8.1.35 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACGK, Highland Airways Ltd, Inverness |
Ditched after take-off due to icing, Inverness Firth | |
Eric Coleman injured (pilot) | |
Mr & Mrs William Firth injured | |
13.1.35 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABWY, Surrey Flying Services Ltd, Croydon |
Crashed into building on take-off, Croydon | |
Miss J Graham unhurt | |
R J Ryde unhurt | |
20.1.35 | DH Moth Major G-ACOI, Midland Aero Club, Castle Bromwich |
Crashed on forced landing in bad weather, Hall Farm, Over Whitacre, Coleshill; repaired | |
Miss Dorothy Isabella Mills (32) killed | |
Dr Talbot Dance injured | |
30.1.35 | Avro 504N G-EBVY, L G Anderson, Hanworth |
Crashed on forced landing at night, Springfield Mental Hospital, Lower Tooting | |
Capt Percival Phillips MC injured | |
James Edward Fry unhurt | |
5.2.35 | Robinson Redwing G-ABRL, Redwing Aircraft Co Ltd, Gatwick |
Hit tree on forced landing, near Cotonou, French West Africa | |
Mrs Keith Miller | |
10.2.35 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AADI, Yorkshire Air Services Ltd, Newton House Aerodrome |
Crashed on golf course after engine failure, Linthorpe, Middlesborough | |
Herbert Victor Barker injured | |
Frederick William (Freddie) Dixon injured | |
20.2.35 | Percival Gull Four G-ACIR, Henlys Ltd, Heston |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Heston | |
Flt Lt Robert Faulds (30) killed (AAF) | |
Hector Hitchcock (29) killed | |
28.2.35 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABND?, Lady Young, Zomba |
Overturned on forced landing, near Kariba Gorge, Southern Rhodesia | |
Margaret Rose Mary, Lady Young unhurt | |
Dr Theo Rosser Fred Kerby unhurt | |
6.3.35 | Bristol 133 R-10, Bristol Aeroplane Company, Filton |
Failed to recover from spin, Longwell Green, Glos. | |
Thomas Wight (Jock) Campbell baled out | |
17.3.35 | DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ACSG, Wrightson Air Hire Ltd, Heston |
Spun after take-off, Heston; rebuilt | |
Fg Off Alfred Lindsay Gordon Hatrick (24) killed | |
Miss Margaret Mary Ellen Collins (22) killed | |
Gerald Beaumont Vessey (23) killed | |
20.3.35 | DH.60M Moth G-ABAS, British Air Transport Ltd, Redhill |
Crashed on forced landing, Ridgeway Farm. South Nutfield, near Redhill | |
Thomas Horwood injured | |
28.3.35 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABIY, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation |
Crashed on approach at night, Portsmouth | |
Richard Charles William Ellison unhurt | |
J Brownridge injured (spectator, hit by fire engine) | |
28.3.35 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ABWF, A H Dalton, Heston |
Hit tree on take-off, Hattargi, near Belgaum, India | |
E R Andrews injured | |
Laird injured | |
4.4.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACSD, M J Grover, Cambridge |
Dived into the ground in snowstorm, Kelshall, near Royston | |
Mwldwen James Grover (27) killed | |
12.4.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACNX, P C Pitt, Croydon |
Crashed into tree on landing, The Worthies, Malmesbury; rebuilt | |
Flt Lt Maynard Cecil Dudding (35) killed (RAFO) | |
Peter Comley Pitt unhurt | |
15.4.35 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AAIR, R W H Knight, Lamerton |
Crashed, Agades, French West Africa | |
Ronald William Henry Knight (28) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Capt Arnault killed (French) | |
21.4.35 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPV, London Air Park Flying Club, Hanworth |
Hit tree on take-off, Pelynt Farm, near Truro | |
John Carpmael injured | |
22.4.35 | Avro 504K G-EBIS, North British Aviation Co Ltd, Hooton |
Taxied into pond and nosed over, Rainhill, near Liverpool | |
Al Harris unhurt (pilot) | |
Ernest Baxter injured on ground | |
24.4.35 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABRD, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Cramlington |
Spun off steep turn, Woodlands Hall, Knitsley, near Consett, Durham; repaired | |
Plt Off Samuel Edward Sprot (22) killed (AAF) | |
Alexander Hereward Sprot injured (pilot) | |
28.4.35 | Avro Cadet, Southend-on-Sea Flying Services |
Stalled and dived into sands after take-off, Greatstone, Romney Marsh, Kent | |
Kenneth Bernard Watkins injured | |
28.4.35 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADCW, A Sebag-Montefiore, Heston |
Stalled and spun on approach, Manston | |
Arthur Sebag-Montefiore (23) killed | |
George Manchester Steavenson (22) killed | |
28.4.35 | Spartan Arrow G-ACHE, F C H Cornell, Croydon |
Hit bush on take-off, Old Park, Rusper, near Horsham | |
Francis Charles Henry Cornell injured | |
Norman Lord unhurt | |
11.5.35 | Spartan Cruiser I G-ABTY, Commercial Air Hire, Croydon |
Ditched in English Channel after engine failure, 8m NW of Le Treport, France | |
Flt Lt John Bernard Walter Pugh rescued (RAFO) | |
R F Burgess rescued | |
31.5.35 | Avro 548 G-EAFH, The Giro Aviation Co., Hesketh Park, Southport |
Stalled and dived into sands, Southport | |
John Frederick Hooson (22) died 1.6.35 (Canadian) | |
John Bentley injured (mechanic) | |
6.6.35 | Percival Gull Four G-ADGK, Mrs E M Highfield, Heston |
Crashed on approach, Baden Baden, Germany | |
Cyril Joseph Highfield (36) killed | |
Kistermann injured (German) | |
Weber injured (German) | |
22.6.35 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADGD, W R Norman, Heston |
Lost at night; ditched in King George's Reservoir, Ponders End, Middx. | |
Anthony Charles Wynyard Norman unhurt | |
Miss Jacqueline Paravicini unhurt (Swiss) | |
26.6.35 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-ADCL, Anglo-American Oil Co., Redhill |
Hit tree on approach and overturned, Redhill; rebuilt | |
Fg Off Brendan John O'Connor Hanstock (32) killed (RAFO) | |
1.7.35 | DH.84 Dragon G-ADED, Manx Airways (Railway Air Services Ltd.) |
Crashed on take-off and caught fire, Ronaldsway | |
Capt Robert Pierce injured | |
Cooper injured | |
William Edwin Teare injured | |
Mrs Kathleen Isobel Teare injured | |
C Wilson unhurt | |
J A Ridehalgh unhurt | |
T Robson unhurt | |
1.7.35 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ACDK, 1 ERFTS, Hatfield |
Crashed in field, near South Mimms, Herts.; repaired | |
Sgt Raymond Cyril Griffen injured | |
3.7.35 | Westland Wessex G-ADEW, Cobham Air Routes |
Ditched after engine failure, in English Channel, off the Needles, Isle of Wight | |
Capt Robert William Henry Ogden (31) drowned | |
Charles Frederick Henry Grainger rescued | |
9.7.35 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAXS, W W Lyle, Hatfield |
Destroyed by fire in shed, Hatfield | |
10.7.35 | DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ADAR, Birkett Air Services Ltd, Heston |
Hit wall on take-off and caught fire, Bennettsbridge, Kilkenny, Ireland | |
E H Newman unhurt (pilot) | |
William Tyrone Guthrie unhurt | |
Mrs Judith Guthrie unhurt | |
16.7.35 | DH.84 Dragon 1 G-ACGU, Blackpool & West Coast Air Services |
Stalled and crashed after take-off and caught fire, Tentelow Lane, near Heston | |
Major Adrian Wrigley Fosbroke-Hobbes (39) killed | |
Hans Newhouse (55) killed | |
Fg Off Stanley Fine injured (pilot) | |
Nubar Sarkis Gulbenkian injured | |
Cecil Hampton injured | |
Anthony Charles Henry Heycock injured | |
Miss Margaret Vickers injured | |
Ralph Cecil Vickers injured | |
17.7.35 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPA, Hull Aero Club, Hedon |
Spun and crashed after loop, Westlands, near Hedon | |
Keith Leonard Atkin (26) killed | |
Albert Bishop Croskin injured (pilot) | |
17.7.35 | Fairey Fantome G-ADIF, Fairey Aviation Co Ltd. |
Spinning nose dive, Evere, Brussels, Belgium | |
Stephen Herbert Gerard Trower (34) killed (Lt, RN, Ret) (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
20.7.35 | Spartan Three Seater I G-ABYH, Air Transport Sales Ltd, Hayling Island |
Crashed after loop, North Hayling, Hants | |
George Richard Moorby (24) killed | |
22.7.35 | DH.84 Dragon 2 G-ACMP, Western Airways |
Dived into Bristol Channel, near Rumney, Cardiff | |
Fg Off John Grazebrook Mansfield (27) killed (RAFO) | |
Roland Cecil Edbrooke (34) killed | |
Harold Spencer Percival (42) killed | |
4.8.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACOP, Phillips & Powis School of Flying, Woodley |
Crashed during aerobatics, Reading aerodrome, Woodley | |
Fg Off John Frederick Lawn (35) killed (RAFO) | |
Emil Martin Jakobi Boysen (23) killed (Danish) | |
16.8.35 | Avro 504N G-ADBS, L G Anderson, Hanworth |
Spun during display, Lancarffe Farm, Bodmin | |
Leslie George Anderson (28) killed | |
Alfred James Ronald Jope (24) died 18.8.35 | |
Arthur George Lyne (24) killed | |
26.8.35 | Percival Gull Four G-ABUR, Man Mohan Singh, Croydon |
Damaged beyond repair on take-off, Luwinga, Northern Rhodesia | |
Man Mohan Singh unhurt | |
6.9.35 | Miles M.2T Hawk Major G-ADNJ, A Henshaw, Mablethorpe |
Ditched in Irish Sea, 6m off Donaghadee | |
Alexander Adolphus Dumfries (Alex) Henshaw rescued | |
7.9.35 | Avro 504N G-ACOD, National Aviation Displays Ltd. |
Collision with Wessex G-ADFZ in formation flight, Blackpool | |
Hugh William Patrick Stewart (29) killed | |
Miss Lilian Barnes (33) killed | |
Miss Doris Barnes (30) killed | |
Flt Lt Leonard Turnell Carruthers & 4 passengers unhurt in Wessex (landed with minor damage) | |
21.9.35 | Avro 594 Avian IV G-AAAT, Malcolm & Farquharson Ltd. |
Crashed in orchard garden, Priors Road, Cheltenham | |
Edward Dennis Green unhurt | |
21.9.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACNW, Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Woodley |
Crashed on landing, Woodley | |
Flt Lt John Pawson injured | |
Holley injured | |
22.9.35 | DH.88 Comet G-ADEF "Boomerang", C A Nicholson, Hatfield |
Crashed after engine failure, west of Kabushia, between Atbara and Khartoum, Sudan | |
