Capt Arthur Herbert (Geoffrey) Malins OBE rescued

27.8.22 Avro 504K G-EALD, R H Leavey (Provincial Flying Services)

Crashed on landing, Kennington, near Ashford, Kent

Ronald Herbert Leavey unhurt

Mr Swan unhurt

7.9.22 Avro 534C Baby G-EAXL, A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Nose dived into muddy beach after engine failure, Hamble

Herbert John Louis (Bert) Hinkler injured (Australian)

21.9.22 B.E.2e G-EAVA, L C G M Le Champion, Brooklands

Stalled and crashed, Brooklands

Ernest Arthur Douglas Eldridge unhurt (pilot)

John Ames injured (mechanic)

3.10.22 Avro 504K G-EAWK, E Williams, Blackpill

Dived into sea, Swansea Bay, off Blackpill

Frederick Percival Bush (23) drowned (pilot)

Evan Williams (43) drowned

Sgt-Major John Stanley Hudson Biggins (36) drowned

3.11.22 DH.34 G-EBBU, Daimler Hire Ltd.

Hit trees on forced landing in fog, near Harrow Weald, Middx.

Two pilots and eight passengers unhurt

4.11.22 Sopwith Camel F6302 (G-EBER), Fg Off W J McDonough, Abu Sueir

Flew into buildings while low-flying, Abu Sueir, Egypt

Fg Off William Burns Thomson DFC (25) killed

19.11.22 Lowe Marlburian G-EBEX, Northern Aerial Transport Co (T H Lowe)

Spun after take-off, between Gosforth and Benton, Newcastle

John Richard McCormack injured (pilot)

Thomas Harold Lowe injured


10.1.23 D.H.16 G-EALM, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd.

Stalled on turn after engine failure, Stanmore Common

Capt Ralph Edmund Keys DFC (28) killed

Leslie Lihou Arnell (20) killed

Edward Bernett injured

Samuel Hawke injured

Harry Picken injured

30.3.23 Avro 504K G-EALE, Midland Aviation Co., Castle Bromwich

Hit hedge and overturned in ditch, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs.

Pilot, J B Jones & W A Jones unhurt

31.5.23 Bristol Puma Trainer G-EBFR, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Crashed on landing, Yeovil

Fg Off Arthur Stuart Keep MC injured (Westland test pilot)

5.6.23 Avro 504K G-EBGH, Manchester Aviation Co Ltd.

Sideslipped after engine failure on take-off, Broughton, near Brigg, Lincs.

Vincent Neville Dickinson injured (pilot)

J M Paterson injured

23.6.23 Bristol M.1D Monoplane G-EAVP, Bristol Aeroplane Co.

Crashed and burnt out, Stonehill Road, Ottershaw, near Chertsey, Surrey

Major Ernest Leslie Foot MC (28) killed

10.7.23 Handley Page W.8 G-EAPJ "Duchess of York", Handley Page Ltd.

Ran into sunken road on forced landing after engine failure in storm, Poix, France

Capt Arthur Sidney Wilcockson & 11 passengers unhurt

13.7.23 D.H.9C G-EBAW, de Havilland Aeroplane Hire, Stag Lane

Crashed, Stag Lane

Eric Barnaby Wilson injured

3.8.23 Avro 504N G-EBHC, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Whitley

Destroyed by fire after forced landing, Whitley aerodrome, Coventry

Hugh Arthur Francis unhurt (Fg Off, RAFO)

11.8.23 Avro 504K G-EAIR, Surrey Flying Services, Croydon

Accident landing on foreshore, near Sinah Farm, Hayling Island, Hants.

George Leslie Haydon injured

Capt Jocelyn Achille Edwin Long injured

24.8.23 Avro 504K G-EBCQ, Manchester Aviation Co Ltd.

Crashed on take-off, Hawcoat, Barrow-in-Furness

3 unhurt

27.8.23 D.H.6 G-EAWD, de Havilland School of Flying, Stag Lane

Nose dived off flat turn, Mitchell's Farm, Stanford Rivers, Essex

Eduard Wilhelmus Hubertus Duyzings (36) killed (Dutch)

27.8.23 DH.34 G-EBBQ, Daimler Airway, Croydon

Failed to clear boundary fence on take-off, Waalhaven, Rotterdam

Pilot Pratt & 6 passengers unhurt

1.9.23 Sopwith-Hawker Rainbow G-EAKI, H G Hawker Engineering Co Ltd.

Forced landed after spinner lost, Burhill Golf Course, near Hersham, Surrey

Flt Lt Walter Hunt Longton DFC AFC unhurt

10.9.23 Avro 504K G-EAGB, Midland Aviation Co., Castle Bromwich

Nosed over on forced landing after engine disintegrated, Hampton, Evesham, Worcs.

Alexander Lewis unhurt (pilot)

H W Barrett unhurt

14.9.23 DH.34 G-EBBS, Daimler Airway

Stalled attempting precautionary landing, Ford End Farm, Ivinghoe, Bucks.

