12.1.30 | Avro 504K G-AAFE?, Inland Flying Services, Shanklin |
Blown into tree in gale, Apse Manor Farm, Shanklin, Isle of Wight | |
18.1.30 | DH.60X Moth G-EBWZ, A J Stevens, Brooklands |
Dived in, Victory Park, Addlestone | |
Alec James Stevens (30) died 14.2.30 | |
Roland Ruutz Rees injured (American) | |
19.1.30 | DH.61 Giant Moth G-AAEV "Youth of Britain", Imperial Airways |
Crashed, Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia | |
Capt Charles Francis Wolley Dod unhurt; 2 mechanics & passenger injured | |
3.2.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAHF, M M Singh, Bristol |
Forced landed on hillside, near Cosenza, Calabria, Italy | |
Man Mohan Singh injured | |
14.2.30 | DH.66 Hercules G-EBNA "City of Teheran", Imperial Airways |
Hit earth mound on forced landing at night, Gaza, Palestine | |
9 unhurt: | |
S F Wheeler (pilot) | |
Ellis (wireless operator) | |
Smart (mechanic) | |
Dowsett | |
Capt Frederick Victor Walter Foy | |
Miss Francis | |
Lt-Cdr Joseph Montague Kenworthy MP | |
Mr Oden | |
Abdullah Sweidan | |
27.2.30 | DH.60 Moth G-EBPM, Cinque Ports Flying Club, Lympne |
Crashed into ditch on forced landing in fog, Smarden, Kent | |
L Milton unhurt | |
C R Bernard unhurt | |
24.3.30 | DH.60M Moth G-AAKS, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Crashed in trees in fog, Hessenthal, near Aschaffenburg, Germany | |
William Thompson Taylor unhurt | |
Philip Albert Jessel unhurt | |
27.3.30 | Simmonds Spartan G-AAFR, Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Hamble |
Spun into ground after loop, Bursledon, Hants. | |
Miss Mary Gladys Grace injured | |
28.3.30 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPB, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Hit wall on take-off, Deep Pits, Intake, Sheffield | |
Fg Off Ronald Thomas Shepherd unhurt | |
Thomas William Shipside unhurt | |
6.4.30 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AAOA, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Spun, nose dived and caught fire, Powell's Orchard, Feltham | |
George Edward Watts (28) killed | |
13.4.30 | Avro Avian IV G-AAEC, Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford |
Spun into marsh, Adlington woods, near Woodford; repaired | |
Marcos Antonis (Mark Antony) Lacayo injured | |
Mrs May Millington injured | |
13.4.30 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AAOG, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Hit haystack on forced landing while lost, Oulton, near Leeds | |
William Thompson Taylor & passenger unhurt | |
14.4.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AADC, H C G Heathcote-Stisted, Woodley |
Hit hedge on landing, Redhill, near Chipping Warden, Northants. | |
M Forbes unhurt | |
21.4.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AALM, C P Parkerson, Auckland, NZ |
Hit tree in fog and caught fire, Arguel, near Poix-de-Picardie, Somme, France | |
Charles Purnell Parkerson unhurt | |
6.5.30 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPN, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Dived into garden, Hampton, Middlesex | |
Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott (49) killed | |
15.5.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAIB, Miss N T Trevelyan, Cramlington |
Hit hedge and crashed in ditch after engine failure, Renfrew | |
Miss Nora Thornton Trevelyan injured | |
Thornton Michael Percy Spencer injured | |
16.5.30 | DH.60 Moth G-EBOH, Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Hamble |
Crashed in garden, School Lane, Ewshot, Hants. | |
Lionel Ashburner unhurt | |
21.5.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-EBZY (ZK-ABV), Bryant House Airways, Te Rapa |
Spun in whilst joyriding, Te Awamutu, New Zealand; rebuilt | |
Alfred William Saunders DFC (42) killed | |
Alfred Trench Minchin (21) killed | |
4.6.30 | Bristol Bulldog II G-ABAC, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton |
Abandoned after control failure, Olveston, near Bristol | |
Thomas Wight Campbell parachuted | |
7.6.30 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AASU, Airwork, Heston |
Stalled and nose dived after take-off, near Hendon | |
Plt Off George Ernest Villiers (18) killed (AAF) | |
Henry Herman Evelyn Montagu Winch injured | |
19.6.30 | Simmonds Spartan G-AAMG, Simmonds Aircraft Ltd |
Crashed after engine detached, Ratby, near Leicester | |
J H Andrews unhurt | |
22.6.30 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAXN, Sqn Ldr H R Murray-Philipson, Stobo Castle, Peeblesshire |
Flew into sea in fog, near Goodwin Sands, Kent | |
Hylton Ralph Murray-Philipson rescued | |
James Murray-Philipson rescued | |
Mechanic rescued | |
29.6.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAHX, Henderson Flying School, Croydon |
Dived in off turn, Purley Way Warren, near Croydon Airport | |
Alexander Arnot Anderson (34) killed | |
Charles William Hammett (42) killed | |
3.7.30 | DH.60M Moth G-AAWV, E L Hook, Heston |
Crashed in jungle, Arakan Hills, near Prome, Burma | |
Eric Laurance Hook (27) died after 8.7.30 (Australian) | |
James Matthews survived | |
5.7.30 | A.B.C. Robin G-AAID, A.B.C. Motors Ltd, Brooklands |
Forced landed with engine trouble, Old Sarum | |
A G Mortimer unhurt | |
5.7.30 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAZY, Baron de Precourt, Villacoublay, Paris |
Spun and crashed shortly after take-off in bad weather, Petit Clamart, France | |
Bernard Levavasseur de Précourt, baron de Précourt (28) killed | |
Ballet killed (mechanic) | |
Comte Etienne des Roys killed | |
5.7.30 | Desoutter I G-AANE, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Crashed on landing, Old Soar, Plaxtol, Kent; rebuilt | |
Delage injured | |
Johnston injured (mechanic) | |
French passenger injured | |
6.7.30 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAXI, C S Wynne-Eyton, Hanworth |
Crashed on take-off and caught fire, St John's, Newfoundland | |
Sqn Ldr Charles Sandford Wynne-Eyton DSO injured | |
16.7.30 | Parnall Pixie III G-EBKK, E L Mole, Old Sarum |
Hit fence and crashed, Woodford, near Old Sarum | |
Fg Off Edward Lucas Mole unhurt | |
Passenger injured | |
20.7.30 | DH.60X Moth G-EBUR, Lt S E H Spencer, Hamble |
Crashed off low loop and caught fire, Detling | |
Lt Samuel Edward Harrison Spencer (27) killed (RN) | |
Miss Mary Gladys Grace (26) killed | |
21.7.30 | Junkers F.13ge G-AAZK, Walcot Air Line, Croydon |
Broke up in flight, Meopham, Kent | |
Lt-Col George Lockhart Piercy Henderson MC AFC (42) killed (pilot) | |
Charles d'Urban Shearing (27) killed (co-pilot) | |
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (55) killed | |
Rosemary Millicent Ward Leveson-Gower, Viscountess Ednam (36) killed | |
Capt Sir Edward Simons Ward (48) killed | |
Mrs Sigrid Loeffler (45) killed | |
24.8.30 | Martinsyde F.4 G-EBMI, E D A Bigg, Woodley |
Dived in following wing flutter on test flight, Woodley | |
Samuel Wilfred Giddy (27) killed | |
27.8.30 | Simmonds Spartan G-AAWM, B K N Rao, Brooklands |
Nose dived and crashed on landing, Clacton-on-Sea | |