Tom Campbell Black baled out | |
James Henry Gordon McArthur baled out | |
2.10.35 | Percival Gull Six G-ACPA, Brian Allen Aviation Ltd, Croydon |
Crashed on landing in bad weather, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, near Avignon, France | |
W Frederick Griffith injured | |
6.10.35 | Flying Flea G-ADPP, C F Brooke, Sherburn |
Nose dived and overturned, Sherburn-in-Elmet | |
Arthur Morton unhurt | |
9.10.35 | Spartan Cruiser II G-ACDX, Allied British Airways |
Wrecked in forced landing out of fuel, Haslar, Hants. | |
Capt Robert Henry McIntosh unhurt | |
16.10.35 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-ABPN, Lincolnshire Aero Club |
Dived into ground on approach, Waltham Aerodrome, Grimsby | |
Ernest Clifford Carter (28) killed | |
George William Cleveland (25) killed | |
18.10.35 | DH.60X Moth G-AAKJ, London Air Park Flying Club, Hanworth |
Hit fence on landing and overturned, AEC sports field, Southall, Middx. | |
Maurice Maxwell injured | |
A T Lockwood-Wingate injured | |
22.10.35 | DH.86 G-ADCM "Draco", Imperial Airways |
Hit tree stumps on forced landing in forest clearing after icing up, near Zwettl, Austria | |
Noel John Capper injured (pilot) | |
William G Carson injured (wireless operator) | |
Miss Jeannette Budden unhurt (Australian) | |
Alfred C Dawson unhurt (Australian) | |
Dr Charles Roger Tyssen Lane unhurt | |
25.10.35 | Boulton Paul P.71A G-ACOY "Britomart", Imperial Airways |
Overshot landing and stalled, Haren aerodrome, Brussels, Belgium | |
Capt V G Dawson unhurt | |
Scott unhurt (wireless operator) | |
E Conrot unhurt | |
Miss Rose Dumas injured | |
Lt-Cdr Bernard William Galpin unhurt | |
A Michaelis unhurt | |
W A Russell unhurt | |
Dr T W Schaurte unhurt | |
Schefter unhurt | |
26.10.35 | DH.84 Dragon 2 G-ADEE, Railway Air Services |
Crashed on hillside in fog and burnt out, Fairsnape Fell, near Garstang, Lancs. | |
Fg Off Cedric Rex Crow (25) killed (RAFO) | |
Ronald Swales (24) killed | |
27.10.35 | Percival E.2 Mew Gull G-ACND, Percival Aircraft Co. |
Lost control in bad weather, Mouthiers-sur-Boëme, near Angoulême, France | |
Guy de Châteaubrun baled out | |
8.11.35 | Lockheed 8D Altair G-ADUS "Lady Southern Cross", Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith |
Lost at sea, off Burma | |
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith (38) killed (Australian) | |
John Thompson "Tommy" Pethybridge (28) killed (Australian) | |
9.11.35 | Short S.17 Kent G-ABFB "Sylvanus", Imperial Airways |
Caught fire while refueling and sank, Brindisi, Italy | |
No casualties | |
12.11.35 | Blackburn B-2 G-ACUE, North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd, Brough |
Hit high tension wires and crashed, Rowley, near Little Weighton, E Yorks. | |
Fg Off Frederick McNeil injured | |
Sgt E D Jack injured | |
15.11.35 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAYD, Capt W L Hope (Air Taxis), Stag Lane |
Crashed into hillside in mist, Edgworth, near Bolton | |
Sydney Slocum unhurt | |
23.11.35 | DH.66 Hercules G-ABCP "City of Jodhpur", Imperial Airways |
Forced landed in swamp after engine failure, 10m from Entebbe, Uganda | |
Crew unhurt | |
26.11.35 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth EI-AAW, Dublin Air Ferries Ltd, Kildonan |
Destroyed by fire after forced landing, near Groundslow Sanatorium, Tittensor, Staffs. | |
George Anthony Reginald Williams unhurt | |
Miss Norah Marjorie Wilson unhurt | |
27.11.35 | Flying Flea G-ADXF, E H Chambers, Ramsgate |
Crashed on landing, Ramsgate | |
Eric Holland Chambers unhurt | |
29.11.35 | DH.82 Tiger Moth G-ABRC, 1 ERFTS, Hatfield |
Crashed on forced landing, Sandridge, Herts; repaired | |
L C Cheetham unhurt | |
12.12.35 | DH.86 G-ACVZ "Jupiter", Railway Air Services |
Crashed on landing in fog, Renfrew; rebuilt with two-pilot nose | |
Capt Finnegan unhurt | |
Harry Knowles injured (wireless operator) | |
15.12.35 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACTN, North Staffordshire Aero Club, Meir |
Hit tree in blizzard, Meir | |
Roger David Clive (21) died 16.12.35 | |
Miss Dorothy Clive injured (pilot) | |
22.12.35 | Avro 638 Club Cadet G-ACIL, Southend Flying Club |
Crashed on take-off, South Benfleet, Essex | |
Denis Norman Evelyn Smith injured | |
26.12.35 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.25 Jubilee G-ADTE, U E Lloyd, Hanworth |
Crashed, Addis Alum, near Addis Ababa, Abyssinia | |
Mrs Ursula Eileen Lloyd injured | |
Capt Charles Lloyd unhurt | |
30.12.35 | Arrow Active G-ABIX, A Henshaw, Mablethorpe |
Caught fire in flight, Yarburgh, Lincs. | |
Alexander Adolphus Dumfries (Alex) Henshaw baled out | |
31.12.35 | Short S.8 Calcutta G-AASJ "City of Khartoum", Imperial Airways |
Crashed into sea on landing out of fuel, off Alexandria, Egypt | |
William John Amor (28) drowned (flight engineer) | |
Harold John Ackroyd Baker (23) drowned (wireless operator) | |
Hugh Cyril Richardson killed (steward) | |
Albert John Buckman (34) killed | |
Miss Helen Lois Vivienne Eckford (30) killed | |
Allan Leonard Garrett (28) drowned (Australian) | |
Mrs Kathleen Ursula Horsman (34) killed | |
James C Luke (57) drowned (American) | |
Capt Reginald Frank Mason (44) killed | |
Charles Rex Rastall (25) killed | |
Albert Tartaglione killed (Italian) | |
William George Wellstead (42) killed | |
Capt Vernon Gorry Wilson rescued (pilot) | |
22.1.36 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACCR, Air Dispatch Ltd, Croydon |
Struck by lightning; forced landed in shallow water; covered by tide, Ault, Somme, France | |
R L Jackson unhurt (pilot) | |
R F Burgess unhurt (wireless operator) | |
J Philpot unhurt (wireless operator) | |
22.1.36 | Miles M.7 Nighthawk G-ADXA, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Woodley |
Failed to recover from spin during test flight, Stanlake Park, Twyford, Berks. | |
Wg Cdr Frederick William Stent baled out | |
23.1.36 | DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ADUL, B Malcolm, Brooklands |
Crashed into hangar on take-off, Alicante, Spain | |
Miss Emma Bettina Elizabeth Amy (Betty) Malcolm (22) killed | |
1.2.36 | Avro 616 Sports Avian IVM G-ABSS, H Mason |
Dived in, River Mersey near Speke | |
Hubert Mason (35) killed | |
Plt Off Arthur Frederick Spurrier (21) killed | |
6.2.36 | Avro 643 Cadet II G-ADTM, Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble |
Dived into ground after loop, Westend, Southampton | |
J L Hawken injured | |
8.2.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADVO, Airwork Ltd, Perth |
Crashed after collision with G-ADOK, Scone, Perth | |
James Beck (22) killed | |
Pierce & pupil unhurt in G-ADOK | |
17.2.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AADA, South Coast Flying Club, Shoreham |
Dived in, Walberton, near Arundel | |
Edward Myers (25) died 18.2.36 (pilot) | |
Miss Ruby Dickerson (25) killed | |
24.2.36 | DH.84 Dragon 1 (G-ACKD), Ethiopian Red Cross |
Hit trees on take-off and caught fire, Akaki, Oromia, Ethiopia | |
Capt Charles Fred Hayter injured (pilot) | |
Haile Giorghis injured (co-pilot, Ethiopian) | |
27.2.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADON, Airwork Ltd, Abbotsinch |
Spun in, Inchinnan, near Abbotsinch; repaired | |
Anthony Gill (22) killed | |
3.3.36 | DH.89 Rapide G-ADBX, British Airways |
Crashed on landing, Newtownards | |
Capt Eric Glynne Robinson & 3 passengers unhurt | |
10.3.36 | DH.89A Rapide G-ADNG, Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, Haifa |
Hit building on landing, Rutba Wells, Iraq | |
S A Giles & 3 passengers unhurt | |
12.3.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADJB, 8 ERFTS, Woodley |
Spun during forced landing practice, Pound Lane Farm, Hurst, near Woodley | |
Pilot injured | |
22.3.36 | Blackburn Bluebird III G-AABE, G H Charlton, Chilworth |
Spun and crashed in field, Moneymoor Farm, Weeford, near Lichfield | |
Frederick Barney Alexander injured | |
Joseph Cunningham unhurt | |
22.3.36 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPC, Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, Yeadon |
Hit telephone wires on approach, Yeadon | |
Miss Mary Clarke (23) killed | |
Reginald Ernest Morris injured (pilot) | |
26.3.36 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACAP, Commercial Air Hire Ltd, Croydon |
Crashed, Stoney Cross, Minstead, near Lyndhurst, Hants. | |
Francis Joseph Birmingham (32) killed (pilot) | |
Robert Frederick Burgess (35) killed (wireless operator) | |
Brendan Birmingham (18) killed | |
Norman Tyrell Burton (25) killed | |
Miss Daisy Vera T Marsh (17) killed | |
27.3.36 | Avro 552 G-ACAX, Plane Advertising Ltd. |
Damaged on forced landing in fog, Sandridge, near Hatfield | |
31.3.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAWS, Hampshire Aeroplane Club, Hamble |
Dived into ground, Nursling, Hants. | |
Alan Cecil Buchan (30) killed | |
Clive Nuttall (29) killed | |
5.4.36 | Flying Flea, H Burns, Congleton |
Crashed, near Meir, Staffs. | |
Harold Burns injured | |
6.4.36 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.4 Mk.II G-ADIK, Commercial Air Hire Ltd, Croydon |
Hit tree on forced landing at night, South Park, near Godstone, Surrey | |
Ellis Hill unhurt | |
13.4.36 | B.A. Eagle 1 G-ACVU, G Shaw, Thornaby |
Ditched in sea, off Port Centuri, Corsica | |
Fleming injured (pilot) | |
Hatvy injured | |
Oppenheim injured | |
18.4.36 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ACCM, Air Service Training, Hamble |
Ditched in River Thames, off Purfleet, Essex | |
Patrick Rees rescued | |
20.4.36 | Flying Flea G-ADVL, R H Paterson, Glasgow |
Dived into ground, Renfrew | |
Adam Houston Anderson (33) killed | |
21.4.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AARE, Lawrence Aircraft Hire, West Malling |