Capt George Edward Pratt (27) killed (pilot)

Capt Leslie George Scott Robinson MC (32) killed (co-pilot)

Ethel Russell Armitage (21) killed

John Grimshaw (37) killed

Albert Hayward Turner (42) killed

15.9.23 S.E.5A G-EBFH, Maj J C Savage (Skywriting Corporation of America)

Hit tree, crashed and caught fire, Blackwood Field, Nashville, Tennessee

Capt Derek Allin Adey Shepperson (25) killed

24.9.23 Avro 504K G-EBFV, F J V Holmes (Berkshire Aviation Company)

Hit tree on take-off, Long Sutton, Lincs.

Francis George Monkhouse Sparks unhurt

Mr & Mrs George Ream unhurt

27.9.23 Blackburn Pellet G-EBHF, Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co Ltd.

Overturned on take-off and sank, off Cowes, IoW

Reginald Watson Kenworthy rescued

23.11.23 D.H.9C G-EBAX, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane

Hit obstruction after landing

Fg Off Albert Daniel Leo Carroll unhurt (RAFO)

23.11.23 Bristol Jupiter Fighter G-EBGF, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd.

Crashed after engine seizure at 20,000ft, Filton

Thomas Wight Campbell escaped

13.12.23 Sperry Messenger G-EBIJ, Sperry Gyroscope Co.

Forced landed in sea off Rye, Sussex

Lawrence Burst Sperry (30) drowned (American)


14.2.24 Cooper-Travers Hawk monoplane, Maj H Cooper & Lt-Col J L Travers

Crashed on test flight, Croydon

Lt-Col James Lindsay Travers (40) killed

2.5.24 D.H.18B G-EAWW, Air Ministry, Martlesham Heath

Deliberately ditched in sea for flotation test, off Felixstowe

Flt Lt Cecil Arthur Rea AFC rescued

3.5.24 Avro 504K G-EAZW, Northern Aviation Co Ltd., Manchester

Hit telephone wires and crashed, Hartshead Moor, near Cleckheaton, W Yorks.

Samuel Summerfield injured (pilot)

Brian Clay injured

Mechanic unhurt

9/10.5.24 Bristol Puma Trainer G-EAXA, Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd, Filton

Crashed, Purton, Swindon

Ft Lt Arthur Albert Downs unhurt (RAFO)

12.5.24 Avro 504K G-EABE, E F Edwards

Crashed and overturned in field after engine failure, Barton Road, Cambridge

Alexander Lewis & 2 passengers unhurt

24.5.24 Vickers 78 Vulture I G-EBHO, Vickers Ltd.

Crashed in sea after take-off, Akyab harbour, Burma

Sqn Ldr Archibald Stuart Charles MacLaren OBE MC AFC unhurt

Fg Off William Noble Plenderleith unhurt (pilot)

Sgt W H Andrews unhurt

29.5.24 DH.34 G-EBBR "City of Glasgow", Imperial Airways

Hit war memorial on take-off and caught fire, Ostend, Belgium

Robinson unhurt

25.7.24 Avro 504K G-EBIN, F J V Holmes (Berkshire Aviation Company)

Crashed after rudder failure, Staddon Heights, Plymouth

Francis George Monkhouse Sparks injured (pilot)

Bennett unhurt

Mitchie unhurt

2.8.24 Vickers 78 Vulture I G-EBGO, Vickers Ltd.

Forced landed in sea in fog; beached at Nikolskoye, Bering Island, off Kamchatka

Sqn Ldr Archibald Stuart Charles MacLaren OBE MC AFC unhurt

Fg Off William Noble Plenderleith unhurt (pilot)

Sgt W H Andrews unhurt

19.8.24 ANEC I G-EBHR, Hubert Blundell, Ampthill

Hit tree and crashed, near Houghton House, Ampthill, Beds.

Capt Bernard Arthur Smart DSO injured

c.21.8.24 Avro 504Q seaplane G-EBJD, Oxford University Arctic Expedition

Forced landed on hillside, Treurenberg Bay, Spitsbergen

Adam Gib Blakiston Ellis unhurt (pilot)

Capt Frederick Tymms unhurt (observer)

19.9.24 Gloster II G-EBJZ, Gloucestershire Aircraft Co Ltd.

Sank after floats broke on heavy landing, Harwich Harbour

Capt Hubert Standford Broad AFC rescued

23.9.24 DH.34 G-EBCX, Imperial Airways

Wrecked in forced landing after engine failure on take-off, Croydon

Capt Gordon Percy Olley & 5 passengers unhurt

27.9.24 Westland Widgeon I G-EBJT

Crashed in downdraught, near Postling, Kent; rebuilt as Widgeon II

Capt Alfred John Winstanley unhurt

24.12.24 DH.34B G-EBBX, Imperial Airways

Crashed after take-off and caught fire, Castle Hill, Purley, Surrey

David Arthur Stewart (34) killed (pilot)

Mrs Annie Chaffey Bailey (64) killed

Dr Plinio Barbosa Lima (32) killed (Brazilian)

Maurice Edward Luxemburg (18) killed

Archibald John Sproston (39) killed

George Sproston (76) killed

Marie Sproston (21) killed

Cedric Trudgett (21) killed (Chilean)

5.5.25 Blackburn Kangaroo G-EAIT, North Sea Aerial & General Transport

Nose dived after take-off, Brough

Fg Off Hugh Crichton McDonald (26) killed (RAFO)