B K Nanjunda Rao & passenger unhurt | |
4.9.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AASG, O F Maclaren, Skegness |
Crashed and went through fence, Winthorpe, Skegness | |
Michael David Llewellyn Scott unhurt | |
G Howard injured (mechanic) | |
6.9.30 | Simmonds Spartan G-AAGN, Spartan Aircraft Ltd, Southampton |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Ratcliffe Aerodrome, Leicester | |
Arthur Roland Thomas Kirby unhurt | |
Mrs Kirby injured | |
21.9.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AALZ, Aero Club Zagreb |
Crashed on approach and caught fire, Velika Gorica, near Zagreb, Yugoslavia | |
2 killed | |
5.10.30 | H.M. Airship R101 G-FAAW, Air Ministry |
Crashed in bad weather, near Beauvais, France | |
48 killed: | |
Lt-Cdr Noel Grebowski Atherstone AFC (36) (First Officer) | |
George Kimberley Atkins (30) (Wireless Operator) | |
Major Percy Bishop OBE (42) (Chief Inspector, Aeronautical Inspection Department) | |
Richard Blake (33) (Engineer) | |
AVM Sir William Sefton Brancker KCB AFC (Ret) (53) (Director of Civil Aviation) | |
James Buck (20) (Lord Thomson's valet) | |
Charles Arthur Burton (29) (Engineer) | |
Fg Off Alexander Bushfield (Ret) (52) (Aeronautical Inspection Dept) | |
Samuel Church (25) (Rigger) | |
Wg Cdr Reginald Blayney Bulteel Colmore OBE (43) (Director of Airship Development) | |
John Francis Curran alias William Frank Hodnett (29) (Assistant Steward) | |
Frank Elliott (28) (Wireless Operator) | |
Christopher John Fergusson (36) (Engineer) | |
Hector Eric Ford (26) (Rigger) | |
Percy Archdale Foster (28) (Rigger) | |
William Rose Gent AFM MSM (53) (Chief Engineer) | |
Maurice Alfred Giblett (36) (Chief meteorological officer) | |
Eric Anderson Graham (28) (Cook) | |
Alfred Charles Hasting (29) (Engineer) | |
George William Hunt AFM (41) (Chief Coxswain) | |
Flt Lt Herbert Carmichael Irwin AFC(36) (Captain) | |
Sqn Ldr Ernest Livingstone Johnston OBE AFC (38) (Navigator) (RAFO) | |
Spencer Thomas Keeley MSM (31) (Chief Wireless Operator) | |
Thomas Arthur Auckland Key (34) (Charge-Hand Engineer) | |
William Henry King (32) (Engineer) | |
Maurice Frank Littlekit (29) (Engineer) | |
Christopher Hugh Mason (33) (Assistant Coxswain) | |
Thomas William Megginson (18) (Galley Boy) | |
Wilfred Moule (30) (Engineer) | |
Arthur William James Norcott (29) (Rigger) | |
Sqn Ldr William Hickley Lovell O'Neill MC (40) (Deputy Director of Civil Aviation, India) | |
Leonard Frederick Oughton (29) (Assistant Coxswain) | |
Sqn Ldr William Palstra MC (38) (RAAF) | |
Flt Sgt Walter Augustus Potter (33) (Assistant Coxswain) | |
Walter George Radcliffe (31) (Rigger) | |
Martin George Rampton (31) (Rigger) | |
Arthur James Richardson (29) (Rigger) | |
Lt-Col Vincent Crane Richmond (37) (Assistant Director of Airship Development/Technical) | |
Sqn Ldr Frederick Michael Rope (42) (Assistant to Director of Airship Development/Technical) | |
Ernest George Rudd (25) (Rigger) | |
Albert Henry Savidge (30) (Chief Steward) | |
Major George Herbert Scott CBE AFC (42) (Assistant Director of Airship Development/Flying) | |
Sidney Ernest Scott (40) (Charge-Hand Engineer) | |
George William Short (34) (Charge-Hand Engineer) | |
Fg Off Maurice Henry Steff (34) (Second officer) | |
Cecil Edgar Taylor (30) (Rigger) | |
The Right Hon Lord Thomson PC CBE DSO (55) (Air Minister) | |
Albert Henry Watkins (28) (Engineer) | |
6 survivors: | |
Arthur Victor Bell injured (Engineer) | |
John Henry Binks injured (Engineer) | |
Alfred John Gale Cook injured (Engineer) | |
Arthur Disley injured (Chief electrician) | |
Henry James Leech injured (Foreman engineer, Royal Airship Works) | |
Alfred Victor Alexander Savory injured (Engineer) | |
15.10.30 | DH.60X Moth G-AABL, London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane |
Crashed in field, Church Lane, Kingsbury, Middx. | |
Shirley Gavin Woolmer injured | |
19.10.30 | Westland Widgeon II G-EBJT, E D Whitehead Reid, Bekesbourne |
Crashed into trees, East Sutton Park, near Detling | |
Dr Edward Douglas Whitehead Reid (47) died 20.10.30 (Flt Lt, AAF) | |
Miss Annie Irene Burnside (27) killed | |
22.10.30 | DH.60 Moth G-EBPR, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Spun in, Boddington Hill, Wendover, Bucks. | |
Plt Off Thomas Eustace Whittome (25) killed | |
Arthur Raymond Ellis (30) killed | |
26.10.30 | Blackburn Bluebird III G-AABD, T Martin, Bridlington |
Stalled and crashed, Bridlington | |
Tom Martin unhurt | |
30.10.30 | Handley Page W8g G-EBIX "City of Washington", Imperial Airways |
Stalled and crashed in fog after engine failure, Neufch�tel, Boulogne, France | |
Fred Howard Mason (29) killed (mechanic) | |
Alfred Conrad James (28) killed (ground engineer) | |
Harry Bolsover (37) died 2.11.30 | |
James Street killed (American) | |
John Joseph (Paddy) Flynn injured (pilot; Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Frederick Basil Tomkins injured | |
1.11.30 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAEI, D H Corsellis, Stag Lane |
Hit fence on landing in fog and caught fire, Stag Lane | |
Douglas Henry Corsellis (34) killed | |
3.11.30 | Avro 621 Trainer G-ABFL, A V Roe & Co Ltd. / Wevelghem Flying School |
Crashed on delivery flight, Wevelghem, Belgium | |
Jack Chapman (29) killed | |
9.11.30 | DH.60X Moth G-AAMT, Nottingham Aero Club, Tollerton |
Crashed in field, Cotgrave, near Tollerton | |
Ronald Leslie Wing (20) killed | |
29.11.30 | Cierva C.19 Mk.III G-ABCL, Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd, Hamble |
Hit tree after take-off, Hounslow Heath | |
Flt Lt Arthur Harold Charles Adams Rawson injured | |
Eric Herbert Alliott injured | |
3.12.30 | Desoutter II G-ABCU, W Spooner, Heston |
Ditched in sea at night, off Belmonte Calabro, Calabria, Italy | |
Fg Off Edward Cecil Theodore Edwards unhurt | |
Miss Winifred Evelyn Spooner unhurt | |
11.12.30 | DH.60X Moth seaplane G-EBUJ, Royal Singapore Flying Club |
Spun into sea, Singapore harbour; rebuilt | |
Lionel Francis Willes Johnson (25) drowned | |
2.1.31 | Avro 504K G-AARV, S A Payne jnr, Lympne |
Crashed after engine failure, near Bekesbourne | |
Sydenham Armstrong Payne unhurt | |
12.1.31 | Blackburn Bluebird IV seaplane G-AAUT, North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd. |
Crashed on landing and sank, Harwich Harbour | |
Flt Lt Gray & passenger rescued | |
15.1.31 | Armstrong Whitworth Wolf G-EBHI, Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, Whitley |
Forced landed in bad weather, Hermitage Farm, Wyken, Coventry | |
Fg Off Alfred Joseph Brewin unhurt (RAFO) | |
25.1.31 | Avro 504K G-AACW, Home Counties Aircraft Services Ltd, Gatwick |
Spun in, near Gatwick Aerodrome | |
William James Martin (22) killed (pilot) | |
Fg Off Laurence Herbert Irving-Bell (Ret) (31) killed | |
Sydney Joseph William Meathrel (20) killed | |
27.1.31 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AAOH, S Hargreaves, Hanworth |
Spun in, Bushey Park, Middx. | |
Sydney Enoch Hargreaves (48) killed | |
William George Andrews (29) killed | |