Crashed into mountain in cloud, Cross Fell, near Penrith, Cumberland | |
Archibald James Moffat (20) killed | |
1.5.36 | B.A.C. Drone G-AEBC, Thomas (Worcester) Ltd, Pershore |
Stalled and spun from 500ft during display, King's Acre, Hereford | |
Walter Oswald Vincent Cadic (26) killed | |
2.5.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAJA, Portsmouth Aero Club |
Crashed in nursery garden during low aerobatics, Fairfield Nurseries, Wych Lane, Gosport | |
Peter Alexander Nicholas injured (RAFO) | |
2.5.36 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ADDM, S Hawley, Meir |
Crashed on take-off, Melton Mowbray, Leics. | |
Charles Frederic Peach & son unhurt | |
3.5.36 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADAW, Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Woodley |
Lost speed in turn, Sandford Mill, near Woodley | |
Victor Wright Neale (19) killed | |
4.5.36 | Flying Flea G-AEEW, Aircraft Constructions Ltd, Lympne |
Dived into ground on test flight, Penshurst, Kent | |
Ambrose Murray Cowell (26) killed | |
8.5.36 | Blackburn B-2 G-ACER, The North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd, Brough |
Stalled and crashed after take-off and caught fire, Brough; rebuilt | |
Reginald Hugh Wadsworth Bundle injured | |
10.5.36 | Spartan Three Seater I G-ABKK, Air Trips Ltd, Croydon |
Collision with Avro 504N G-AECR on take-off, Westwood Heath, near Coventry | |
Pauline Mary de Peauly Gower injured | |
N Wadds unhurt | |
H Mumford unhurt | |
Flt Lt E Gray, Joseph Bosworth, Leah Watson & Herbert Hoskins unhurt in G-AECR | |
16.5.36 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.4 Mk.II 2 G-ADLM, Commercial Air Hire Ltd, Croydon |
Side slipped on turn after engine failure on take-off and dived into ground, Croydon | |
Ellis Hill (30) killed | |
17.5.36 | Flying Flea G-AEFW, Aero 8 Flying Club, Ashingdon |
Hit fence on forced landing with burst oil pipe, Stockbury, Kent | |
Claude Alfred Oscroft unhurt | |
21.5.36 | Flying Flea G-AEBS, C R Davidson, Digby |
Dived into ground, Digby | |
Sqn Ldr Charles Robert Davidson MC (39) killed | |
23.5.36 | Avro 504K G-ABSM, E L Gandar Dower, Dyce |
Engine cut while banner-towing; hit wall and overturned, Dyce, Aberdeen | |
Roland Morris unhurt | |
23.5.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABWL, South Coast Flying Club, Shoreham |
Spun in, Lancing, near Shoreham | |
Hugh Graham Aitchison injured | |
24.5.36 | DH Moth Major G-ABZT, The Scottish Flying Club Ltd, Renfrew |
Stalled on turn and crashed, Islay | |
Harry Thyne injured | |
William Menzies unhurt | |
24.5.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADGO, London Aeroplane Club, Hatfield |
Spun and crashed after loop, Dunstable Downs | |
Miss Aileen Marjorie Smart (25) died 26.5.36 | |
Cuthbert Leathwaite Startup injured (pilot) | |
28.5.36 | Flying Flea G-AEIO, J S Squires, Melton Mowbray |
Crashed after hitting tree top, Melton Mowbray aerodrome | |
James Stephen Squires unhurt | |
30.5.36 | Westland Wessex G-ABVB, Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation |
Hit hedge on take-off, Ryde, IoW | |
R Phillips & 5 passengers unhurt | |
2.6.36 | Miles M.2F Hawk Major G-ACVM, G L Beardmore, Woodley |
Spun in, Hurst, near Reading | |
George Lissant Beardmore (58) killed | |
7.6.36 | DH.60X Moth G-EBXS, York County Aviation Club, Sherburn |
Stalled on low climbing turn, Bramham Park, near Tadcaster | |
2Lt Michael Ludovic Heathcote-Amory (22) killed | |
2Lt the Hon. Peter James Mowbray Rous injured (pilot) | |
8.6.36 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADIG, Major R H Thornton, Liverpool |
Engine torn out by prop failure; crashed into wood, near Jedla, Bohemia | |
Major Ronald Hobhouse Thornton unhurt | |
Mrs Dorothy Thornton unhurt | |
10.6.36 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ABZF, Liverpool & District Aero Club, Speke |
Spun and crashed, Liverpool Airport | |
George Hurst (33) killed | |
Squire Fred Evans injured (pilot) | |
13.6.36 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ACDU, Brooklands Air Taxis |
Crashed on forced landing, Aston Hill, near Halton, Bucks. | |
Bartholomew Furse Tonge injured | |
Thomas Francis Blackwell injured | |
I G Blackwell injured | |
20.6.36 | DH.60X Moth G-EBRT, M G Chadwick, Ashingdon |
Landed in tree after engine failure, Ashingdon, Essex | |
Frank George Fairhead unhurt (pilot) | |
C Clarke unhurt | |
21.6.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAHP, W J Alington, Ford |
Crashed in sea while stunting, off Littlehampton, Sussex | |
William James Alington rescued | |
27.6.36 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AEGM, Liverpool & District Aero Club, Hooton |
Took off unpiloted, crashed and caught fire, Hooton | |
29.6.36 | Percival Vega Gull G-AEAS, V Motion, Gravesend |
Wrecked on landing, Mbeya, Tanganyika | |
Vernon Motion unhurt | |
The Hon Frances Patricia Tollemache unhurt | |
30.6.36 | DH.60X Moth G-EBYV, Newcastle upon Tyne Aero Club |
Overturned on forced landing, Glebe Farm, Medomsley, near Consett, Durham | |
Samuel Smith unhurt | |
Mrs Elizabeth Armstrong unhurt | |
30.6.36 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACIZ, W J Martin, Tollerton |
Hit tree on approach, Tollerton | |
Richard Butterworth injured | |
Wilfred James Martin unhurt (pilot) | |
3.7.36 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AEHB, P G Aldrich-Blake, Heston |
Dived into sea, off Boulogne, France | |
Philip Geoffrey Aldrich-Blake injured | |
Thomas Weldon injured | |
13.7.36 | DH.82 Tiger Moth G-ABYJ, 13 ERFTS, White Waltham |
Stalled and crashed in hayfield, Chawridge Farm, Winkfield, Berks. | |
Cyril Joseph Patrick Gordon injured | |
22.7.36 | B.A.C. Super Drone G-AEAN, B.A.C. (1935) Ltd, Hanworth |
Crashed on houses on approach, Wells Avenue, Southend | |
Frank Donald Wallis unhurt | |
22.7.36 | Shackleton-Murray SM1 G-ACBP, Lord Apsley & Miss Dolly Miles, Yate |
Landed in sea, off Cowes, Isle of Wight | |
Allen Algernon Bathurst MP (Lord Apsley) rescued | |
25.7.36 | DH Moth Major G-ACGD, Edinburgh Flying Club, Macmerry |
Crashed on mountain in mist, Broad Law, near Peebles | |
William Watson ('Jack') Barrie (27) killed | |
Kenneth Crawford (30) killed | |
26.7.36 | Short S.16 Scion 2 G-ADDT, Pobjoy Airmotors & Aircraft Ltd, Rochester |
Hit telephone wires on forced landing after engine failure, Lock's Common, Porthcawl, Glamorgan | |
Richard Fothergill Robinson injured (pilot) | |
5 passengers | |
Mr Goltz injured | |
Dr James Paterson injured | |
Frances E A M (Ann) Paterson injured | |
James H B C (Harmer) Paterson injured | |
26.7.36 | Avro 504N ? G-ADBD ?, Canute Air Park Co., Ashingdon |
Hit hedge on take-off and crashed, Tollesbury, Essex | |
Michael William Kimpton unhurt (pilot) | |
John Anthony Golding, Thomas E Neville +1 passenger unhurt | |
30.7.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ACZZ, Bristol Flying School, Filton |
Crashed in trees, near Brothers Wood Farm, Filton | |
J C Harcombe injured | |
Pupil unhurt | |
31.7.36 | Saro Cloud G-ABXW "Cloud of Iona", Guernsey Airways |
Wrecked at sea in bad weather, near Jersey | |
Capt William Halmshaw (28) drowned (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Francis Alexandre Pierre Sotinel (22) drowned (mechanic) | |
Ernest Appleby (33) drowned | |
Miss Maud Bean drowned | |
Miss Margaret Davies (22) drowned | |
Miss Alice Judd (45) drowned | |
Miss Edwina (Elsie) Marley (24) drowned | |
Mrs Florence Annie Simpson drowned | |
Charles Viel (67) drowned | |
Claude Stewart Willis (20) drowned | |
6.8.36 | Miles Satyr G-ABVG, W N Yamamoto |
Stalled on take-off and dived into ground, Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
William Nobuyuki Yamamoto (22) killed (Japanese) | |
7.8.36 | Spartan Three Seater II G-ABZI, 601 Sqdn AAF, Hendon |
Stalled after take-off and caught fire, Farnborough | |
Plt Off Simon Howard Gilliat (23) killed (AAF) | |
2Lt John Gilliat injured | |
10.8.36 | Vickers Vellox G-ABKY, Imperial Airways, Croydon |
Crashed after take-off at night, Wallington, Surrey | |
Capt Lionel Frank Hastings Orr (26) killed (pilot, Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Capt Stanley Miles Duval Fergusson (32) killed (2nd pilot, Australian) | |
Robert Arbuckle (21) killed (wireless operator) | |
Jeffrey Denis Dear (21) killed (wireless operator) | |
11.8.36 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.25 Jubilee G-ADIV, Radio Transmission Equipment Ltd, Hanworth |
Crashed in bay after wing falure, Wigtown Bay, off Kirkclaugh | |
Arthur Vere Harvey unhurt (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
12.8.36 | DH.86 G-ADEB, British Airways |
Hit mountainside at night, near Altenkirchen, 30m SE of Cologne, Germany | |
Capt Charles Sydney Gill (35) died 17.8.36 (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Kenneth John Bayliss (23) killed (wireless operator) | |
15.8.36 | Aeronca C.3 G-ADZZ, Hon Max Aitken, Hendon |
Overshot landing and hit lamp post, Botolph Bridge, near Hythe, Kent | |
Flt Lt Roger Joyce Bushell unhurt | |
15.8.36 | Fokker F.XII G-ADZI, British Airways |
Crashed and destroyed by fire on delivery flight to Spain, Biarritz, France | |
Jan Kazimierz Franciszek Lasocki (36) killed (Polish) | |
15.8.36 | Fokker F.XII G-ADZK, British Airways |
Damaged on landing en route to Spain, Lagord aerodrome, La Rochelle, France | |
Kajetan Czarkowski-Golejewski unhurt (Polish) | |
16.8.36 | DH.60X Moth G-AAPJ, Aylesbury Airport Ltd, Chilworth |
Stalled and crashed on take-off and caught fire, Chilworth, Oxon | |
Malcolm Morris Freeman (29) died 19.8.36 | |
Joseph Donnelly (28) killed | |
17.8.36 | Blackburn B-2 G-AEBH, Flying Training Ltd, Hanworth |
Hit trees and crashed after loop, Kingsbury, Middx. | |
Frederick Wray injured | |
20.8.36 | DH.60M Moth G-ACOA, Aircraft Exchange & Mart Ltd. |