8.6.25 Short Bros 80,000 cu-ft gas balloon G-FAAI "Elsie", C G Spencer & Sons, London

Wrecked by goods train after landing, between Waben and Verton, near Etaples, France

Capt J F Johnson unhurt

F M Dougall unhurt

9.6.25 Avro 504K G-EAMZ, Earl of Kinnoull, Brooklands

Overturned on landing after engine failure, Le Bourget, Paris, France

Rt Hon George Hay, Earl of Kinnoull injured

Miss E Sylvestre injured

3.7.25 Armstrong Whitworth Siskin V G-EBLN, Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd.

Taxied into ditch on landing, Town Moor, Newcastle

Capt James Leonard Neville Bennett-Baggs unhurt

3.7.25 DH.34B G-EBBY, Imperial Airways

Ran into trees on forced landing in fog, 2m N of Durham

Flt Lt Frederick Frank Minchin CBE DSO MC (RAFO), mechanic & 5 passengers unhurt

3.7.25 Hawker Woodcock II G-EBMA, H G Hawker Engineering Co Ltd.

Hit tree on forced landing in fog, Luton; repaired as J7515

Flt Lt Paul Ward Spencer Bulman MC AFC unhurt

17.8.25 Westland Limousine I G-EAFO, Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil

Hit by Fairey Fawn J7220 while parked, Netheravon

Laurence Pratt Openshaw unhurt

Robert Arthur Bruce unhurt

Plt Off Robert Matheson & AC2 Wells unhurt in Fawn

23.9.25 Bristol Trainer G-EBHH, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Collision with Bristol Trainer G-EBJA, Filton

Fg Off George William Thorpe (27) killed (RAFO)

23.9.25 Bristol Trainer G-EBJA, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Collision with Bristol Trainer G-EBHH, Filton

Fg Off Percival Albert Cox (30) killed (RAFO)

10.10.25 Avro 548 G-EBHL, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd., Stag Lane

Stalled on landing, Stag Lane

Plt Off John Alfred Lincoln injured (RAFO)

23.10.25 Supermarine S.4 G-EBLP, The Air Council

Crash landed in water, Chesapeake Bay, off Bay Shore Park, Baltimore, USA

Capt Henry Charles Amedie de la Faye Biard injured

15.12.25 Bristol Trainer G-EBJB, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Landed on garage roof and burnt out, near Filton

Fg Off Douglas Clyde Anderson unhurt (RAFO)


2.3.26 Sopwith Gnu G-EADB, Lloyds Commercial Aircraft Co., Brooklands

Stalled turning after take-off, Horley, Surrey; wreck destroyed by fire 3.3.26

Lancelot Richard Gladwin-Errington injured (pilot)

John Robertson injured (mechanic)

Paul Judge injured

2.5.26 Sopwith Gnu G-EAGP, Lloyd Aviation Co.

Hit trees recovering from spin, Hardwick Cemetery, King's Lynn

Fg Off Arthur Orde Bigg-Wither (27) killed (RAFO)

George Mark Lloyd injured

Arthur Golding Barrett unhurt

24.6.26 Gnosspelius Gull No. 2, Ellis, Heppell & Thompson, Cramlington

Stalled and crashed, Cramlington

Fg Off Stanley Arthur Packman (31) killed (RAFO; Maj, RARO)

9.7.26 Cranwell C.L.A.3 G-EBMC, Cranwell Light Aeroplane Club

Forced landed in cornfield after engine failure, near Duxford

Flt Lt Nicholas Comper unhurt

10.7.26 Parnall Plover G-EBON, George Parnall Ltd, Yate

Overturned on forced landing in barley field, Sheepcotes, Little Waltham, Essex

Sir Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand KBE DSO MC DFC unhurt

19.7.26 Armstrong Whitworth Siskin V G-EBLQ, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Whitley

Spun into ground, Whitley, near Coventry

Fg Off David Arthur Hughes (29) killed (RAFO)

3.8.26 Spencer spherical balloon G-FAAM "Miramar 1st", C G Spencer & Sons Ltd, Highbury

Envelope parted from basket, Hoo Park, Kempston, Bedford

Ernest Thompson Willows (40) killed (pilot)

Ernest Crowsley (37) killed

Mrs Flora Crowsley (37) killed

William Francis Harbage (34) killed

Mrs Nellie Harbage (32) killed

Jack Lowe injured (handler, fell from trail rope)

2.9.26 Avro 504K G-EASG, Southern Counties Aviation Co, Brooklands

Crashed and burned, Phoenice Farm, Polesden Lacy, near Great Bookham

Ronald Herbert Leavey (27) killed (pilot)

Arnold Keene (29) died 3.9.26 (mechanic)

Mrs Marjorie Lily Stallard (28) killed

17.9.26 Avro 504K G-EBFW, Surrey Flying Services Ltd.

Wrecked in forced landing after take-off, in allotments adjoining Westland Aerodrome, Yeovil

John Joseph Flynn unhurt (pilot)

Alexander Arnot Anderson unhurt (manager)

R G Wellstead unhurt (mechanic)

21.10.26 Handley Page W.10 G-EBMS "City of London", Imperial Airways

Ditched after engine failure, English Channel, 10m E of Dungeness

12 rescued:

Capt Frederick Dismore (pilot)