2.2.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AADX, H C Mayers, Heston |
Hit power cables, crashed and caught fire, Dagenham Marshes, Essex | |
Howard Clive Mayers unhurt | |
2.2.31 | Avro 504K G-EBYE, Brooklands School of Flying Ltd. |
Crashed in garden, Gresham Road, Brixton, London | |
Richard Yalenold Bush injured | |
Stanley Rodwell injured | |
3.2.31 | Simmonds Spartan G-ABHH, Lt Finch White, Hanworth |
Crashed on landing, Tunis; rebuilt as SE-ADB | |
Lt Finch A White injured | |
Michael Pearce unhurt | |
1.3.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AACL |
Missing in snowstorm, English Channel | |
Charles Compere Job (20) presumed killed | |
21.3.31 | Angus Aquila G-ABIK, A L Angus, Hanworth |
Spun off steep turn, Hanworth | |
Arthur Leighton Angus (26) killed | |
22.3.31 | DH.60X Moth G-EBUX, T H Dastur, Brooklands |
Spun and crashed, Brooklands | |
Tehmurusp Heerjeebhoy Dastur injured (Indian) | |
Alfred Yes Koh Wong injured (Chinese) | |
2.4.31 | Avro Avian IIIA G-EBZD, C M Brown, Croydon |
Crashed off loop, Carshalton, Surrey | |
Charles Maurice Brown (27) killed | |
Fg Off Ernest Frederick Smith (36) killed (RAFO) | |
8.4.31 | DH.60X Moth G-EBSA, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Crashed on landing, Hooperton Cross, near Crockernwell, Devon | |
Philip Frederick Macefield Pedley injured | |
Gerald Debenham injured | |
12.4.31 | Avro 616 Avian IVA G-ABCF (VH-UPT) "Southern Cross Junior", A James, Sydney |
Crashed after wing folded back, Mascot, Sydney, Australia | |
Leonard J Palmer (29) killed | |
Albert E James (30) killed | |
19.4.31 | DH.66 Hercules G-EBMW "City of Cairo", Imperial Airways |
Wrecked on forced landing on rocky ground, near Koepang, Timor | |
Capt Roger Pierre Mollard, Capt Howard Whitmore Cowell (Jimmy) Alger, engineer & wireless operator unhurt | |
22.4.31 | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II G-AACH "City of Edinburgh", Imperial Airways |
Crashed after engine failure during practice flight and burnt out, Croydon | |
Capt John Douglas Mail unhurt (South African) | |
2.5.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABFW, V Montagu, Breccles Hall, Attleborough, Norfolk |
Crashed and caught fire, near Sabzawar, Persia | |
Hon Rupert Belville unhurt | |
Hon Mrs Beatrice Venetia (Edwin) Montagu unhurt | |
14.5.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABAK, D G Finch-Hatton |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Voi, Kenya | |
Capt the Hon Denys George Finch-Hatton (44) killed | |
Mohamed bin Hamisi killed (Kenyan) | |
14.5.31 | DH.60M Moth G-AAJX, National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth |
Spun into ground after take-off and caught fire, Hough Hill, near Hyde, Cheshire | |
Bruce Bayne Bossom unhurt | |
17.5.31 | Westland Widgeon IIIA G-AAJF, C R Leathart, Cramlington |
Stalled on low turn before landing, Bad Reichenhall, Bavaria, Germany | |
Constance Ruth Leathart & passenger Hirth unhurt | |
20.5.31 | DH.60 Moth G-EBLX, Newcastle upon Tyne Light Aeroplane Club, Cramlington |
Spun into ground, 2m S of Blyth, Northumberland | |
Thomas Alton injured | |
31.5.31 | Cierva C.19 Mk.II (Avro 620) G-AAKZ, Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd, Hamble |
Crashed, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorks. | |
Flt Lt Harry Methuen Scholefield injured (RAFO) | |
3.6.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AABN, London Aeroplane Club, Stag Lane |
Crashed in field, Stanmore, Middx. | |
Christopher John Heming injured | |
3.6.31 | Westland Widgeon III G-EBRL, R A Bruce, Yeovil |
Failed to recover from spin, Yeovil | |
Flt Lt Louis George Paget AFC injured (RAFO) | |
3.6.31 | Avro 504K G-AAUK, Kent Aircraft Services Ltd, Bekesbourne |
Hit telegraph wires on forced landing and crashed on railway line, Epsom Downs | |
Adolphus William Whitta injured | |
Herbert Hall injured | |
Mrs Celia Hall injured | |
6.6.31 | Avro 616 Sports Avian IVM G-ABKI, R P Messel |
Hit hedge after engine failure on take-off, Whiddon Down, Devon; repaired | |
H Bedd unhurt (pilot) | |
Rudolph Putnam Messel unhurt | |
8.6.31 | Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III G-ABHT, Air Service Training, Hamble |
Crashed after attempting loop, Sarisbury, Hants. | |
Fg Off Francis Albert O'Brien (35) killed (RAFO) | |
13.6.31 | Avro Avian IVM G-AAHJ, ADC Aircraft Ltd., Croydon |
Wing broke during aerobatics, Fen Ditton, Cambridge | |
Kenneth George Murray (22) killed | |
14.6.31 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABBH, H A Brock, Heston |
Spun in during gale, Verneuil-sur-Avre, France | |
Harold Ashley Brock (28) killed | |
John Robertson killed | |
16.6.31 | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II G-EBLO "City of Birmingham", Imperial Airways |
Crashed on approach, Aswan, Egypt | |
Rex Oliver Oxley Taylor, 2 crew & 4 passengers unhurt | |
18.6.31 | Blackburn Bluebird III G-AABF, Miss S O'Brien & Mrs E Gallien |
Spun in after take-off, Hatfield | |
Miss Sicele Julia Mary Annette O'Brien (43) killed | |
Mrs Enid Merlin Gordon Gallien (44) killed | |
18.6.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABGU, Kuala Lumpur Flying Club |
Stalled and crashed into a shallow mining pit on approach, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya | |
D H Hodgson injured | |
4.7.31 | DH.60M Moth G-AAYF, Surrey Aero Club, Gatwick |
Crashed at night and hit tree, Avery Hill, Eltham, Kent | |
George Orme injured | |
7.7.31 | Bristol Type 89 Trainer G-EBOC, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton |
Collision with Bristol Type 89A G-AAWJ, Filton | |
Fg Off Charles Henry Carter (22) killed (RAFO) | |
7.7.31 | Bristol 89A Jupiter G-AAWJ, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton |
Collision with Bristol Type 89 G-EBOC, Filton | |
Flt Lt Edgar Henfrey Bryant injured (RAFO) | |
8.7.31 | Civilian Coupe G-ABFJ, Civilian Aircraft Company Ltd, Hedon |
Nosed over while taxying after forced landing, Bradwall, near Sandbach, Cheshire | |
L S Dawson unhurt | |
10.7.31 | Fairey IIIF G-AATT, Air Survey Co Ltd, Northolt |
Crashed in River Nile in storm, near Nimule, Uganda | |
Ronald Wilfred Lott Andrews (28) drowned | |
William Walter Howard drowned | |
E W Hills rescued | |
12.7.31 | DH.60 Moth G-EBQE, Lauro De Bosis |
Crashed on landing and abandoned, Ghisonaccia, Corsica | |
Owen Cathcart-Jones unhurt | |
12.7.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABDR, C E A Flewitt, Castle Bromwich |
Crashed in rainstorm, Erdington, near Castle Bromwich | |
Charles Edward Ansell Flewitt (23) killed | |
Fg Off John Roderick Horton Baker injured | |
16.7.31 | DH.60X Moth G-EBWL, Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Woodley |
Crashed during aerobatics, Hanworth | |
Mr Mawn injured | |
18.7.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-EBYK, P E Noble, Heston |
Spun and crashed following engine failure, Arborfield Cross, near Wokingham | |
Mrs Violet Oonah Baring (31) killed | |
Philip Ernest Noble (61) killed | |