Engine failed after take-off from Hanworth, hit sewage stack pipe and crashed on road, Elmgate Avenue, Feltham | |
John James Glenn injured | |
Miss Irene Parks injured | |
20.8.36 | Airspeed AS.5A Courier G-ACVE, Union Founders Trust Ltd, Portsmouth |
Stolen by 2 Airspeed employees; crashed on take-off, Portsmouth | |
Arthur Chapman Gargett (22) died 4.9.36 | |
Joseph Allen Smith injured | |
22.8.36 | Short S.17 Kent G-ABFA "Scipio", Imperial Airways |
Sank after crash landing in rough weather, Mirabella Bay, Crete | |
Thomas Alexander Cecil Forbes (60) killed | |
Lt Richard Glen Wilson-Dickson (27) killed | |
Capt Arthur Sidney Wilcockson injured (pilot) | |
Long injured (first officer) | |
Birkenshaw injured (wireless operator) | |
Hemming injured (steward) | |
Barrington injured | |
Esmond Ayton Beevor injured | |
Flt Lt Charles Gilbert Davies-Gilbert injured | |
Father James M Drought injured (American) | |
W G Miller injured | |
26.8.36 | Miles M.2X Hawk Trainer G-ADZE, 8 ERFTS, Woodley |
Midair collision with G-AEAW, Woodley | |
Raymond John Shellard baled out | |
26.8.36 | Miles M.2X Hawk Trainer G-AEAW, 8 ERFTS, Woodley |
Midair collision with G-ADZE, Woodley | |
Rowland Fearon injured | |
28.8.36 | Airspeed AS.6A Envoy 1 G-ADCA, Office Generale de l'Air (for Spanish Republicans) |
Forced landed in vineyard out of fuel, near Alès, Gard, France | |
3 crew: Duvivier, Lenoir & Mattonti (French) | |
31.8.36 | Miles M.2F Hawk Major G-ACTD, R King Clark, York |
Spun on approach, Carr Grange Farm, Doncaster | |
2Lt Henry Ninian Evelegh Frisby (20) died 25.9.36 | |
2Lt Robert "Rex" King Clark injured (pilot) | |
8.36 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-ADMB, H L Cooper, High Post |
Crashed en route to Spain, near Perpignan, France | |
Edwin Liebowitz (American) | |
Abraham Schapiro (American) | |
2.9.36 | Flying Flea G-AELN, Cheltenham Light Aircraft Club |
Overturned on landing, Whalley Farm, Whittington | |
Pilot unhurt | |
5.9.36 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ADLP, Air Taxis Ltd, Croydon |
Spun in, Sliders Farm, Ashdown Forest, near Dane Hill, Sussex | |
Bartholomew Furse Tonge (28) killed | |
Douglas Arnold Scrase (26) killed | |
15.9.36 | DH.86A G-ADYF, British Airways |
Crashed after night take-off, Gatwick | |
Flt Lt Walter Fraser Anderson DSO DFC (Ret) (46) killed | |
David Slack (21) killed (engineer) | |
John Jackson (28) killed (wireless operator) | |
Dudley Scorgie injured (second officer) | |
19.9.36 | Percival Mew Gull G-AEKL "Miss Liverpool I", Air Publicity Ltd, Heston |
Hit by taxying 611 Sqn Hart K3044, Speke; repaired | |
Tom Campbell Black (36) killed | |
Fg Off Peter Stanley Salter injured in Hart | |
20.9.36 | B.A. Eagle 2 G-ADPN, M E King, Norwich |
Hit wires, crashed and caught fire, Rhiwbina, near Cardiff | |
Maurice Edward King (25) killed | |
Fg Off Harold Bellerby Elwell (43) killed (RAFO) | |
Throlf Gabriel Berg (43) killed | |
20.9.36 | Flying Flea G-ADXY, J Goodall, Keith |
Stalled and dived into ditch, Dyce, Aberdeen | |
James Goodall (34) killed | |
21.9.36 | Avro 616 Sports Avian G-AAYU, S Gleave, Woodford |
Crashed on hillside in fog, Charlton Abbots, near Cheltenham | |
Geoffrey Males Holt injured | |
Sydney Gleave unhurt | |
25.9.36 | Boulton Paul P.71A G-ACOX "Boadicea", Imperial Airways |
Lost in English Channel, off Dungeness | |
Capt Alfred Cecil Thomas (36) killed | |
Harold Eugene Percival (31) killed (wireless operator) | |
29.9.36 | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta G-ABTK "Athena", Imperial Airways |
Caught fire while starting engines, Delhi, India | |
Capt Vernon Gorry Wilson unhurt | |
Capt J I Patrick unhurt (passenger) | |
Frank Gordon Lundon unhurt | |
30.9.36 | Percival Vega Gull G-AEAB, D W Llewellyn, Gravesend |
Crashed on forced landing, shore of Lake Tanganyika, near Mpulungu | |
David William Llewellyn injured | |
Charles Frederick Hughesdon injured | |
1.10.36 | Airspeed AS.6J Envoy G-AENA "Gabrielle", M H Findlay & K H F Waller |
Crashed into trees on take-off, Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia | |
Capt Maxwell Hutcheon Findlay DSC AFC (38) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Arthur H Morgan killed (wireless operator) | |
Charles Derek Peachey injured | |
Kenneth Herbert Fraser (Ken) Waller injured | |
3.10.36 | Miles M.2U Hawk Speed Six G-ADOD, A E Clouston & F E Tasker, Woodley |
Crashed, Felixburg Road, near Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia | |
Fg Off Arthur Edward Clouston unhurt | |
Frederick Edward Tasker unhurt | |
3.10.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAJN, The Insurance Flying Club, Hanworth |
Spun on approach, Brooklands | |
James Skipworth Wilkinson (18) killed | |
Miss Margaret Maffett injured | |
7.10.36 | B.A.C. Drone G-AEJL, Vincent Greenhous, Astley, Shrewsbury |
Hit bush on take-off, Blymhill, Shropshire | |
Harold Mason injured | |
7.10.36 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.18 Croydon G-AECB, C R Anson, Hanworth |
Forced landed on coral reef, Seringapatam Reef, Timor Sea, off Australia | |
Fg Off Harold "Tim" Wood | |
Charles Gilroy (wireless operator) | |
Frederick Francis Crocombe | |
L Davies | |
8.10.36 | Avro 641 Commodore G-ACNT, A V Roe & Co Ltd, Woodford |
Stalled on approach, Speke | |
Malcolm Francis Ogilvie-Forbes & 4 passengers unhurt | |
9.10.36 | Blackburn B-2 G-ABWI, North Sea Aerial & General Transport, Brough |
Dived in and caught fire, Ellerton, near Selby | |
Sgt Algernon Hinchliffe Simpson (23) killed (RAF Reserve) | |
15.10.36 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAKN, Portsmouth Aero Club |
Spun and crashed in mud, Farlington marshes, Langstone Harbour | |
Eric Herbert Burridge injured | |
George Allen Tooes injured | |
20.10.36 | Beech B17L G-ADDH, Amy Mollison, Croydon |
Overturned on forced landing, Chelsfield, near Orpington, Kent | |
Mrs Amy Mollison injured | |
22.10.36 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABJY, R E L Beere, Redhill |
Hit tree and telephone wires on approach, North Heath, Horsham, Sussex | |
Georges Ernest Guye injured (pilot, Swiss) | |
Thomas Albert Edward Craven injured | |
24.10.36 | Avro 504N G-ADGM, Brooklands Aviation Ltd. |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Brooklands | |
24.10.36 | Avro 594 Avian III G-EBVA, W Mason, Leeming |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Brooklands | |
24.10.36 | Avro 594 Avian III G-EBXE, F R Wilson, Sywell |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Brooklands | |
24.10.36 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ABVJ, C Wright, Brooklands |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Brooklands | |
24.10.36 | Miles M.2A Hawk G-ACLI, S B Cliff, Woodley |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Brooklands | |
[eight aeroplanes destroyed in total] | |
27.10.36 | DH.60 Moth G-EBLT, South Wales Airways Ltd, Wenvoe |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Witney | |
27.10.36 | DH.60X Moth G-EBZP, Witney & Oxford Aero Club |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Witney | |
27.10.36 | DH.60X Moth G-AAMM, H B Duke-Worilley, Witney |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Witney | |
2.11.36 | Percival Gull Four G-ABUV, M Maxwell, Hanworth |
Crashed into bed of River Var, near Nice, France | |
Marius Maxwell (48) killed | |
Joseph Raynaud (16) killed (French) | |
16.11.36 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADXC, 1 ERFTS, Hatfield |
Nose dived into wood, Little Parndon, Essex | |
Ernest Gordon injured | |
19.11.36 | Fokker F.XII G-AEOT, British Airways |
Crashed on approach at night, Tilgate Forest, near Crawley | |
Capt Arthur Patrick Kilvington Hattersley (36) killed (Flt Lt, RAFO) | |
Capt Verner John William Bredenkamp (33) killed (first officer) | |
George Robert Charles Blowers injured (flight engineer) | |
Charles George Victor Wheeler injured (wireless operator) | |
20.11.36 | Spartan Cruiser III G-ADEM, Northern and Scottish Airways Ltd. |
Crashed into hangar on take-off in fog and caught fire, Stanley Park, Blackpool | |
Charles Frederick O'Connell (26) killed | |
Mrs Eileen Annie Miller (36) killed | |
20.11.36 | DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-ADBU, Northern and Scottish Airways Ltd. |
Destroyed by fire in hangar, Stanley Park, Blackpool | |
20.11.36 | Spartan Cruiser II G-ACVT, British Airways |
Believed destroyed by fire in hangar, Stanley Park, Blackpool | |
22.11.36 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AENC, A J Cormack, Macmerry |
Badly damaged on forced landing due to petrol failure, Borthwickbrae, Burnfoot, near Hawick | |
Alexander James Cormack & passenger unhurt | |
19.12.36 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-AENT, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Woodley |
Failed to recover from spin, Woodbridge | |
Sgt Wroath baled out | |
20.12.36 | B.A.C. Drone G-ADUA, Ely Aero Club |
Dived into ground, Caxton Gibbet, Cambs. | |
William Edward Wright (35) killed | |
28.12.36 | Short S.8 Calcutta G-EBVG "City of Alexandria", Imperial Airways |
Damaged at moorings in storm, Mirabella Bay, Crete | |
30.12.36 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABWA, Fg Off J K Lawrence, West Malling |
Ditched in Seine estuary, Le Havre, France | |
Charles Kenneth Upjohn Carter alias Charles Kennett rescued | |
Robert Pickett rescued | |
30.12.36 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AEGS, Iraq Petroleum Transport Co Ltd, Haifa |
Overturned on forced landing in gale, Afuleh, Palestine | |
John Eskdale Little (44) killed | |
Nahum Papper killed | |
E J Downing injured (pilot) | |
W Hayward injured (mechanic) | |
Rutherford injured | |
J Walker injured | |
2.1.37 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.25 Jubilee G-ADMD, H R d'Erlanger, Gatwick |