C Pearson (mechanic)

R J Angel

Mrs J L Bonney (American)

Miss Polly Bonney (American)

Miss Virginia Bonney (American)

Bertram Cook

D Harrison (American)

Mrs Harrison (American)

W H Hunter (American)

Peter Kanevaros (American)

Mrs Johnstone Watt

22.11.26 DH.60X Moth G-EBNP, London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane

Spun in, Stag Lane

Plt Off John Stuart Merson Michie (24) killed (RAFO)

Sydney Lane Foster St Barbe injured (instructor)

14.12.26 Supermarine Sea Eagle G-EBGS, Imperial Airways

Rammed and sunk by steamer while moored, St Peter Port, Guernsey

17.12.26 Avro 504K G-EASB, C P B Ogilvie, Hendon

Crashed on landing in gale, Ambergate, near Ripley, Derbyshire

Capt Christopher Penrose Bartholomew Ogilvie injured

J C P Phillips injured

30.12.26 DH.50J seaplane G-EBOP "Pelican", North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd.

Overturned and badly damaged taxying during engine test, Blue Nile, Khartoum; repaired

Eric Hardy Oxley-Boyle unhurt (Fg Off, RAFO)

N Blacklock unhurt

Mr Crall~ unhurt


12.1.27 Fokker F.VIIa G-EBPL, Hon F E Guest

Damaged in forced landing, near Estaires, France

Bertus Grase & passenger unhurt

2.2.27 DH.54 Highclere G-EBKI, Air Ministry

Wrecked when hangar collapsed under weight of snow, Croydon

22.2.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBLY, Newcastle upon Tyne Light Aeroplane Club, Cramlington

Stalled on forced landing after engine failure, near Cramlington

John Duckworth Irving injured

25.2.27 Cranwell CLA.4 G-EBPC, Cranwell Light Aeroplane Club, Felixstowe

Damaged in forced landing in bad weather, near Swainsthorpe, Norfolk

Flt Lt Nicholas Comper (30) unhurt

10.3.27 Bristol Jupiter Type 89 G-EBOA, Beardmore Flying School, Renfrew

Stalled, crashed and caught fire, Renfrew

Fg Off John Matthew Walker (27) killed (RAFO)

11.3.27 Spencer balloon G-FAAU?, Daily Express

Balloon jumper electrocuted landing on power lines, Kingsbury, Middx.

LAC Ernest Arthur Dobbs AFM (26) killed

13.3.27 Fairey IIID Seaplane G-EBPZ, North Sea Aerial & General Transport

Undercarriage failed on attempted take-off, Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kenya

Fg Off Eric Hardy Oxley Boyle unhurt (pilot, RAFO)

17.3.27 Bristol Jupiter Trainer G-EBMN, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Crashed in sea, off Clevedon, Somerset

Fg Off Horace Theodore Townsend (28) rescued (RAFO)

18.3.27 Westland Wizard, Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil

Overturned on forced landing after engine failure, Yeovil; rebuilt as Wizard Mk.I J9252

Lawrence Pratt Openshaw unhurt (Flt Lt, RAFO)

2.4.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBKU, B S Leete

Hit telegraph wire on landing and overturned, Lahore, India

Bernard Leete unhurt

Lady Hailey unhurt (wife of Sir Malcolm Hailey, Governor of Punjab)

12.5.27 D.H.9J G-EBLH, de Havilland Civil Flying School, Stag Lane

Crashed, Littlewick, near Maidenhead

Fg Off William Alan Foot (27) killed (RAFO)

14.5.27 Bristol Jupiter Trainer G-EBML, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Hit tree after landing, Filton

Plt Off Dawson injured

Pupil unhurt

25.5.27 Bristol Jupiter Trainer G-EBOD, William Beardmore & Co Ltd, Renfrew

Crashed on embankment, near Pollokshields East station, Glasgow

Fg Off Leonard Ernest Falla unhurt (RAFO)

31.5.27 Avro 504K G-EBHM, Surrey Flying Services, Croydon

Nose dived during stunt flying, Margam Moors, near Port Talbot

Capt Arthur Frederick Muir injured

4.6.27 DH.37A G-EBDO "Lois", A S Butler

Hit number board during race practice, Ensbury Park Racecourse, Bournemouth

Claude St John Plevins (24) killed

Major Harold Hemming injured (pilot)

6.6.27 Blackburn Bluebird I G-EBKD, Robert Blackburn

Collision with Widgeon, West Parley, Bournemouth

Sqn Ldr Walter Hunt Longton DFC AFC (34) killed

6.6.27 Westland Widgeon III G-EBPW, R A Bruce, Yeovil

Collision with Bluebird, West Parley, Bournemouth

Flt Lt Lawrence Pratt Openshaw (35) killed (RAFO)

11.6.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBLR, Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford

Crashed on forced landing after engine failure, Ashley, near Hale, Cheshire

Marcos Antonis (Mark Antony) Lacayo unhurt

F Scholes unhurt

22.7.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBMO, T N Stack

Hit electric wire and crashed, Shillong, Assam, India

Flt Lt William Hamilton Vetch & 3 spectators injured

28.7.27 Bristol 99A Badminton G-EBMK, Bristol Aeroplane Co.

Spun in at Winterbourne after engine failure on take-off from Filton

Capt Franklyn Leslie Barnard OBE AFC DSC (30) killed (Fg Off, RAFO)