31.7.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth EI-AAF, Iona National Airways, Kildonan |
Crashed into house, near Bundoran, Donegal | |
L S Coogan injured | |
John Doherty injured | |
1.8.31 | Avro 504K G-AASS, South Wales Airways, Wenvoe |
Embedded in sand while taxying and submerged by tide, near Brynmill Arch, Swansea | |
H G Pegg unhurt | |
2.8.31 | Avro 504K G-AAUL, Kent Aircraft Services, Bekesbourne |
Dived into ground and hit spectators while flour-bombing, Dovercourt, Essex | |
Norman Steele McConnell injured (pilot; Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Ernest S Smith injured (passenger) | |
Harold Letchford injured | |
Mrs Letchford injured | |
Percy Maythorne injured | |
2.8.31 | DH.50A G-EBQI "The Lancastrian", Northern Air Transport Ltd, Barton |
Ran into ditch on forced landing, New Bradley Hall Farm, Eccleston, near Chorley | |
George Frew Yuill unhurt | |
Oliver Smethurst unhurt | |
28.8.31 | Blackburn Lincock I G-EBVO, R L R Atcherley, Brough |
Overturned on landing, Cleveland, Ohio, USA | |
Flt Lt Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley injured | |
8.9.31 | Blackburn Bluebird III G-EBWE, K V Wright, Farnborough |
Engine broke away after take-off, Baulers, Nivelles, Belgium | |
Fg Off Charles Roosmale McMullin (37) killed (RAFO) | |
Kenneth Vernon Wright (27) killed | |
12.9.31 | Desoutter I G-AANC, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Crashed in fog, near Leith Hill, near Ockley, Surrey | |
Capt Edmund Louis Owen Baddeley (36) killed | |
Lt Peter Claude Boileau (26) killed | |
Lt Graham George Hughes (27) killed | |
18.9.31 | DH.60M Moth G-AAKR, N B Cohen, Lympne |
Crashed after wing broke in steep dive, Newingreen, near Lympne | |
Nigel Benjamin Cohen (23) killed | |
20.9.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAJR, Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Hamble |
Lost at sea, off Cornwall | |
John Courtney Jewell (22) killed | |
3.10.31 | Simmonds Spartan G-AAML, Lt C R V Pugh, RN |
Crashed into tree on approach after elevator disconnected, Croydon | |
Miss Ines Alston (24) died 23.10.31 | |
Lt Charles Richard Vernon Pugh injured | |
24.10.31 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-ABPV, Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co Ltd. |
Spun and crashed, Tatoi, Athens, Greece | |
M Sakellariou killed (Greek Army) | |
8.11.31 | DH.60M Moth G-AAVU, Brooklands Flying School |
Hit wind sock on landing in bad weather, Hendon; rebuilt | |
Fg Off Edward Arnold Jones (35) killed (RAFO) | |
Flt Lt William Evelyn Patrick Johnson injured | |
16.11.31 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAEN, F W Armitage, Doncaster |
Lost control and crashed, Cemetery Farm, Blandford, Dorset | |
Francis William Armitage injured | |
John Fox injured | |
13.12.31 | DH.60 Moth G-EBOT, Herts & Essex Aero Club, Broxbourne |
Spun and caught fire, Broxbourne | |
The Hon George Garrow Tomlin (33) killed | |
13.12.31 | Avro Avian III G-EBYO, Mrs Vera Brailey, St Lythans |
Spun into ground after loop, St Lythans, Cardiff | |
Capt Cecil Albert Baker (30) killed | |
H Oliver Evans injured | |
19.2.32 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAXW, L Hamilton, Hanworth |
Crashed in snow drift on hillside in bad weather, near Ruvo di Puglia, Apulia, Italy | |
Flt Lt Leslie Hamilton injured | |
Fg Off Robert Knyvett Coupland unhurt | |
20.2.32 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPO, National Flying Services, Hanworth |
Spun in, Sunbury Way, Hanworth | |
George Lawrence Maitland Warne (45) died 29.12.32 | |
21.2.32 | Comper Swift EI-AAL "Shamrocket 1", M G A Scally, Baldonnel |
Crashed, Berre, Marseille, France | |
Maurice G A "Manco" Scally (32) killed | |
27.2.32 | Klemm L.25-I G-AAHL, Lord Apsley, Heston |
Hit windsock on landing, Bristol Airport, Whitchurch | |
Allen Algernon Bathurst (Lord Apsley) unhurt | |
23.3.32 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPM, Nottingham Flying Cub, Tollerton |
Nose dived on forced landing, near Tollerton | |
Francis William Carson injured | |
1.4.32 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAYK, British Air Transport Ltd, Croydon |
Crashed on landing, Heston | |
Ronald Edward Pancoast-Bliss & passengers W Jennings & W Laidlaw unhurt | |
13.5.32 | Cierva C.19 Mk III G-AALA? |
Hit wire on take-off and overturned, Mansfield, Notts. | |
Pilot injured | |
Capt Arthur Wilfred Edward McCabe unhurt | |
18.5.32 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPL, National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth |
Crashed after wing failure at 1500ft, Waltham, near Grimsby | |
Thomas Clement Brett (29) killed | |
Montague Montgomery Hobbs (28) killed | |
19.5.32 | DH.60X Moth G-EBZW, Norfolk & Norwich Aero Club |
Spun off low flat turn, Mousehold, Norwich | |
Henry Carden Wright (31) killed | |
21.5.32 | Spartan Three Seater G-ABTT, Spartan Aircraft Ltd. |
Flew into tree during race, Stanton, Suffolk | |
Flt Lt Frank George Gibbons DFC (32) killed | |
22.5.32 | Desoutter II G-ABFO, Personal Flying Services, Croydon |
Hit hillside in fog, Meoul, 6m S of Stranraer | |
Major Irwin Napier Colin Clarke DSC (39) killed | |
Ernest Victor Barton (36) killed | |
26.5.32 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAXL, M D L Scott & O F MacLaren, Skegness |
Forced landed on sandbank after engine failure and set on fire, The Wash, off Hunstanton | |
Capt Michael David Llewellyn Scott & passenger Lewis Tindall rescued | |
3.7.32 | DH.60 Moth G-EBPQ, South Coast Air Lines, Newhaven |
Nose dived during aerobatics, Stud Farm, near Newhaven | |
John Ellis (Jack) Willson injured | |
4.7.32 | DH.60X Moth G-AAMM, National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth |
Hit telegraph pole on landing, Woodley; rebuilt | |
Mrs Ella Viola (Veronica) Hughes (38) died 14.7.32 | |
William Alfred Blackmore Greenfield unhurt (pilot) | |
19.7.32 | Avro 504K G-AAGG, Scottish Eastern Aircraft Services Ltd, Earlston |
Crashed on approach, Blacketyside Field, Leven, Fife | |
James Hicklin injured (pilot) | |
James Stewart injured | |
Miss Phyllis Mclntosh injured | |
26.7.32 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAKM, Skegness & East Lincs Aero Club |
Crashed after parachute fouled the tailplane, Littleport, Cambridgeshire; rebuilt | |
Robert Ernest Hopkins (22) killed | |
Flt Lt Geoffrey Roger Cole Spencer injured (pilot) | |
27.7.32 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABDH, Brian Lewis & Co Ltd, Heston |
Broke up in thunderstorm, near Thursley, Surrey | |
Bruce Bayne Bossom (21) killed | |
Mrs Emily Bayne Bossom (43) killed | |
Otto Adolf Joseph Emich Alexander, Graf zu Erbach-F�rstenau (23) killed | |
31.7.32 | Blackburn Bluebird IV EI-AAO, Irish Air Lines, Waterford |
Nose dived after take-off, Tramore Strand, Co. Waterford | |
Andy Woods injured | |
1.8.32 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAEL, Reginald H Lemon, Armthorpe |
Spun in from 500ft, Armthorpe, Doncaster | |
Harry Addy (21) killed | |
Mark Allinson (14) died 2.8.32 | |