Hit tree on forced landing, Lomaso, near Trento, Italy | |
Baron Henry Roland d'Erlanger (41) killed | |
7.1.37 | Taylor Experimental G-AEPX, R Taylor, Hamsey Green |
Wing failed and crashed, Warlingham, Surrey | |
Richard Taylor (40) killed | |
21.1.37 | Avro 504N G-AEIJ, Plane Advertising Ltd, Abridge |
Ditched in sea in bad weather, Irish Sea, 25 miles off Mersey Bar | |
Fg Off Eric George Duncan Stewart MC drowned (RAFO) | |
Cyril Frank Poole rescued | |
22.1.37 | Airspeed AS.6J Envoy G-ADBZ, Air Dispatch Ltd, Croydon |
Crashed in bad weather into Titsey Hill, near Oxted, Surrey | |
Capt Gordon Shepherd Jones-Evans (40) killed (pilot) | |
John Walker (29) killed (wireless operator) | |
2.2.37 | DH.90 Dragonfly G-AEHC, London Express Newspapers Ltd, Croydon |
Flew into mountain, Darnaw, near New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire | |
Leslie Thomas Jackson (32) killed (pilot) | |
Archibald Francis Philpott (35) killed (wireless operator) | |
Major Harold Charles Pemberton DSO (47) killed | |
Reginald Charles Wesley (22) killed | |
7.2.37 | Klemm L25a-I G-ABOS, A E Chambers, Whitley |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Whitley Aerodrome, Coventry | |
Arthur Edward Chambers unhurt | |
E Bray unhurt | |
13.2.37 | Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III G-ABHU, Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble |
Crashed into strawberry field and overturned, Warsash, near Hamble | |
John Liver unhurt | |
17.2.37 | Avro 643 Cadet II G-ADTI, Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble |
Dived into ground in circuit, Filton | |
Adam Bruce Murdock injured | |
26.2.37 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AEDZ, E F B Walsh, Heston |
Crashed, St Inglevert, France | |
Edward Frederick Bowring Walsh unhurt | |
Mrs Bowring Walsh injured | |
6.3.37 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AELA, The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Woolsington |
Crashed into tree after loop, Ponteland, near Woolsington | |
William Roberts injured | |
16.3.37 | DH.86 G-ACVZ "Jupiter", Imperial Airways |
Crashed in pine wood, near Elsdorf, 15m W of Cologne, Germany | |
Capt George Barker Holmes (43) killed (Flt Lt, RAFO) | |
Gwyn Evans Langman (25) killed (wireless operator) | |
Charles Francis Wolley Dod OBE (44) killed | |
21.3.37 | Broughton-Blayney Brawny G-AENM, F W Broughton, Hanworth |
Spun off steep turn, Hanworth | |
Alexander Batley Scaife (21) killed | |
22.3.37 | DH Moth Major G-ACUR "Curlew", The Duchess of Bedford, Woburn |
Lost in North Sea, off Norfolk | |
Mary du Caurroy Russell, Duchess of Bedford (71) killed | |
24.3.37 | Short S.23 Empire G-ADVA "Capricornus", Imperial Airways |
Crashed in the Beaujolais Mountains, Croix de Fut Fray, near Ouroux, France | |
Capt Alexander Paterson (29) killed | |
Garth Edmunds Klein (30) killed (first officer) | |
Dennis R O'Brien (22) killed (flight clerk) | |
Francis Albert Edward Jefcoate (31) killed (steward) | |
Miss Beatrice Mercy Coates (50) killed | |
James L Cooper unhurt (wireless operator) | |
3.4.37 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AALK, A E Dobell, Brooklands |
Crashed into railway embankment in thick mist, Shankend Station, near Hawick | |
Arthur Edward Dobell injured | |
Mrs Constance Ella Dobell injured | |
6.4.37 | DH.87B Hornet Moth G-ADJY, W P O Evans, Broom Hall |
Hit wall on take-off, Broom Hall, near Pwllheli | |
William Prys Owen Evans (32) killed | |
9.4.37 | Hillson Praga G-AELK, F Hills & Sons Ltd, Barton |
Crashed, between Aldwark and Flawith, Yorks. | |
Mrs Ivy Lilian Hughes (33) killed | |
John Stubbs injured (pilot) | |
11.4.37 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AELD, Liverpool and District Aero Club, Speke |
Crashed on beach and caught fire, Talacre, near Prestatyn | |
Frank Blenkin (19) killed | |
James Donald Greenhaigh injured (pilot) | |
25.4.37 | Cierva C.19 Mk.IV G-ABXG, J A MacMullen & J C Campion, Hanworth |
Hit tree on landing and crashed in river, Hanworth | |
John Alexander McMullen unhurt | |
Leonard Ernest Provis unhurt | |
27.4.37 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-AEGR, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Woodley |
Spun off steep turn, Bucklebury Common, Berks. | |
Peter James Salkeld Burra (27) killed | |
Allan Anderson injured (pilot) | |
29.4.37 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AAUX, Grimsby Aero Club |
Crashed on take off, Waltham | |
2.5.37 | Tipsy S2 G-AESU, E D Ward, Hooton |
Nose dived off turn after take-off, hit tree and overturned, Walsall | |
Ray Griffiths unhurt | |
15.5.37 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-ADZU, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Hamble |
Crashed during aerobatics, Ebelsberg, Linz, Austria | |
Arthur Lasnausky (25) killed (Austrian) | |
Jamshetji (Jimmy) Tata (21) killed (Indian) | |
17.5.37 | Miles M.3A Falcon Major G-AETN, Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Woodley |
Stalled and crashed, Cockwood, near Dawlish, Devon | |
Plt Off William George Bruce (21) killed (RAFO) | |
Geoffrey Edward Ford-North injured | |
Gavin Alexander Simonds injured | |
25.5.37 | DH.60X Moth G-EBYH, G Baillie, Abridge |
Broke up during aerobatics, near Theydon Bois, Essex | |
Plt Off Arthur Thomas Blomville Campling (23) killed | |
Peter Avison Scott (23) killed | |
27.5.37 | Blackburn Segrave G-ABFR, Redhill Flying Club |
Hit fence on approach, Heston | |
Pilot & wireless operator unhurt | |
29.5.37 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth EI-AAJ, Irish Aero Club |
Crashed on Little Sugar Loaf Mountain, Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow | |
Reginald C Good (29) died 30.5.37 | |
29.5.37 | Airspeed AS.5A Courier G-ACSZ, North Eastern Airways, Croydon |
Spun in on pleasure flight, Doncaster | |
Idwal ap Ieuan Jones (31) killed (pilot) | |
Henry Betts (10) died 30.5.37 | |
Felix Burns (29) killed | |
Arthur Joseph Henman (36) killed | |
Ronald Batty injured | |
Eric Reaney injured | |
29.5.37 | Percival Vega Gull G-AERH, W R Porter, Hooton |
Hit house after take-off, Hanworth | |
Sydney William Sparkes (41) killed | |
Charles Fry (39) killed | |
Mrs Elsie F Abbey (40) died 30.5.37 (in house) | |
31.5.37 | Handley Page HP.42W G-AAXE "Hengist", Imperial Airways |
Destroyed by fire in airship shed, Drigh Road, Karachi, India | |
Henry Holroyd Dugdale (31) died 11.6.37 (Imperial Airways engineer) | |
5.6.37 | Miles Hawk Trainer G-AEAZ?, 8 ERFTS, Woodley |
Spun on practice forced landing, Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks. | |
Sgt John Edmund Roe (21) killed (RAFVR) | |
6.6.37 | Broughton-Blayney Brawny G-AERF, F W Broughton, Hanworth |
Spun on low turn, Bromley Hill Cemetery, Kent | |
Alfred Stanley Bacon (37) killed | |
6.6.37 | Tipsy S2 (G-AEWJ), Brian Allen Aviation Ltd, Croydon |
Dived off low turn, Broadstairs, Kent | |
Derek George Duval injured | |
11.6.37 | DH Moth Major G-ABUI, Ipswich Aero Club |
Spun, hit tree and caught fire, Nacton, near Ipswich | |
Herbert Samuel Ward (46) killed | |
18.6.37 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADXW, 7 ERFTS, Desford |
Crashed, Lindridge Farm, near Desford | |
Robert Ian Alexander baled out | |
21.6.37 | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AETB, T S Fermor-Hesketh, Brooklands |
Crashed after wing failure, Cires-les-Mello, near Beauvais, France | |
Lt the Hon Thomas Sharon Fermor-Hesketh (26) killed | |
2Lt Benjamin Alexander Ludford-Astley (22) killed | |
24.6.37 | DH.60M Moth G-AACD, Cambridge Aero Club |
Dived into ground, Fen Ditton, Cambridge | |
Gordon Bertie Smith (39) killed | |
29.6.37 | DH.60X Moth G-AADB, Yapton Aero Club, Ford |
Engine cut out on take-off; crashed in field, near Eastleigh | |
Flt Lt Gordon Lennox George Richmond | |
Sir Alan John Cobham | |
3.7.37 | DH.84 Dragon G-ADFI "The Silver Ghost", Allied Airways (Gandar Dower) Ltd, Dyce |
Crashed on take-off and destroyed by fire, Claredon, Thurso | |
Flt Lt G Hinkley unhurt (pilot) | |
Mrs Mary Banks injured | |
Mrs Jessie Murray injured | |
Mrs Towers injured | |
Mrs Annie Hughson unhurt | |
Mrs Minnie Sinclair unhurt (Canadian) | |
Miss E R Stocks unhurt | |
J W Towers unhurt | |
3.7.37 | Percival Vega Gull G-AEWP, Percival Aircraft Ltd. |
Spun in after engine failure, Johnstone, near Renfrew, Scotland | |
Fg Off Michael O'Bryen Shute Barrington (28) killed (RAFO) | |
John Milne Barbour (30) killed | |
Capt John Houston MC (45) killed | |
Stanley Pearcy (25) killed | |
4.7.37 | Slingsby King Kite G-GAAC, Slingsby Sailplanes |
Spun and crashed on launch, Wasserkuppe, Germany | |
Percy McGregor (Willy) Watt unhurt | |
6.7.37 | DH.87B Hornet Moth G-ADKO, Hon D Fortescue, Heston |
Crashed after engine failure on take-off, High Down, Filleigh, Devon | |
Hon. Denzil George Fortescue MC injured | |
8.7.37 | Aeronca 100 G-AEXB, Aeronautical Corporation of GB Ltd, Peterborough |
Lost in Irish Sea, off Holyhead, en route to Baldonnel | |
Richard de Cruce Grubb (22) killed | |
18.7.37 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ADGR, J Rowntree, York |
Nose dived and crashed on approach, Evere, Brussels, Belgium | |
Mrs Beatrice Anne Rowntree (24) killed | |
Julian Rowntree injured (pilot) | |
21.7.37 | DH.60M Moth G-AAUH, Airworthiness Ltd, Gravesend |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Gravesend | |
21.7.37 | Flying Flea G-ADZX, Airworthiness Ltd, Gravesend |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Gravesend | |
21.7.37 | Robinson Redwing II G-ABDO, Mrs E R Gerrans, Abridge |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Gravesend | |
21.7.37 | Robinson Redwing II G-ABOK, G J Dawson, Croydon |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Gravesend | |