1.8.27 S.E.5A G-EBIA, Maj J C Savage, Hendon

Hit hedge and overturned on forced landing with engine trouble, Hucknall (restored 1959)

Mogens Louis Bramson unhurt

4.8.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBQJ, D M M Rooke, Stag Lane

Hit palm trees after engine failure on take-off, Aurangabad, India

Denis Munro Morley Rooke injured

7.8.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBRU, I H McClure, Stag Lane

Damaged in forced landing, Rakos, near Budapest, Hungary

Ivor Herbert McClure unhurt

Sydney Lane Foster St Barbe unhurt

21.8.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBKT, London Aero Club, Stag Lane

Spun and crashed, near Stanmore, Middx.

Plt Off Stanley Pritchard-Barrett injured

Mrs Winifred Mary Pritchard-Barrett injured

23.8.27 Hawker Cygnet G-EBJH, RAE Aero Club, Farnborough

Hit telegraph wires on take-off, Lympne

Flt Lt Robert Linton Ragg unhurt

31.8.27 Fokker F.VIIa G-EBTQ "St. Raphael", Princess Anne of Löwenstein

Lost on trans-Atlantic attempt from Upavon

Sqn Ldr Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin CBE DSO MC (37) killed (RAFO)

Fg Off Leslie Hamilton DFC (29) killed

Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (63) killed

8.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBLS, Yorkshire Aeroplane Club, Sherburn-in-Elmet

Failed to rise from waterlogged field, Sherburn

4.9.27 DH.60X Moth seaplane G-EBRH, M G W Burton, Southampton

Overturned on landing, off Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark

John Lankester Parker unhurt

Maurice Geoffrey Walter Burton unhurt

6.9.27 Avro 594 Avian II G-EBRC, A V Roe & Co Ltd.

Crashed on rocks out of fuel, Woody Bay, St Lawrence, near Ventnor, IoW

Dudley Allister Nixon Watt unhurt (pilot)

Wilfrid Thomas Stone unhurt (mechanic)

23.9.27 DH.60X Moth G-EBRZ, Capt A Milburn, Sherburn

Spun in, near Sherburn-in-Elmet

Miss Dorothy Evelyn Ellison (25) killed

Capt Anthony Milburn injured

7.10.27 D.H.9 G-EBJW, Air Taxis Ltd, Stag Lane

Forced landed in fog and hit rails, Epsom racecourse

Capt Birkett & 2 passengers unhurt

9.10.27 DH.60 Moth G-EBLI, London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane

Spun in, Marsh Farm, Great Stanmore

Charles Harold Swan (24) killed

17.10.27 DH.50J seaplane G-EBOP "Pelican", North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd.

Crashed on landing, Lake Victoria, near Kisumu, Kenya

Flt Lt Francis Joseph Bailey unhurt (RAFO)

Mechanic unhurt


23.1.28 Blackburn Turcock G-EBVP, Blackburn Aeroplane Co.

Wing hit ground on low turn, Martlesham Heath

Fg Off Harold Campbell Gambier Dauncey (21) killed

5.2.28 Blackburn Bluebird II G-EBRG, Yorkshire Aeroplane Club

Failed to recover from spin, Sherburn-in-Elmet

Albert Critchley (30) killed

15.2.28 Handley Page W.8b G-EBBG "Princess Mary", Imperial Airways

Badly damaged after forced landing in storm, Abbeville, France

Crew & passengers unhurt

12.3.28 Avro 548 G-EBSC, Henderson Flying School Ltd, Youngsfield, Wynberg

Dived in after take-off, Harrismith, South Africa

James Henry Dewhirst DFC (35) killed

Dr Joubert killed

12.3.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBSQ, M Carberry, Nyeri, Kenya

Spun and crashed, Ngong Road landing ground, near Nairobi, Kenya

Mrs Maia Alfreda Ivy Carberry (Lady Carbery) (24) killed

Dudley Cowie (22) killed

21.3.28 Bristol Brownie G-EBJK, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd, Filton

Hit tree after take-off, Farnborough

Capt Frank Sowter Barnwell unhurt

9.4.28 Avro 548 G-EBAJ, Henderson Flying School, Brooklands

Crashed on landing, Brooklands

George Legg injured (pilot)

Adrian Beare injured

J Stone unhurt

9.4.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBSF, Hon Lady M Bailey, Edgware

Stalled and crashed on landing, Tabora, Tanganyika

The Hon. Lady Mary Bailey unhurt

1.5.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBUU, Scottish Flying Club, Renfrew

Spun into ground while descending, Renfrew

John Lloyd injured

James Parker injured

6.5.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBSN, Bristol & Wessex Aeroplane Club

Spun, crashed and burned, Filton

Fg Off Richard Eric Hopper (21) killed (RAFO)

Donald Vaughan Tanner (26) killed

7.5.28 Avro 504K G-EBNH, Messrs Thomas, Griffiths & Rimmer (South Wales Airways)

Crashed on forced landing in ploughed field, Bridgend, Glamorgan

Ronald Matthews injured

17.5.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBVX, H C MacDonald, Stag Lane