Augustus Grey Diswell Alderson injured (pilot) | |
4.8.32 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AATO, Blackburn reserve school, Brough |
Dived into ground, Broomfleet, near Brough | |
Plt Off William Harvey Salt (20) killed (RAFO) | |
12.8.32 | Avro 616 Avian IVM G-AAKA, F B Taylor & G W Salt, Kuala Lumpur |
Missing, Gulf of Martaban, en route from Moulmein, Burma to Rangoon | |
Fergus Burtholme Taylor (29) killed | |
Geoffrey Wyndham Salt (27) killed | |
27.8.32 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AATM, North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd, Brough |
Stalled on turn during flour-bombing display, Coal Aston Aerodrome, near Sheffield | |
Fg Off John Leonard Mayer DFC (34) died 6.10.32 (RAFO) | |
27.8.32 | Saunders-Roe Segrave Meteor G-AAXP, G de Lengerke, Brough |
Hit by crashing Bluebird IV G-AATM while parked, Coal Aston Aerodrome, near Sheffield | |
3.9.32 | Avro 504K G-ABUK, Air Travel Ltd, Wisbech |
Spun into ground, Hedon, Hull | |
Walter Scott Coates injured | |
Bernard Clark injured | |
Thomas Clark injured | |
4.9.32 | DH.60X Moth G-AAMO, Berks, Bucks & Oxon Aeroplane Club, Woodley |
Crashed, Port Meadow, Oxford | |
Hilary F Palin injured | |
George C Lassalle injured | |
12.9.32 | Spartan Three Seater I G-ABWX, J Miskelly, Cowes |
Crashed after take-off, Tinwald Downs, Dumfries | |
John Miskelly injured | |
John Swan injured | |
18.9.32 | Avro 504K G-ABAU, H Sinclair, Brooklands |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Priors Farm, Broomfield, Chelmsford | |
18.9.32 | Vickers Vivid G-EBPY, J R Chaplin, Brooklands |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Priors Farm, Broomfield, Chelmsford | |
20.9.32 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-EBYZ, Marshalls Flying School, Fen Ditton, Cambridge |
Crashed on forced landing, Hauxton, near Cambridge | |
William Hart injured | |
Miss Verna Aylott injured | |
29.9.32 | Cierva C.19 Mk IV G-AAHM, The Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd, Hanworth |
Fouled electric cable on take-off and crashed, White City Stadium, Shepherd's Bush, London | |
Reginald Alfred Charles Brie unhurt | |
1.10.32 | Desoutter I G-AATX, Maidstone Aero Club, West Malling |
Crashed on forced landing in bad weather, Edenbridge, Kent | |
Lyn Wyndham Bamber injured | |
Miss Beryl Baker injured | |
Miss Phyllis Mary Morgan injured | |
5.10.32 | Avro 504K G-AAUJ, Cornwall Aviation Co. Ltd. |
Spun in during aerobatics, Plompton, near Harrogate | |
Robert Arthur Snow (33) killed | |
Edward Duncan Crundall DFC injured (pilot) | |
George Reginald Walker injured | |
9.10.32 | DH.60X Moth G-EBZU, Northern Air Lines |
Spun and crashed shortly after take-off from Barton, Higher Irlam, Lancs. | |
Olga Homewood (25) killed | |
Leslie Graham Homewood injured (pilot) | |
16.10.32 | D.H.9J G-EBGT "Nulli Secundus", de Havilland School of Flying, Hatfield |
Spun into ground after engine failure on take-off, Hatfield | |
29.10.32 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABFU, M Nathan, Rome |
Hit electricity pylon in fog, near Rencurel, near Grenoble, France | |
Maurice Nathan (52) killed | |
George Montefiore (32) killed | |
30.11.32 | Hawker Hart G-ABTN, The H G Hawker Engineering Co Ltd, Brooklands |
Ditched in sea after engine failure, 15m off Ostend, Belgium | |
Philip Edward Gerald (Gerry) Sayer rescued | |
4.12.32 | DH.60X Moth G-AAYS, Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Hamble |
Dived into sea, Southampton Water, near Netley | |
Fg Off Eric Douglas Bishop (23) died 5.12.32 | |
Plt Off Richard James Berens (21) drowned | |
4.1.33 | Bulldog IIIA R-5, A&AEE, Martlesham |
Broke up during aerobatics, Norton Heath, Essex | |
Fg Off John Laurence Armstrong (26) killed (New Zealander) | |
14.1.33 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAYJ, A F D D Sale-Barker, Hanworth |
Overturned on forced landing in bad weather, 40m SW of Nairobi, Kenya | |
Miss Audrey Florice Durrell Drummond Sale-Barker injured | |
Miss Joan Page injured | |
22.1.33 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ABZM, W M Omsted, Oslo |
Crashed into the North Sea, off SW Norway | |
Wilhelm M Omsted killed (Norwegian) | |
Lt Sigurd Ibs Aagenæs (27) killed (Norwegian) | |
25.1.33 | Supermarine Air Yacht G-AASE "Windward III", Mrs J J James, Southampton |
Stalled on take off, Gulf of Salerno, Italy | |
Thomas (Tommy) Rose unhurt (pilot) | |
Ernest (Fred) Smith unhurt (flight engineer) | |
Mrs June Jewett (Jewell) James injured (American) | |
+3 unhurt | |
31.1.33 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAYB, P G T Rodd, Brooklands |
Stalled on turn after take off from frozen lake, St Moritz, Switzerland | |
Lt-Cdr Patrick Geoffrey Tremayne Rodd (31) killed | |
Charles Schaer injured (Swiss) | |
5.2.33 | Martinsyde A.V.1 G-ABKH, C B Field, Kingswood Knoll |
Hit telegraph pole and crashed, Bekesbourne, Kent | |
Charles Brian Field injured | |
David Roberts injured | |
17.2.33 | Avro 621 Tutor G-ABZR, National Aviation Day Displays |
Crashed during aerobatics, Wingfield aerodrome, Cape Town, South Africa | |
Flt Lt Harold Lawson (36) killed (RAFO) | |
Edward Lewis Ross killed | |
7.3.33 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABEP, British Air Transport Ltd, Croydon |
Ditched in English Channel after engine failure, between St Inglevert and Lympne | |
Capt Claud Edmund Clayton Penny rescued | |
G P Harrington rescued | |
28.3.33 | Armstrong Whitworth Argosy II G-AACI "City of Liverpool", Imperial Airways |
Crashed after cabin fire, near Eessen, Dixmude, Belgium | |
Capt Lionel Louis Leleu (35) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
W R Brown killed (flight engineer) | |
Ernest Finney Stubbs (24) killed (wireless operator) | |
Louis Ottewell Dearden (32) killed | |
Lionel Aglio Dibdin (51) killed | |
Mrs Cecily Grace Dibdin (50) killed | |
Miss Valerie Forrester Thomson (28) killed | |
Eugene Kreglinger (35) killed (Belgian) | |
Hugh McIlrath (21) killed (Australian) | |
Miss Katherine McIlrath (19) killed (Australian) | |
Sir John Thomas Podger Rowland (54) killed | |
Charles Frederick Rowsell (68) killed | |
Alexander A Thompson killed | |
Albert Voss (69) killed | |
Miss Lotte Voss (16) killed (German) | |
12.4.33 | Avro Avian V G-ABLK "Southern Cross Minor", W N Lancaster |
Forced landed in Sahara, 170 miles south of Reggane, Algeria | |
William Newton Lancaster (35) died 20.4.33 | |
23.4.33 | DH.60X Moth G-EBTV, Skegness & East Lincolnshire Aero Club |
Dived into sea, off Seacroft, Skegness | |
Joseph Henry Barton (20) drowned | |
Walter Shaw unhurt (pilot) | |
30.4.33 | Avro 504K G-ABZC, Devonshire Aviation Tours, Exeter |
Crashed on forced landing out of fuel, Chard, Somerset | |
Gerald Banfield (23) killed | |
James Henry Hickling injured (pilot) | |
Charles Guppy injured | |
3.5.33 | DH.60M Moth G-AAWX, R C Ramsay, Bekesbourne |
Stalled, dived into ground and caught fire, Charing, Kent | |
Dr Edward John Littledale injured | |
7.5.33 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABSB, Hillmans Airways, Romford |