30.7.37 | Blackburn B-2 G-ACBI, Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, Brough |
Spun into ground on river bank, Brough Haven | |
Edward Owen Thomas James Poyner (21) killed | |
2.8.37 | Avro Avian III G-EBXD, R G Davies, Woodford |
Crashed after take-off, Brooklands | |
Richard Geoffrey Davies injured | |
2.8.37 | Avro 640 Cadet G-ACFU, J E M Williams, Hayling Island |
Crashed, Radclive Dairy Farm, Gawcott, near Buckingham | |
John Ellis Munro Williams injured | |
Prowse injured | |
2.8.37 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACOC, P P Bradley, Tollerton |
Hit tree on take-off and wrecked, near Bourgfelden, Mulhouse, France | |
Philip Penrose Bradley unhurt | |
Mrs Mary Joyce Baxter unhurt | |
5.8.37 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.25 Ambulance G-AEWN, R B Pickett, Hanworth |
Ditched in sea after engine failure, 50m from Cannes, France | |
Robert Bannister Pickett rescued | |
9.8.37 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ADBK, Kent Flying Club, Bekesbourne |
Spun on approach, Bekesbourne | |
Garnet Percival Lovett (31) killed | |
10.8.37 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ADOC, A O Humble-Smith, Christchurch |
Hit telephone pole and crashed on take-off, Ferndown, Dorset | |
Anthony Lucas injured | |
14.8.37 | Avro Avian IVM G-ABCO, R N Birley, Speke |
Hit fence on forced landing in bad weather, Low Row, Cumberland | |
Robert Neville Birley unhurt | |
17.8.37 | DH.90 Dragonfly G-AEEK, Sir William Firth, Croydon |
Hit electric cable and crashed, Beeding Court Farm, Upper Beeding, near Shoreham | |
Kenneth Firth injured | |
Thorfinn James Gunn injured | |
21.8.37 | DH Moth Major G-ACZX, Tollerton Aero Club |
Spun in while stunting at carnival, Huthwaite, near Mansfield | |
James Daniel Bradbury (35) killed | |
Roy Hobart Crossland (21) killed | |
22.8.37 | British Klemm Swallow G-ACUB, Coventry Aeroplane Club, Whitley |
Stalled and crashed, Whitley Aerodrome, Coventry | |
Frederick Robinson unhurt | |
23.8.37 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AEWH, Midland Bank Flying Club, Hanworth |
Dived into Queen Mary Reservoir, Littleton | |
Herbert Mason Willis (29) drowned | |
24.8.37 | B.A.C. Drone G-AEEN, W M C Peatfield, Ramsgate |
Stalled on approach, Ramsgate | |
David Holliday Jorge (25) killed | |
6.9.37 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AESC, Brooklands Flying Club |
Spun in during aerobatics, Old Avenue, St George's Hill, Weybridge | |
Ivor Hardy List injured | |
Charles Macdonald injured | |
9.9.37 | Gordon Dove G-AEZB, J K Flower, Denham |
Overturned on forced landing after engine failure, Marsh Farm, Tilbury, Essex | |
Mervyn George Chadwick unhurt | |
10.9.37 | Miles M.3A Falcon Major G-AENG, Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Woodley |
Crashed in turbulence in King's Cup Air Race, Castle Hill, Scarborough | |
Wg Cdr Edward Goodwin Hilton DFC AFC (41) killed | |
Wg Cdr Percy Clark Sherren MC (Ret) (44) killed (Canadian) | |
20.9.37 | Beech C17R G-AENY (F-APFB), Air Pyrenees |
Overturned on landing, Parme, Biarritz, France | |
4 occupants unhurt | |
21.9.37 | Blackburn B-2 G-AEBF, 5 ERFTS, Hanworth |
Crashed during inverted flight, Sunbury-on-Thames | |
LAC Reginald Denys Maxwell Gibb (22) killed | |
24.9.37 | DH.60M Moth G-AALX, Brooklands Flying Club |
Crashed in sea, off Shoreham harbour | |
Thomas Tarrant (31) killed | |
1.10.37 | T.K.4 G-AETK, The de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield |
Crashed during test flight, near Hatfield | |
Robert John Feltham Waight (27) killed | |
1.10.37 | Short S.23 Empire G-ADVC "Courtier", Imperial Airways |
Flew into water on landing, Phaleron Bay, Athens, Greece | |
Wg Cdr Wilfred Reginald Dyke Acland DFC AFC (43) drowned | |
Alexandre Elefterakis drowned (Greek) | |
John Ray Henderson (48) drowned (American) | |
Capt E Poole injured (pilot) | |
John Selby (Jack) Hall injured (first officer) | |
A T Dunk injured (wireless operator) | |
E H Macquarie injured (steward) | |
G A Boughton injured (flight clerk) | |
Sqn Ldr John Bussey injured | |
Mrs Greer injured | |
M S Chronis injured (Greek) | |
J Dagge injured | |
Rev Richard Rees injured (RAF chaplain) | |
G Meiner unhurt | |
2.10.37 | B.A. Eagle 2 G-AEER, J P Wakefield, Brooklands |
Dived in and caught fire, Breedon-on-the-Hill, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch | |
Derrick Clive Howell (21) killed | |
John Walley (27) killed | |
Mrs Jessie Walley (26) killed | |
4.10.37 | Percival Gull Four G-ACFY |
Hit rock in mist and caught fire, Croix du Moutet, Sechilienne, near Grenoble, France | |
Claude Dupré injured | |
Henri Marchant injured | |
9.10.37 | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AEZO, A C Lewin, Heston |
Overturned on forced landing in swamp, near Duk Fadiat, 150m S of Malakal, Sudan | |
Brig-Gen Arthur Corrie Lewin CB CMG DSO unhurt | |
Mrs Norah Constance Lewin unhurt | |
12.10.37 | Percival Vega Gull G-AEKD, P Randolph, Gravesend |
Crashed on landing, Sanganer, Jaipur, India | |
Lt Patrick Randolph (25) killed | |
Peter Quentin Reiss injured | |
23.10.37 | Shapley Kittiwake G-AEZN, E S Shapley, Roborough |
Caught by wind while taxying and went through hedge, Roborough, Plymouth | |
Errol Spencer Shapley unhurt | |
28.10.37 | Miles M.2S Hawk Major G-ADLH, G P Nair, Woodley |
Stalled on approach, near Forges-les-Eaux, Rouen, France | |
Govind Paramaswaran Nair (32) killed (Indian) | |
14.11.37 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABPK, Exeter Aero Club |
Nose dived off turn on approach, Exeter Airport | |
Fg Off Lawrence Rayson Mouatt injured | |
Frederick William Turner injured | |
5.12.37 | Short S.23 Empire G-ADUZ "Cygnus", Imperial Airways |
Crashed on take-off due to incorrect flap settings, Brindisi, Italy | |
Frederick Lawrence Stoppani (27) killed (steward) | |
Maj William Ian Falconer MacDonald (47) killed (Australian) | |
Capt Roger Pierre Mollard injured (pilot) | |
Act Capt Frederick Undecimus Hollins injured (first officer; Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Francis George Hanscombe injured (flight clerk) | |
Edward Charles Barnes injured (wireless operator) | |
Flt Lt John Howard Barringer injured | |
James Charles Patrick injured | |
Mrs Queenie Mary Falconer Ritchie injured (Australian) | |
Air Marshal Sir John Maitland Salmond GCB CMG CVO DSO injured | |
Capt Prabhu Datt Sharma injured (Indian) | |
Ralph Mountain unhurt (second officer) | |
Robert Lutyens unhurt | |
13.12.37 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.4 Mk.II 2 G-ACEW, C H Tutt, Gravesend |
Overturned on landing in storm, Croydon | |
A Duggan unhurt | |
13.12.37 | Lockheed 10A Electra G-AEPP, British Airways |
Hit wall on landing in snowstorm at night, Croydon | |
Sydney Dennis Slocum (pilot) | |
Arthur William Cragg (wireless operator) | |
Baron Otto Leithner injured | |
Julian Cybulski injured (Polish) | |
23.12.37 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABDI, Redhill Flying Club |
Crashed in field, Horne, near Horley, Surrey | |
Robert Stewart Gray (25) killed | |
14.1.38 | Spartan Cruiser III G-ACYK, Northern & Scottish Airways Ltd, Renfrew |
Pancaked on hill in bad weather, Hill of Stake, near Largs, Ayrshire | |
Frederick Peter James McGevor DFM unhurt (pilot) | |
Fred R Hughes unhurt (wireless operator) | |
21.1.38 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADHW, 1 ERFTS, Hatfield |
Collision with Gauntlet II K5303, Smallford, near Hatfield | |
Theodore Quentin Paviour Smith (30) killed (New Zealander) | |
Brian William Grieves (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
24.1.38 | Percival Vega Gull G-AEKE, Mrs B L Urquhart, Gatwick |
Crashed on wooded ridge, near Oxted, Surrey | |
Neil Roy Leslie Urquhart injured | |
31.1.38 | Blackburn B-2 G-AEBI, 5 ERFTS, Hanworth |
Hit by landing Hart K4434 while preparing to take off, Hanworth | |
Kenneth Jonathan Wild (18) killed | |
Fg Off Lawrence Edward Chiswell injured in Hart | |
13.2.38 | Avro 504N G-ACRE, Air Publicity Ltd, Penshurst |
Hit tree and crashed, Gamlingay, Cambs. | |
Flt Lt Percival Phillips DFC (44) killed (RAFO) | |
25.2.38 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ACDH, 13 ERFTS, White Waltham |
Wings broke off in loop, Weir Bank, Bray, Berks. | |
William Arthur Coote Mulloy baled out | |
8.3.38 | Avro 616 Avian IVM G-ABCD, South Staffordshire Aero Club, Walsall |
Damaged in forced landing, Perry Barr Park, Birmingham | |
2Lt Peter Jermyn & passenger unhurt | |
12.3.38 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.25 Universal G-AEJV, Cinque Ports Flying Club |
Spun and crashed after take-off, Lympne | |
William Eric Davis (34) killed (pilot) | |
Raymond Arthur Joseph Hernu (30) killed | |
Miss Yvonne Mollie Marguerite Hernu (32) killed | |
Miss Gertrud Mohr (31) killed (German) | |
16.3.38 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.25 Jubilee G-AEAT, Aerial Sites Ltd, Hanworth |
Wrecked on forced landing at night, Shootfield, near Knockholt, Kent | |
C R Willows & passenger injured | |
20.3.38 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-AAUG, R F Giddings, High Post |
Spun and nose dived, High Post, Wilts. | |
Maj Lancelot Henry Beaumont Burlton injured | |
10.4.38 | Taylor J-2 Cub G-AESK, H Perkins, Withybrook |
Dived into ground turning on approach, Workshops Farm, Withybrook, Warwickshire | |
William Dono unhurt | |
25.4.38 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACHX, Wrightways, Croydon |
Crashed into trees after engine failure on approach, Woodcote, near Croydon | |
Fg Off Colin Calder Byar (33) died 28.4.38 (RAFO, New Zealander) | |
Ernest K Ratcliffe injured (wireless operator, New Zealander) | |
1.5.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AEMS, Liverpool and District Aero Club, Speke |
Crashed and burned, Bromborough, Cheshire | |