Hit boulder landing on beach, Bay of Sollum, Egypt

Lt-Cdr Henry Crawford MacDonald DSC unhurt

28.5.28 Avro 536 G-EBRB, Surrey Flying Services Ltd, Croydon

Crashed in garden after take-off, Colcot, Barry, Glamorgan

Capt Arthur Frederick Muir & 2 passengers unhurt

29.5.28 Avro 504K G-EBLA, A G Cooper

Crashed in bay during aerobatics, Weymouth

Fg Off Arthur Gabbetis Cooper (39) drowned (RAFO)

Ernest Francis Carpenter injured

3.6.28 Avro 548 G-EAAL, T H O Richardson, Stag Lane

Hit tree after engine failure on take-off, Stag Lane

Thomas Herbert Ottewill Richardson unhurt

4.7.28 Avro 536 G-EAKM, Surrey Flying Services, Croydon

Crashed, Taplow, Bucks.

3 injured

7.7.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBWC (G-EBZN), Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne

Taxied into hangar, Lympne

George Ernest Took unhurt

13.7.28 Vickers Vulcan G-EBLB, Imperial Airways

Crashed on test flight, Little Woodcote, near Croydon

Emily Joan Benjafield (18) killed

Andrew Hall (40) killed

William Edward Halstead (44) killed

Phyllis Smith (21) killed

Capt John Spafford injured (pilot)

Albert Graham Tucker injured

20.7.28 ANEC IV Missel Thrush G-EBPI, G N Warwick

Crashed on mountain, Broad Law, near Peebles

Fg Off Guy Nevile Warwick (23) killed (RAFO)

20.7.28 Hawker Heron II G-EBYC, H G Hawker Engineering Co Ltd, Brooklands

Collision with stationary car while taxying, Hendon

Flt Lt P W S Bulman MC AFC unhurt

22.7.28 Avro 548 G-EBWH, Henderson Flying School, Brooklands

Overturned on landing, Canvey Island, Essex

Capt Henderson & 2 passengers unhurt

3.8.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBYD, London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane

Broke up during aerobatics, Canons Park, Edgware

Lt Edmund Lawrance Debbonaire Moore (27) killed (RN)

22.8.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBSK, Nottingham Aero Club, Hucknall

Spun after take-off and caught fire, Hucknall

Robert Anthony Blake (31) killed

William Richardson (36) killed

23.8.28 Bristol Trainer G-EBQT, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Stalled while low-flying, near Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury

Plt Off Robert Charles Cave Gale injured (RAFO)

24.8.28 Short S.7 Mussel G-EBMJ, Short Bros Ltd., Rochester

Hit cabin cruiser on landing, River Medway

Eustace Short unhurt

20.9.28 Avro 548 G-EBFM, Henderson School of Flying, Brooklands

Stalled on turn and nose dived, Brooklands

Miss Margaret Honor Wellby (22) killed

13.10.28 DH.60X Moth G-EBSS, Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne

Pilot thrown out of aeroplane in spin, Selby Farm, Botolph's Bridge, near Lympne

Guy Thornton Skinner (29) killed

18.10.28 Avro 594 Avian III G-EBVU "John", Capt H D Wolff, Croydon

Crashed into trees and caught fire, Nsakaluba valley, Northern Rhodesia

Fg Off Patrick G M Murdoch injured (South African)

18.10.28 DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-EBWV, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd.

Lost on transatlantic attempt from St John's, Newfoundland

Lt-Cdr Henry Crawford MacDonald DSC (32) killed

20.10.28 DH.60 Moth G-EBOS, Miss S O'Brien, Stag Lane

Spun into ground, Mote Mount Golf Course, Mill Hill, Middx.

Miss Sicele Julia Mary Annette O'Brien injured

The Hon. Mildred Katherine Leith injured

21.10.28 Avro 504R Gosport G-EBNF, Lancashire Aero Club

Crashed after loop, Bramhall Park golf links, near Woodford

William Guy Ramsden (33) died 25.10.28

Ronald Edwin Henry Caldecott injured (pilot)

23.10.28 DH.50A G-EBKZ, Imperial Airways

Overturned onto road on aborted take-off, Roborough, Plymouth

Capt Gordon Percy Olley unhurt (pilot)

Mason unhurt (mechanic)

9.11.28 S.E.5A G-EBQQ, Lt G Madocks, Brooklands

Spun in, Brooklands

Lt Gwynn Henry Buller Madocks (25) killed

15.11.28 Fokker F.VIIa-3m G-EBYI "Ciel Bleu", Lt-Cdr G Kidston

Forced landed in Tombe Channel, 30m S of Bor, Sudan

Lt-Cdr Glen Kidston & party unhurt

17.11.28 D.H.9 G-EBEP, Surrey Flying Services, Croydon

Crashed into house at the summit of East Hill, Sanderstead, Surrey

Ernest Frederick Smith injured (Fg Off, RAFO)

Frederick Arthur Kent injured


20.1.29 DH.60 Moth G-EBPS, P A Wills

Lost speed in turn and spun, Duxford

Fg Off Edward Gordon Cayley (23) killed

Philip Aubrey Wills injured

26.1.29 D.H.9J G-EBTN, de Havilland School of Flying, Stag Lane

Crashed in frozen pond, East Grinstead, Kent; repaired

Fg Off Arthur Leonard Monger unhurt (RAFO)