Overshot landing and hit hedge, Clacton-on-Sea Aerodrome | |
Richard Cecil Warner injured | |
Walter Forrester injured | |
Miss Winifred Syrell injured | |
13.5.33 | B.A.C. Drone No. 4, Maidstone Flying School |
Sideslipped and crashed, West Malling | |
Charles Herbert Lowe-Wylde (32) killed | |
24.5.33 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth EI-AAH, Irish Aero Club, Baldonnel |
Crashed in sea after loop, off Dalkey Island, Co Dublin | |
Major Samuel William Dunckley (42) drowned | |
Edward Dodwell Clayson (33) drowned | |
1.6.33 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAKX, Gravesend Aviation Ltd. |
Lost at sea, Thames estuary | |
Richard Fortescue (22) killed | |
6.6.33 | Westland Widgeon IIIA G-AAFD, R Ince, Heston |
Ditched in English Channel after engine failure, 4m SW of Boulogne | |
John Dennis Turner rescued | |
6.6.33 | Avro Avian IVM G-ABDN, H B Chantrey, Heston |
Spun off turn after take-off and caught fire, Skegness | |
Hubert Bentinck Chantrey (29) killed | |
Miss Vera Emily Field (30) killed | |
1.7.33 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ACEI, The Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd., Turnhouse |
Hit fence on take-off and caught fire, Alva, Clackmannanshire | |
Alexander Caldwell & 3 passengers unhurt | |
7.7.33 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth EI-AAI, Irish Aero Club |
Collision with Fox Moth G-ABWF during display, Limerick | |
William Robert Elliot killed (CFI of Irish Aero Club) | |
William Ower (25) killed | |
Geoffrey Tyson & George Whitfield unhurt in Fox Moth | |
8.7.33 | Comper CLA.7 Swift G-ACBY, R O Shuttleworth, Old Warden |
Crashed on forced landing, Moulton, Northants. | |
F R Walker injured | |
14.7.33 | Fairey Fox I G-ACAS, Luxury Air Tours Ltd, Hanworth |
Burnt out after forced landing on fire, Ford, Sussex | |
Fg Off John Bernard Walter Pugh injured (RAFO) | |
Mrs J W Davies injured | |
Miss Doherty injured | |
15.7.33 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABUJ, Anglo-American Oil Co., Heston |
Crashed into sea while low-flying, off Seaview, IoW | |
Fg Off Brendan John O'Connor Hanstock unhurt (RAFO) | |
Cdr Humphrey Cecil Coysh unhurt | |
23.7.33 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACCV "Seafarer", Mrs Amy Mollison, Stag Lane |
Overturned on landing downwind at night, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA | |
Amy Mollison injured | |
James Allan Mollison injured | |
3.8.33 | DH.60X Moth G-EBSP, Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Woodley |
Crashed on landing in field, Winnersh, Berks. | |
Norbert Ley injured (Belgian) | |
24.8.33 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ABUP, Aviation Tours Ltd, Hanworth |
Crashed in beet field, South Grange Farm, Ashby, near Scunthorpe, Lincs. | |
Capt Earl Bateman Fielden unhurt | |
Frederick La Croix injured | |
Clifford Jones injured | |
26.8.33 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ACDY, The Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd. |
Hit car and crashed on bank of River Don while flying inverted, Seaton, Aberdeen | |
William Stevenson unhurt | |
5 spectators injured | |
28.8.33 | Avro 504K G-AATY, Wolverhampton Aircraft Co Ltd, Brooklands |
Hit gatepost and crashed on landing, near Kingsgate, Bridlington | |
William Eric Warr Grieve & 2 passengers unhurt | |
30.8.33 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAGS, S P Tyzack, Sywell |
Crashed into estuary after wing struck pedestrians on beach, Barmouth | |
Wilfred Allport (20) killed | |
Clifford Allport injured | |
Miss Ethel Doreen Tyzack injured (pilot) | |
15.9.33 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACHX, Wrightson & Pearce Ltd, Heston |
Hit hedge on take-off, Armthorpe, Doncaster; repaired | |
Capt George Arthur Pennington (34) killed | |
Fred Darling injured | |
Mrs Norah Valerie Hartigan injured | |
Fred Lane injured | |
Herbert Henry Gratwicke Blagrave unhurt | |
Peter Edward Gratwicke Blagrave unhurt | |
Archie Burns unhurt | |
Gordon Richards unhurt | |
18.9.33 | Bristol Fighter G-ABXV, P H Thomas & Hon J Grimston, Upper Heyford |
Hit wall on landing, Capenoch, Dumfriessshire | |
Hon. John Grimston unhurt | |
John Carson unhurt | |
25.9.33 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACJY, F G Miles, Woodley |
Hit telegraph pole on landing, Woodley | |
Capt Benjamin Alfred Davey injured | |
28.9.33 | Spartan Three Seater I G-ABWV, Rollason Aviation, Croydon |
Flew into hillside in fog, Little Ponton, near Grantham | |
George Blackburn Watson (27) killed | |
1.10.33 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ACGW, C Lloyd, Heston |
Crashed on take-off and destroyed by fire, Quennevais racecourse, Jersey | |
Capt Charles Lloyd injured | |
Mrs Ursula Eileen Hanson injured | |
P A Fletcher unhurt | |
1.10.33 | Percival Gull Four G-ACAL, British Air Navigation Co., Heston |
Crashed in mist, Sandhurst, near Hawkhurst, Kent | |
Capt Arthur Jack Graham Styran MC AFC (43) killed | |
Ian Charles MacGilchrist (27) killed | |
Bertram Wilson (38) killed | |
1.10.33 | Spartan Three Seater II G-ABZH, Aerofilms Ltd |
Stalled on approach, Colpe Farm, near Drogheda, Ireland | |
Fg Off Robert Kingsley Rose (34) killed (RAFO) | |
Patrick Hoey injured | |
Mrs Hoey injured | |
15.10.33 | Simmonds Spartan G-AAMH, T P Gleave, Tangmere |
Crashed, near Kütahya, Turkey | |
Thomas Percy Gleave unhurt | |
21.10.33 | Boulton Paul P.64 G-ABYK, Boulton & Paul Aeroplane Co Ltd. |
Dived into ground, Martlesham Heath | |
Flt Lt Gordon Lennox George Richmond injured | |
25.10.33 | Avro 552 G-ABGO, Inca Aviation Co Ltd, Hanworth |
Crashed and overturned after take-off, Coal Aston Aerodrome, near Sheffield | |
Richard Batson injured | |
Aymer Stritch Hutton injured | |
18.11.33 | Avro 594 Avian IV G-EBQL, Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford |
Spun and caught fire, Barton | |
Charles Needham injured | |
29.11.33 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACLB, E D Spratt, Hamble |
Stalled turning on approach, Blecherette, Lausanne, Switzerland | |
Edward Devereux Spratt unhurt | |
1.12.33 | Breda 15 G-ABCC, Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd & Ugo Antoni Safety Aircraft Ltd. |
Crashed following wing flutter, Chosen Hill, Churchdown, Glos. | |
Capt Howard John Thomas Saint DSC unhurt | |
5.12.33 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.4 Mk.II G-ACKT, Duchess of Bedford, Woburn |
Crashed avoiding electricity pylon, Thrupp's Farm, Lidlington, Bedford | |
Flt Lt James Bernard Allen (35) killed (RAFO) | |
16.12.33 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACHK, E D Bigg, Woodley |
Hit trees on take-off, Cherangani, Kenya | |
Edward Denys Arthur Bigg injured | |
Loudan~ injured | |
30.12.33 | Avro Ten G-ABLU "Apollo", Imperial Airways |
Hit wireless mast and crashed, Ruysselede, near Bruges, Belgium | |
Fg Off John Moore Gittins (27) killed (RAFO) | |
Flt Lt Hugh Granville Loch (26) killed (RAFO) | |