Alexander Birnie MacDowall (27) killed | |
Herbert Topham Dewhurst (40) killed | |
8.5.38 | Luton Buzzard II G-ADYX, Luton Aircraft Ltd. |
Heavy landing, Heathrow | |
Robert Kronfeld | |
14.5.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-ADJM, E S Baker, Redhill |
Ditched in sea after engine failure, 6m off Dover | |
Edward Sander Baker rescued | |
Norman Bower rescued | |
14.5.38 | Percival Vega Gull G-AFGU, S Smith, Woolsington |
Crashed in bad weather, near Skiddaw, Westmorland | |
Samuel Smith (32) killed | |
Robert Gold Ratcliffe (26) killed | |
Norman Tennant Ayton (30) killed | |
26.5.38 | Percival Gull Six G-ADZO, H L Brook, Leamington |
Forced landed with blocked fuel pipe on sandbank; covered by tide, Roger Sand, The Wash | |
Harold Leslie Brook unhurt | |
1.6.38 | Percival Vega Gull G-AFBR, Indian Aviation Development Co Ltd, Bombay |
Crashed on approach, Luton airport | |
Sir Alasdair Workman MacRobert (25) killed | |
Edward Sander Baker (32) killed | |
Ronald Eric Laurence Beere (36) killed | |
12.6.38 | S.C.A.L. FB.30 Avion Bassou G-AFCD, W L Lewis, Hanworth |
Stalled after take-off, Hanworth | |
Walter Louis Lewis (44) killed | |
18.6.38 | Hanriot HD-1 G-AFDX, Warden Aviation Co, Old Warden |
Lost wheel on take-off from Brooklands; overturned on landing, Old Warden | |
Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth unhurt | |
20.6.38 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ACCY, Redhill Flying Club |
Hit trees on approach and caught fire, Redhill | |
William Clark Carswell injured | |
Miss Pamela Scott Harston injured | |
25.6.38 | DH.84 Dragon G-ADCR, Channel Air Ferries |
Stalled on approach in fog, Land's End Airport, St Just | |
Capt David Louis Dustin (28) died 26.6.38 (Fg Off, RAFO) (New Zealander) | |
Mlle Marie Rose Castaidre injured (French) | |
Miss Constance Mary Thompson injured | |
Miss Edna Amelia Thompson injured | |
Miss Grace Thompson injured | |
M Nabos unhurt (French) | |
Charles Thomas Thompson unhurt | |
25.6.38 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADXZ, 12 ERFTS, Prestwick |
Crashed on Humeston Hill, Carrick Hills, near Croy, Ayrshire | |
Sgt Thomas Murray Heron killed | |
28.6.38 | Miles M.11C Whitney Straight G-AEYI, Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Woodley |
Crashed in sandpit, Harefield, Middx. | |
Wg Cdr Frederick William Stent MC (Ret) (48) killed | |
1.7.38 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADSI, Royal Air Force Flying Club, Hatfield |
Hit electric cable and crashed, by River Nith, Carronbridge, Thornhill, Dumfries | |
David Gladstone unhurt | |
3.7.38 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AEBX "Star of Scotia", Railway Air Services |
Spun and crashed in circuit, Belfast Harbour airport, Sydenham | |
Capt Alfred Churchill Larmuth (31) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Reginald Harry Vaughan (23) killed (engineer) | |
6.7.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AFGS, H R B Waters, Hatfield |
Stalled and dived into beach attempting forced landing, Folkestone | |
Harold Randall Brocas Waters unhurt | |
Miss I S M Edge unhurt | |
17.7.38 | Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III G-AFEU, Thanet Aero Club, Ramsgate |
Spun into sea after loop, off Cliftonville, Margate | |
Edmund Leonard George Betts (19) drowned | |
Marjorie Cynthia Walk (16) drowned | |
20.7.38 | G.A.L. Monospar ST.25 Universal G-AESS, General Aircraft Ltd, Hanworth |
Forced landed on beach and covered by tide, Burntisland, Fife | |
Ambrose Jordan Verney-Cave unhurt | |
20.7.38 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACHJ, F J C Bloomfield, Gracehill, Co Antrim |
Overturned on forced landing, Court Farm, Clyst St George, near Exeter Airport | |
Capt Fitzmaurice John Commerell Bloomfield injured | |
27.7.38 | Armstrong Whitworth AW.15 Atalanta G-ABTG "Amalthea", Imperial Airways |
Flew into hillside, near Kisumu, Kenya | |
Capt Meuric Vivian Johnstone (28) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
John Everitt Ray (22) killed (first officer) | |
Maurice James Gough (29) killed (ground engineer) | |
Trevor Morris killed (wireless engineer) | |
28.7.38 | Miles M.3B Falcon Six G-ADLC, E D Spratt, Croydon |
Crashed after engine failure, Painsford Farm, Harbertonford, near Totnes, Devon | |
Norman Ellison Waugh unhurt | |
Hon Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey unhurt | |
Peter H S Morey unhurt | |
31.7.38 | Comper Swift G-AAZD, M N Mavrogordato, Witney |
Crashed after engine failure on take-off, Witney aerodrome | |
Michel Noël Mavrogordato injured | |
2.8.38 | Barnwell B.S.W. Mk. 1 G-AFID, F S Barnwell, Whitchurch |
Stalled and dived in after take-off, Whitchurch, Bristol | |
Capt Frank Sowter Barnwell OBE AFC (57) killed | |
13.8.38 | Klemm L25c XI EI-ABJ, Bryan Rogers, Baldonnel |
Fell into ditch on forced landing, Drummin Hill, near Greystones, Co. Wicklow | |
James Weldon & passenger unhurt | |
24.8.38 | DH.60X Moth G-EBTG, Romford Flying Club |
Hit lorry on landing, Maylands | |
Harold Park unhurt | |
19.9.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AFIG, 4 ERFTS, Brough |
Crashed in rainstorm, Dorrington Fen, near Sleaford | |
Plt Off Dennis Gerald Baker (19) killed | |
Act Plt Off Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson injured (pilot) | |
21.9.38 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AELI, Cinque Ports Flying Club |
Stalled and dived in, Lympne | |
Fg Off David William Llewellyn (34) killed (RAFO) | |
2Lt John Buller Kitson (23) killed | |
4.11.38 | DH.86 G-ACZN "St Catherine's Bay", Jersey Airways |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Rue es Minquiers, near Jersey Airport | |
Fg Off Alwyn Geoffrey Morgan Cary (35) killed (RAFO) | |
Reginald John Syner Lyons (28) killed (wireless operator) | |
Frank Berry (61) killed | |
Thomas Olaf Cox (29) killed | |
Sister Janet Hansford (26) killed | |
Harold Kersley (57) killed | |
Stuart Spring (28) killed | |
Capt William Dermot Swan (30) killed | |
Mrs Rozel Clinton Swan (27) killed | |
Miss Bridget Jennifer Swan (1) killed | |
Major Gerald Hazzard Voisin (40) killed | |
Mrs Eleanor Ruby Courtney Voisin killed | |
Mrs Lucy Helena Wall (40) killed | |
Edmund le Cornu killed (farm worker, on ground) | |
10.11.38 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABOV, Herts & Essex Aero Club |
Crashed in fog and caught fire, Crundale, near Wye, Kent | |
Jayant Ganparo Pathare (23) killed (Indian) | |
22.11.38 | Lockheed 14 G-AFGO, British Airways |
Crashed on rocks on test flight, Redcliffe Bay, Portishead | |
Eric Glynne Robinson (30) killed | |
Flt Lt Robert Paul Joseph Leborgne (28) killed (RAFO) | |
27.11.38 | Short S.23 Empire G-AETW "Calpurnia", Imperial Airways |
Flew into water in storm, Lake Habbaniyah, Iraq | |
Capt Ernest Henry Attwood (39) killed (Flt Lt, RAFO) | |
Alexander Ninian Spottiswoode (30) killed (first officer; Flt Lt, RAFO) | |
Frederick George Ubee (36) killed (flight clerk) | |
Basil Roderick Bayne Rees (24) killed (wireless officer) | |
D E Anderson injured (steward) | |
D B Harrison injured (probationary station officer, Canadian) | |
3.12.38 | Avro Avian IVM G-AAYV, J R Ford, Broxbourne |
Crashed into tree, Aldenham aerodrome | |
James Reginald Ford unhurt | |
Norman Sidney Head unhurt | |
3.12.38 | DH.86 G-ADCN "Daedalus", Imperial Airways |
Caught fire while starting up, Bangkok | |
6.12.38 | Avro Cadet G-ADTZ, 9 ERFTS, Ansty |
Dived and crashed in field, Lodge Farm, Walsgrave, Coventry | |
Sgt Raymond William Kingsley Clark (24) killed (RAFVR) | |
2.1.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABSH, Portsmouth Aero Club |
Ditched in sea, Langstone Harbour | |
Fg Off Henry Mitchell | |
Charles Wanhill | |
12.1.39 | Avro 504N G-ADDA, Air Publicity Ltd, Heston |
Hit fence and wrecked on forced landing, Mastin Moor, Derbyshire | |
Bernard Downs injured | |
John Owen Penrose unhurt (pilot) | |
21.1.39 | Short S.23 Empire G-ADUU "Cavalier", Imperial Airways |
Forced landed in Atlantic after carburettor icing and sank, 285m SE of New York | |
Robert James Spence (29) drowned (steward) | |
Donald W Miller drowned (American) | |
John Gordon Noakes (62) drowned (American) | |
Capt Marmaduke Jonathan Rowland Alderson injured | |
Neil Richardson rescued (first officer) | |
Patrick Chapman rescued (wireless officer) | |
David Williams rescued (steward) | |
Mrs Katherine Fox Ingham rescued (Bermudian) | |
Mrs C Miller rescued (American) | |
Mrs Louise Noakes rescued (American) | |
Miss Nellie Tucker Smith rescued (Bermudian) | |
Charles Talbot rescued (American) | |
Mrs Edna Watson rescued (Bermudian) | |
28.1.39 | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AEVH, Reading Aero Club, Woodley |
Crashed in bad visibility, Pilot Hill, Ashmansworth, Hants. | |
George Richard Hobbs (26) killed | |
Vernon Claude Morris (26) killed | |
11.2.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAIU, Cotswold Aero Club |
Crashed in floodwater, Walmore Common, Minsterworth, Glos. | |
Raymond Charles Chamberlain injured | |
Brian Harrison injured | |
16.2.39 | B.A. Swallow L25C Mk.2 G-AEIG, G Dawson, Nottingham |
Midair collision with G-AFER, Cotgrave, near Tollerton; landed with minor damage | |
Capt Arthur Frederick Muir & pupil Barrow unhurt | |
16.2.39 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AFER, S Lawrence, Alfreton |
Midair collision with G-AEIG, Cotgrave, near Tollerton | |
Jack Edwin Walker (28) killed | |
26.2.39 | Simmonds Spartan G-AAMB, F S Davies & S A Kew, Maylands |
Ditched in sea after engine failure, off Thorpe Bay, Southend | |
Sidney Allen Kew rescued | |
5.3.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AFKA, Redhill Flying Club |
Stalled on turn after practice forced landing, Blindley Heath, near Godstone; repaired | |