9.2.29 Boulton and Paul P.9 G-EBEQ, H Kennedy, Stag Lane

Crashed on ice turning after take-off from frozen lake, St Moritz, Switzerland; rebuilt as CH-259

Lt Hugh Kennedy unhurt

10.2.29 DH.60X Moth G-EBVT, Scottish Flying Club, Renfrew

Dived into ground on approach, Lumloch, near Auchinairn, Dunbartonshire

Fred W Murray injured

Archibald Russell injured

2.3.29 Avro 504K G-AACX?, Dominion Aircraft Ltd

Nose dived on approach, Willowmore, Cape Colony, South Africa

John Colquhoun (Ian) Don (24) killed

Salomon Johannes Jacobus Vermaak (35) killed

Johanna Jacomina Jansen Van Vuuren Vermaak (30) killed

9.3.29 DH.60X Moth G-AABA, Nottingham Aero Club, Hucknall

Crashed in sea, 90m ESE of Hull

Fg Off Arthur John Peacey (28) killed (RAFO)

10.3.29 Simmonds Spartan G-EBYU, Simmonds Aircraft Ltd., Hamble

Dived on approach to forced landing, Fornham St Martin, near Bury St Edmunds

Henry Francis (Frank) Mase injured

28.3.29 DH.60 Moth G-EBNN, Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne

Overturned on forced landing after engine failure, Newingreen, 1m NE of Lympne

Flt Lt Herbert Gardner Travers DSC injured (RAFO)

Mrs Hermia Edith Margaretta Travers unhurt

16.5.29 Vickers Vanguard G-EBCP (J6924), Vickers Aviation Ltd

Dived into the ground, Shepperton, Middx.

Flt Lt Edward Rodolph Clement Scholefield AFC DCM (Ret) (34) killed

Frank William Sherratt (29) killed

18.5.29 DH.60X Moth G-EBUW, Hilbert Hamer (The Irving Air Chute Co), Letchworth

Dived into the ground, Odsey, Cambs.

Fg Off Leonard Butler (32) killed (RAFO)

Hilbert Gustav Hamer (35) killed

18.5.29 Vickers Vellore I G-EBYX, The Air Council

Damaged in forced landing at night, Cape Don Lighthouse, Northern Territory, Australia

Flt Lt Sydney James Moir unhurt (Australian)

Fg Off Harold C Owen injured (Australian)

10.6.29 Fokker F.VIIb-3m G-AADZ "Maryland Free State", VLB Ltd.

Nosed over on landing, Dum Dum, Calcutta, India; wrecked in overnight gale 12-13.6.29

Gerrit Johannis Geysendorffer unhurt (pilot)

Johann Scholte unhurt (second pilot)

Van Lear Black unhurt

+2 unhurt

17.6.29 Handley Page W.10 G-EBMT "City of Ottawa", Imperial Airways

Crash-landed into the English Channel 3m off Dungeness following engine failure

Mme Louise Bösiger drowned (Swiss)

Mrs Annie Gerzon (36) drowned (Dutch)

Mrs Emmie Ickerson (56) drowned (Australian)

Leon Thomas Malcolm (44) drowned (Canadian)

Adolph Meister (74) drowned (American)

Miss Jean Roberts drowned

Alfred Freeman Smith (64) drowned (Australian)

Rudolph Paul David Brailli injured (pilot)

Nigel Robert Barnett injured (engineer)

Allen Ernest Fleming injured (Australian)

Mrs Margery Fleming injured (Australian)

Miss Marjorie Smith injured (Australian)

Homer Willard Tatham injured (American)

27.6.29 D.H.9J G-EBOR, Armstrong Whitworth Reserve School, Whitley

Crashed into tree, Baginton Road, Coventry

Plt Off Bernard James Apthorpe-Webb injured (RAFO)

4.7.29 Avro 504K G-AAED, J Sale & A Barnett, Shoreham

Spun in on downwind approach, Stag Lane

Plt Off Dermott Patrick Howard Esler (24) died 5.8.29 (RAFO)

Ernest John Anthony Barnett (22) killed

William John Williams (22) killed

9.7.29 D.H.9J G-EBOQ, Armstrong Whitworth Reserve School, Whitley

Stalled and spun when landing, Whitley, Coventry

Fg Off John Douglas Williamson (21) died 27.7.29 (RAFO)

18.7.29 DH.60X Moth G-EBZO, J D Roberts, Strathallan

Crashed into hedge on forced landing, Easthill Farm, Auchterarder

James Denby Roberts injured

Mrs Irene Charlotte D'Orsey Roberts injured

19.7.29 DH.60X Moth G-EBZS, de Havilland School of Flying

Spun in off loop, near Borehamwood

Plt Off Walter Patrick Dillon Bennett (21) killed (RAFO)

20.7.29 Avro 504K G-EAJU, Dominion Aircraft Ltd, Shoreham

Overturned on landing in cornfield, Rottingdean, Sussex

Cecil Pashley unhurt

Anthony Graham Head unhurt

James Bray unhurt

28.7.29 Simmonds Spartan G-AAMC, National Flying Services Ltd.

Spun into trees during low aerobatics and caught fire, Hanworth

Fg Off Jack Harley Caulfeild (25) died 30.7.29 (RAFO)

29.7.29 DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAJU, Capt G F Boyle, Heston

Midair collision with G-AAKL, Valley Farm, near Kingsbury, Middx.