Alfred Dennis Druitt Brown (33) killed | |
Miss Maude Desmond (22) killed | |
Louis John Herman Grein (62) killed (Dutch) | |
Samuel Halperin (40) killed (Polish) | |
Gerard Mes (33) killed (Dutch) | |
Thomas Robert Sydenham Perry (35) killed | |
Victor Hugh John Schroeder (51) killed | |
Charles Alfred Young killed | |
5.1.1934 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABDV, E Frost, Paris-Orly |
Hit electricity pylon on forced landing in bad weather, near Nevers, France | |
Miss Evelyn Frost (30) killed (American) | |
Geoffrey Benskin Ruddle injured (pilot) | |
13.1.34 | Parnall Elf G-AAIO, F R Hall, Down Hatherley |
Spun, crashed and burned, Park Corner, near Sapperton, Glos. | |
Fred Rowland Hall (43) killed | |
Roy Weston Hall (17) killed | |
20.1.34 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AAOI, York County Aviation Club |
Stalled, crashed and caught fire, Sherburn-in-Elmet | |
James Varley Quarmby (26) killed | |
Clifford Shaw (26) killed | |
20.1.34 | Miles M.2B Hawk G-ACKW (VT-AES), Man Mohan Singh |
Hit trees on forced landing, Griselles, near Montargis, France | |
Man Mohan Singh injured (Indian) | |
28.1.34 | Comper Swift G-ABJR, C R Shillingford, Brooklands |
Spun off slow roll, Brooklands | |
Charles Raymond Shillingford (29) killed | |
25.2.34 | Avro Avian IVM G-AATL, T G Stubley, Wilmington |
Hit telegraph wires and hedge after engine failure on take-off, Wilmington, Sussex | |
Capt William Arthur Rollason unhurt | |
Groves unhurt | |
6.3.34 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AABV, T E Richardson, Hedon |
Spun off slow roll, Hedon | |
Dr John Hugh Paton MB ChB (34) died 7.3.34 (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
11.3.34 | Avro 504K G-AAEZ, North British Aviation Co Ltd, Hooton Park |
Wing hit ground and crashed, Burscough, near Ormskirk, Lancs. | |
Launcelot John Rimmer unhurt | |
20.3.34 | Parnall Elf I G-AAFH, Lord Apsley |
Hit hedge on take-off, Heronsgate, near Rickmansworth, Herts. | |
Allen Algernon Bathurst (Lord Apsley) unhurt | |
24.3.34 | DH.60X Moth G-EBWT, Herts & Essex Aero Club, Broxbourne |
Stalled and crashed, Nazeing, Essex | |
Norman Geoffrey Bartholomew (22) killed | |
Eric Alfred William Dymond injured (pilot) | |
28.3.34 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABXY, H L Brook, Sherburn |
Crashed in snowdrift on forced landing in fog, Mont Lozere, Cevennes, France | |
Harold Leslie Brook unhurt | |
22.4.34 | DH.60M Moth G-AASM, Brooklands Flying Club |
Crashed, Cheam, Surrey | |
Lindsay Robertson Glegg injured | |
1.5.34 | Percival Gull Four G-ACJR, N M Gazdar, Hamble |
Ditched in English Channel, 18m NW of Dieppe | |
Noshir Maneck Gazdar rescued (Indian) | |
August Stefan Hell rescued (Austrian) | |
2.5.34 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AATP, York County Aviation Club, Sherburn-in-Elmet |
Wrecked in crash in field, South Milford, near Sherburn | |
Frank Lodge injured | |
9.5.34 | Desoutter I G-AATF, L A M Dundas (Earl of Ronaldshay), Portsmouth |
Crashed and overturned against house on take-off, Hanworth | |
J D Kerwin unhurt (pilot) | |
William Courtenay injured | |
F Hoofa injured | |
19.5.34 | Avro 594 Avian III G-EBVZ, Sir R L Hare, Mousehold, Norwich |
Wing caught in hedge on take-off run from field, near Bolsover, Derbyshire | |
Sir Ralph Leigh Hare & passenger unhurt | |
21.5.34 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABJL, C H F Fuller, Hanworth |
Spun after engine failure and caught fire, near Muntham Court, Findon, Sussex | |
Edwin Duncan Sandys injured | |
4.6.34 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ACRY, Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble |
Ditched in sea, off Hill Head, near Lee-on-Solent | |
Murzban Ardeshir Choksey injured (Indian) | |
5.6.34 | Miles M.2D Hawk G-ACSX, Harlow Mill Ltd |
Hit high ground in fog, near Chop Gate, Bilsdale, N Yorks. | |
Harry Mayes injured | |
Miss L Denham injured | |
Henry Edward Morten unhurt | |
10.6.34 | Avro 621 Tutor G-AARZ, A V Roe & Co Ltd. |
Spun in during aerobatic contest, Vincennes, Paris, France | |
Capt Placido d'Abreu killed (Portuguese) | |
16.6.34 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ABYO, Norman Edgar (Western Airways), Whitchurch |
Dived in on forced landing and destroyed by fire, Five Lanes, Caerwent, Monmouthshire | |
Arthur Turner (41) killed | |
Douglas Frank Charles Brecknell injured (pilot) | |
Godfrey Jones injured | |
17.6.34 | Avro Tutor G-ACOV, Air Pageants Ltd. |
Crashed during aerobatics at Sky Devils Air Circus, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent | |
Cecil Hardy (32) killed | |
Arthur George Bullmore injured (pilot) | |
23.6.34 | DH.60X Moth G-EBZZ, Herts & Essex Aero Club, Broxbourne |
Spun and dived into field, Cold Harbour Farm, Stanstead Abbots, Herts. | |
Einar Mathieson (27) killed (Norwegian) | |
Eric Alfred William Dymond survived (pilot) | |
24.6.34 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AACO, Scarborough Aero Club, Ganton, East Heslerton |
Dived in and caught fire, East Heslerton, Yorks. | |
Gerald Henry Lawson Royle (16) killed | |
25.6.34 | DH.82 Tiger Moth G-ACBB, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton |
Collision with G-ACBE, Nibley, Yate | |
Fg Off Geoffrey Paulet French Hills (34) killed (RAFO) | |
Fg Off Hamish McKenzie Kerr baled out (RAFO) | |
25.6.34 | DH.82 Tiger Moth G-ACBE, Bristol Aeroplane Co., Filton |
Collision with G-ACBB, Nibley, Yate | |
Fg Off John Macphee Darroch (37) killed (RAFO) | |
Fg Off Cyril Raymond Lawence Shaw (34) killed (RAFO) | |
30.6.34 | Avro 504N G-ACRS, National Aviation Day Displays |
Crashed during display, Cove, near Aldershot | |
Sgt William "Jock" Mackay (33) died 1.7.34 | |
11.7.34 | Avro 504K G-AAGB, Universal Airways, Telscombe Cliffs |
Nose dived off turn after take-off, Telscombe Cliffs, near Peacehaven, Sussex | |
Captain Eric George Duncan Stewart MC injured | |
Harold Geoffrey Lightbody injured | |
Christopher Lewis Hind unhurt | |
13.7.34 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACRH "Aberdonian", Aberdeen Airways Ltd, Dyce |
Crashed on take-off and burnt, Dyce | |
Fg Off James S Carr injured (pilot) | |
Miss Freda Cadle injured | |
George Francis Collie injured | |
John Cranna injured | |
Prof Leybourne Stanley Patrick Davidson injured | |
James H Ducat injured | |
George Esslemont injured | |
Miss Hopkins injured | |
Dr John A Innes injured | |
Coun. Edward W Watt injured | |
21.7.34 | DH.53 Humming Bird G-EBQP, S V Pantvaidya, Hamble |
Stalled and crashed, Hamble | |
Shrikrishna Vaman Pantvaidya (26) killed (Indian) | |
23.7.34 | B.A. Swallow L25C-Ia G-ACUM, A Sebag-Montefiore, Heston |
Hit hedge on take-off and caught fire, Beenham, Berks. | |
Arthur Sebag-Montefiore & passenger injured | |
31.7.34 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ACEE, The Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd, Turnhouse |
Crashed into trees after take-off, Riverside Park, Dundee | |
Stewart Menzies Campbell (30) died 1.8.34 | |
Nan Craighead (16) killed | |