Capt George Frederick Boyle (36) killed

29.7.29 DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAKL, The De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Stag Lane

Midair collision with G-AAJU, Valley Farm, near Kingsbury, Middx.

Fg Off (Hon Flt Lt) Arthur Statham White (37) killed (RAFO)

Frederick Lincoln Knight (32) killed

11.8.29 DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAFL, T O Mills, Bournemouth

Dived into sea while flour-bombing speedboat, near Boscombe Pier, Bournemouth

John Hoare injured

Peter Read unhurt

15.8.29 Avro 504K G-AAEM, Popular Flights Ltd, Cowes

Hit horse and cart after landing, Somerton, near Cowes

Percy Davis & 2 passengers unhurt

20.8.29 Bristol Jupiter Trainer G-EBIH, Bristol Aeroplane Co.

Ground collision with Bristol Lucifer G-EBGB on take-off run, Filton

Pilot unhurt

20.8.29 Bristol Lucifer G-EBGB, Bristol Aeroplane Co.

Ground collision with Bristol 89 G-EBIH on take-off run, Filton

Pilot unhurt

6.9.29 DH.66 Hercules G-EBMZ "City of Jerusalem", Imperial Airways

Stalled on approach at night and caught fire, Jask, Persia

Capt Albert Edward Woodbridge (31) killed (Flt Lt, RAFO)

John Court (25) killed (mechanic)

Vernon Garrold Bell (37) killed

H Bourne injured (wireless operator)

Herbert Cecil Amor injured (flight engineer)

7.9.29 Fokker Universal G-EBUT, Air Taxis Ltd, Stag Lane

Overturned on forced landing after take-off, Castle Bromwich; repaired

Pilot unhurt

Edward Bell Barclay injured

Rupert Stanton Baugh injured

Frank Nelson Bond injured

Frederick William Woodhouse Wootton injured

11.9.29 Fokker F.III G-AALC, British Air Lines Ltd, Croydon

Crashed into house on failed take-off, Plough Lane, Croydon

Capt G Lines unhurt

William Averell Harriman unhurt

12.9.29 Avro 504K G-EBKB, Berkshire Aviation Tours

Forced landed in sea after engine failure, North Bay, Scarborough; restored

Albert Victor Heaton unhurt (pilot)

James Exley unhurt (mechanic)

19.9.29 Avro 548 G-AABW, Surrey Flying Services, Croydon

Stalled and spun, Westwood Farm, near Welling Station, Kent

Arthur Norman Brunning (28) killed

Stanley Victor Annis injured

21.9.29 Cierva C.19 Mk.I G-AAGL, Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd, Hamble

Blown over after landing, Haldon

Arthur Harold Charles Adams Rawson unhurt

23.9.29 DH.60M Moth G-AAHB, E M Tiarks, Filton

Nose dived and crashed, Ford Farm, Winterbourne, Bristol; rebuilt as G-AASR?

Edward Matthias Tiarks (24) killed

Lt Edward Victor Somerset (26) killed

24.9.29 DH.60X Moth G-EBYJ, H R Law, Hendon

Damaged in forced landing, La Visseyre, Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Harrington Robley Law unhurt

25.9.29 Avro Avian, Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford

Stalled and dived into ground, Wythenshawe Aerodrome, Manchester

Donald E Hall injured

W Bartram injured

26.10.29 Short Calcutta G-AADN "City of Rome", Imperial Airways

Wrecked after forced landing on sea in bad weather, 10m SW of La Spezia, Italy

Capt Lascelles Spence Birt (27) drowned (Fg Off, RAFO)

Terence Francis Pembroke (27) drowned (flight engineer)

Sidney Jarvis Stone (28) drowned (wireless operator)

Miss Marjorie Ruth Bomford (36) drowned

Charles Ritchie (49) drowned

Henry King Robinson (38) drowned

Bertie Ernest Turney (40) drowned

3.11.29 DH.60 Moth G-EBLW, Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich

Crashed in field, near Bills Lane, Shirley, near Birmingham

Tracey Liddle injured

3.11.29 DH.60X Moth G-AARM, Lt Col G L P Henderson, Brooklands

Hit ground while low-flying, Port Meadow, Oxford; wreck destroyed by fire 5.11.29

Edgar Skuce injured

S L Buckle injured

29.11.29 Bristol Type 101 G-EBOW, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton

Broke up in steep dive, Winterbourne, Bristol

Fg Off Cyril Raymond Lawence Shaw parachuted

1.12.29 DH.60 Moth G-EBPT, Newcastle upon Tyne Aero Club, Cramlington

Stalled and spun into quarry on approach, Bassington Quarry, Cramlington

Alan Tomkins injured

George S Kemp injured

24.12.29 DH.60G Gipsy Moth amphibian G-AADV, J Scott-Taggart, Stag Lane

Overturned on landing, English Channel, 1½m off Sandgate, Kent

John Scott-Taggart rescued

S Jefferson rescued


1930 - 1934


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