Fg Off John Annesley Hankins injured (pilot, New Zealander) | |
1.8.34 | Comper Swift G-ABRE, V Smith, Capetown |
Forced landed with engine failure, near Port Etienne, Mauritania | |
Victor Smith unhurt | |
9.8.34 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACJD, Sir Alfred Beit, Heston |
Hit trees on take-off, Crichel Park golf course, near Wimborne, Dorset | |
Edward Murray injured | |
Sir Alfred Lane Beit MP unhurt | |
12.8.34 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACJM "Trail of the Caribou", L G Reid, Hatfield |
Hit hedge on landing, Hamble | |
Capt Leonard Gillespie Reid & passenger unhurt | |
20.8.34 | Avro Cadet three-seater G-ACJX, Henlys Ltd, Heston |
Blown against wall and wrecked in gale, Middleton Sands, Morecambe | |
21.8.34 | Westland P.V.7 P7, A&AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Broke up in dive; crashed in River Deben, near Abbey Farm, Campsea Ashe, Suffolk | |
Harald James Penrose baled out | |
23.8.34 | DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ACLX, J J van der Leeuw |
Crashed into hillside, Mporoto mountains, near Tukuyu, Tanganyika | |
Dr Johannes Jacobus van der Leeuw (40) killed (Dutch) | |
25.8.34 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACKI, G J Armstrong-Evans, Reading |
Stalled on approach, Morston, Norfolk | |
Plt Off Peter Hilary Pomeroy Simonds (24) killed | |
George Joseph Armstrong Evans injured (pilot) | |
29.8.34 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACCE, The Hon Brian Lewis, Heston |
Hit wall on take-off, Kirkwall, Orkney | |
Pilot Eric Coleman & 7 passengers unhurt: | |
Gilbert & Mrs Archer | |
John M Archer | |
Mr, Mrs & Miss Sharp | |
Miss Traill | |
2.9.34 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAEU, Kent Flying Club, Bekesbourne |
Spun and crashed during aerial treasure hunt, Adisham Downs, near Charing, Kent | |
John Wilfrid James (33) killed | |
Norman Ian Ramsay (19) killed | |
6.9.34 | British Klemm Swallow G-ACON, Capt A D Crabbe, Hanworth |
Stalled and crashed on forced landing in fog, Grove Gaps, near Retford | |
Capt Archibald Douglas injured | |
Capt Archibald Douglas Crabbe injured | |
9.9.34 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AADP, East Anglian Aero Club, Abridge |
Crashed into shed, Abridge, Essex | |
Neville Morland Browning injured | |
A E Jury injured | |
10.9.34 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ACUH, Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble |
Pilot fell out during slow roll; used parachute, near Southampton | |
Kenric Torlesse Murray unhurt | |
22.9.34 | Handley Page W.10 G-EBMM "Youth of New Zealand", National Aviation Displays Ltd |
Crashed after control lost, College Farm, near Aston Clinton, Bucks. | |
Fg Off Charles Henry Godwin Bremridge (30) killed (RAFO) | |
James Donovan (47) killed (engineer) | |
Arthur Vernon Littlejohns (40) killed (rigger) | |
Donelly Arthur Dell Harington (18) killed (apprentice) | |
29.9.34 | Airspeed Courier G-ACSY, London, Scottish & Provincial Airways |
Spun and crashed, Shoreham, near Sevenoaks, Kent | |
Fg Off Ronald Maxwell Smith (26) killed (RAFO) | |
Frederick Victor Garrett-Reed (34) killed | |
Mrs Ellen Rose-Innes (66) killed | |
Dr Picotee Elizabeth Rose-Innes (26) killed | |
30.9.34 | Miles M.2D Hawk G-ACPD, T C Place, Woodley |
Collision with Avro 504N G-ACLV on approach, Hill Farm, Woodford, Essex | |
Richmond Fothergill Robinson injured | |
E A Dorling injured | |
Miss J Quirke injured | |
Morris Edward Hearn unhurt in G-ACLV | |
2.10.34 | DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-ACPM, Hillman's Airways |
Crashed into English Channel in low cloud, 4 miles off Folkestone | |
Fg Off Walter Robert Bannister (43) killed (RAFO) | |
Louis Beigneux killed (French) | |
Jean Louis Bordaz (32) killed (French) | |
Miss Phyllis Budden (19) killed | |
Andrew McGregor Ritchie (31) killed | |
Albert Paul de Sanno (66) killed (American) | |
Helene Slabodsky (32) killed (French) | |
11.10.34 | DH.60X Moth G-EBWA, C G M, G E & W J Alington, Broxbourne |
Overturned on forced landing on moorland in fog, between Buxton and Macclesfield | |
William James Alllngton injured | |
Henry Ellis injured | |
17.10.34 | Airspeed AS.5 Courier G-ACLS, Air Taxis Ltd, Croydon |
Hit bank on forced landing, Beausemblant, near Grenoble, France | |
Edward Duncan Crundall DFC unhurt | |
22.10.34 | Fairey Fox I G-ACXX, J K C Baines |
Crashed, Palazzo San Gervasio, near Foggia, Italy | |
Fg Off Harold Darwin Gilman (28) killed (Australian) | |
James Keith Campbell Baines (28) killed | |
23.10.34 | Avro 616 Avian IVM G-ABIE, S P Jackson |
Hit tree on forced landing, near Moschiano, Avellino, Italy | |
Sydney Packwood Jackson unhurt | |
28.10.34 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABTS, Henlys Ltd, Heston |
Spun in after take-off, Stallpits Farm, Shrivenham, Berks; rebuilt | |
2Lt William Fletcher (21) died 11.11.34 | |
Archibald George Hamilton (24) killed | |
31.10.34 | Desoutter I G-AAPY, M D L Scott, Skegness |
Damaged in forced landing in field in snowstorm, Pinner Park Farm, Middx. | |
Michael David Llewellyn Scott unhurt | |
2.11.34 | Airspeed AS.5 Courier G-ACLR?, Air Taxis Ltd, Croydon |
Forced landed in harbour after engine failure, near Oyster House Island, Langstone Harbour | |
Edward Duncan Crundall DFC unhurt | |
3.11.34 | DH.60X Moth G-EBXG, Nottingham Flying Club, Tollerton |
Wing failed in loop; crashed and burnt, Chilwell Manor golf course, near Beeston, Notts. | |
Fg Off Philip Spencer Rook (24) killed (Special Reserve) | |
Plt Off Alan Cuyler Grant-Dalton (24) killed (Special Reserve) | |
7.11.34 | DH.60X Moth G-AAAG, Portsmouth Aero Club |
Spun into the Solent in bad weather, off Spithead | |
John Cash (34) killed | |
Ronald Keith Randall (19) killed | |
15.11.34 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACVO, K W Hole, Hatfield |
Crashed on forced landing, Flamstead, Herts. | |
Pilot & passenger injured (both Swedish) | |
23.11.34 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAZN, G H Turner, Barton |
Crashed in thick fog, Rough Stone Farm, near Bradnop, Leek, Staffs. | |
Geoffrey Heap Turner (24) killed | |
2.12.34 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ACMG, Lancashire Aero Club, Woodford |
Hit hillside in mist, Whiteley Green, Cheshire; repaired | |
Frederick Alexander unhurt | |
Albert Myles unhurt | |
8.12.34 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AALJ, Malling Aero Club |
Crashed in hop garden, near West Malling, Kent | |
John Francis Senter injured | |
Dennis Mayby injured | |
9.12.34 | DH Moth Major G-ACOH, Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich |
Collision with Hart K3887 on approach, Castle Bromwich | |
Frank Smith (32) killed | |
22.12.34 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth, EI-AAR, E J Dease (Everson Flying Services), Kildonan |
Hit bush and crashed on take-off after forced landing, Raffrey, Co. Down | |
James Bell unhurt | |
Joseph Gilmore unhurt | |
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