Frederick Wills (28) killed | |
Michael Collins Waterfield injured (pilot) | |
8.3.39 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-AEEZ, P W Fell, Woodford |
Crashed on approach in high wind, Barton | |
Percy William Fell injured | |
11.3.39 | Taylorcraft Model A G-AFKN, West Suffolk Aero Club, Bury St Edmunds |
Overshot landing and crashed in garden, Bury St Edmunds | |
Daniel Henry Jewers injured | |
12.3.39 | Short S.23 Empire G-ADUY "Capella", Imperial Airways |
Hit submerged wreck while taxying, Batavia, Java | |
Capt Herbert Bindley Hussey | |
14.3.39 | Avro 504N G-AEDD, Publicity Planes Ltd, Hanworth |
Hit fence and crashed on forced landing after engine failure, Calderfields Farm, Walsall | |
Harold Vinter injured | |
Capt Vincent Neville Dickinson unhurt (pilot) | |
29.3.39 | Miles M.2H Hawk Major G-AFKL, Reading Aero Club, Woodley |
Lost control during aerobatics, Woodley | |
Paul Lailey Uphill (28) killed | |
11.4.39 | DH.94 Moth Minor G-AFRD, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd. |
Abandoned during spinning tests, Wheathampstead, near Hatfield | |
Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. baled out | |
John Cunningham baled out | |
19.4.39 | Parnall Pixie II G-EBKM, R Bullock, Fraddon |
Crashed after take-off, Coswarth Farm, near Newquay, Cornwall | |
Ray Bullock injured | |
25.4.39 | DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-AEAK, Isle of Man Air Services |
Hit tree on night approach, Speke, Liverpool | |
Capt James Rimmer Hesketh injured | |
1.5.39 | Short S.23 Empire G-ADVD "Challenger", Imperial Airways |
Overshot landing onto reef, Lumbo Bay, Mozambique | |
Tom Webb (33) killed (wireless officer) | |
George Knight (35) killed (flight clerk) | |
Act Capt Frederick Donald Smith injured | |
William Godfrey Neal Sanders injured (first officer) | |
Jock Gavshon injured (supernumerary first officer) | |
John Albert Millard unhurt (steward) | |
Lt-Col Frederick Hermann Kisch unhurt | |
Gerold McKee Lauck unhurt | |
H F Russell unhurt | |
3.5.39 | DH.82 Tiger Moth G-ACBA, Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd, Filton |
Collision with Hart K4372, Filton | |
Michael Anthony Sims injured | |
8.5.39 | DH.60M Moth G-AAVR, Redhill Flying Club |
Collision with Hawker Hart K5800, Horne, near Horley | |
Capt John Joseph ('Paddy') Flynn (44) killed | |
Miss Aurora D Tasselli (19) killed | |
11.5.39 | Spartan Arrow G-ABOB, Thanet Aero Club, Ramsgate |
Crashed on forced landing at night out of fuel, Steeple Langford, Wilts. | |
Joseph Johann Wursch unhurt (Swiss) | |
16.5.39 | Avro 504N G-ADEI, H B G Michelmore, Hedon |
Nose dived after take-off, Hanworth | |
Sydney Lane Foster St Barbe (44) died 17.5.39 | |
Richard Arthur Clinton Holme injured | |
23.5.39 | Parnall Heck IIC G-AEGJ, Parnall Aircraft Ltd, Yate |
Hit hedge on forced landing after engine failure, Astley, near Nuneaton | |
John Anthony Crosby-Warren injured | |
J Thornton injured | |
L Calloway unhurt | |
24.5.39 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AELV, London Air Park Flying Club, Hanworth |
Crashed after unpiloted take-off, Hanworth | |
29.5.39 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-ABOT, S G Cummings, Brooklands |
Flew into sea, off Kirkmichael, IoM | |
Sydney George Cummings rescued | |
29.5.39 | Hillson Praga G-AEUK, Northern Aviation School & Club Ltd, Barton |
Broke up in steep dive, Kirkholt Farm, Balderstone, near Rochdale | |
David Johnston (24) killed | |
Donald Smith Ferguson (26) killed | |
30.5.39 | Avro 631 Cadet G-ABVV, Maj J E D Shaw, Welburn Hall |
Crashed on aerotow take-off with Gull BGA 349, Welburn Hall, Yorks. | |
Montagu Scott McMurdo (42) killed. | |
12.6.39 | Short S.23 Empire G-ADVE "Centurion", Imperial Airways |
Nosed into water on landing and sank, Hooghly river, Bally, Calcutta, India | |
Capt A C Loraine | |
E Murray (first officer) | |
G Brown (radio officer) | |
E B Smith (flight clerk) | |
A I Carter (steward) | |
B Bowling (Imperial Airways staff) | |
J Franklin | |
W L Kinlock injured | |
T Zoffman | |
15.6.39 | Miles M.11A Whitney Straight G-AFBV, Thanet Aero Club, Ramsgate |
Hit wind sock and crashed, Ipswich Airport | |
Fg Off Charles Frederick Almond (28) killed (RAFO) | |
Henry Angwin Spray (22) killed | |
19.6.39 | Short S.30 Empire G-AFCW "Connemara", Imperial Airways |
Caught fire while refuelling from petrol barge, Hythe, Southampton Water | |
Hedley Newton Vincent (36) killed | |
George Summers injured | |
20.6.39 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AERE, British American Air Services |
Flew into hillside, near Ettersgill, 5m NW of Middleton-in-Teesdale | |
Ferruccio Sylvani (Frank) Appi (20) killed (pilot) | |
James Elmslie (33) killed (wireless operator) | |
John Lionel (Jack) Crouch (23) killed | |
25.6.39 | Miles M.2 Hawk G-ACHZ, Airsales & Service Ltd, Bekesbourne |
Stalled, crashed and caught fire, Bekesbourne | |
Cecil James Dobson (24) killed | |
26.6.39 | Percival Vega Gull G-AELE, E G H Forsyth, Croydon |
Engine cut after take-off; crashed at mouth of River Canche, near Le Touquet, France | |
Robert Morrison unhurt (pilot) | |
John Roland Robinson MP injured | |
Mrs Maysie Robinson injured | |
27.6.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABBW, Brooklands Flying Club |
Crashed in sea, 1½m off Shoreham | |
Henry Norman Kyte (42) died 28.6.39 | |
27.6.39 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-AFSK, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aero Club, Woolsington |
Crashed into hilltop, Roseden, near Wooler, Northumberland | |
Frederick Geoffrey Harrison Wall (29) killed | |
1.7.39 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADLX, 13 ERFTS, White Waltham |
Hit telephone wires and house, crashed in garden and caught fire, White Waltham | |
Sgt Maurice Dean Randall unhurt (RAFVR) | |
7.7.39 | DH.87B Hornet Moth G-AFAT, C Penn Hughes, Brooklands |
Nose dived turning after take-off, Lympne | |
Clifton Penn Hughes (34) killed | |
Edward Tobin injured | |
9.7.39 | Avro 643 Cadet II G-ADTH, 3 ERFTS, Hamble |
Spun and dived into sea, Milford-on-Sea | |
Sgt David Horatio McCluckie Joseph (22) killed | |
10.7.39 | Willoughby Delta F G-AFPX, Willoughby Delta Co Ltd, Witney |
Crashed, Caulcott, near Bicester | |
Hugh Nichol Olley (24) killed | |
Percival Nesbit Willoughby (36) killed | |
12.7.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABWN?, Malling Aero Club, West Malling |
Spun into sand pit, Wrotham, Kent | |
Peter Allingham unhurt | |
13.7.39 | Hawker Tomtit G-AFKB, Leicestershire Aero Club, Braunstone |
Hit power cable and crashed, Leicester Forest East | |
Percy Raymond Kerfoot (33) died 14.7.39 | |
15.7.39 | B.A. Swallow 2 G-AFHN, London Air Park Flying Club, Hanworth |
Crashed on approach, Hanworth Road, Feltham | |
Harold Clyde Ferguson (32) killed | |
Gordon Reginald Watson injured | |
15.7.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABBV, Cotswold Aero Club |
Spun and crashed in field, Dean's Farm, Brockworth, Gloucester | |
Charles Henry Pitt (31) killed | |
21.7.39 | DH.90A Dragonfly G-AEXN, Mutual Finance Ltd, Croydon |
Flew into trees at night, Hampden Woods, near Great Missenden, Bucks. | |
George Charles Toye unhurt (pilot) | |
Octavius Hunt Critchley unhurt (wireless operator) | |
Luke Tugwell unhurt (ground engineer) | |
21.7.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABJZ, Kent Flying Club, Bekesbourne |
Collision with Hind K5418, Tilmanstone, Kent | |
Fg Off Keith Kendle Brown (38) killed (RAFO) | |
Donovan William Alan Pragnell (44) killed | |
27.7.39 | DH.60X Moth G-EBUS, Yapton Aero Club, Portsmouth |
Stalled and crashed in field, Manor Farm, South Boarhunt, near Fareham | |
John Frederick Stanley Hime injured | |
3.8.39 | Hillson Praga G-AEYK, Northern Aviation School & Club Ltd, Barton |
Overturned in forced landing after engine failure on take-off, Barton | |
William Burton Cecil Winning unhurt | |
Thomas G Evans unhurt | |
5.8.39 | Tipsy B G-AFRT, Airsales & Service Ltd, Bekesbourne |
Flew into electricity wires, near Beachborough, Kent | |
Sqn Ldr Edward Lucas Mole injured | |
8.8.39 | Avro 643 Cadet G-ADTO, 9 ERFTS, Ansty |
Spun in and caught fire, University Road, Leicester | |
Sgt Fred Rowney injured (RAFVR) | |
11.8.39 | Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFGN, British Airways |
Burnt out after forced landing with engine fire, Saint-Sauveur, near Luxeuil, France | |
Capt David Prowse | |
Alfred Clarence Whincop (first officer) | |
D Stott (radio operator) | |
Frank A Greenin (steward) | |
Miss Baker | |
Dr Arthur Henry Douthwaite | |
Mrs Gladys Olivia Douthwaite | |
Miss Isabella E Dugon | |
Mrs Joan M Humphrey | |
Dr John Priestman | |
Mrs Elizabeth Maisie Priestman | |
Miss Stanger | |
Mr Winder | |
15.8.39 | Lockheed 10A Electra G-AESY, British Airways |
Ditched in sea after cabin fire, near Storstrøm Bridge, Masnedsund, Denmark | |
Alfred Stanley Marsdin Leigh (25) drowned (wireless operator) | |
Erich Bruno Wilhelm Beuss drowned (German) | |
Cesar Agustin Castillo drowned (Mexican) | |
Anthony Crommelin Crossley, MP (36) drowned | |
Samuel James Simonton (37) drowned (American) | |
Clifford Frederick Cecil Wright rescued (pilot) | |
18.8.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABAM, Malling Aero Club, West Malling |
Stalled and spun, near Borough Green, Kent | |
Ernest Edward John Raggett (26) killed | |
21.8.39 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-AAAL, Isle of Wight Flying Club |
Crashed on take-off and destroyed by fire, Lea Farm, Sandown, Isle of Wight | |
Count Adam Mihaly Karolyi (21) died 22.8.39 (Hungarian) | |
Mr Egmont Otto Stuart Fulda injured | |
30.8.39 | Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III G-AFEV, Exeter Aero Club |
Stalled and dived into ground in fog, Ware Cross, near Lyme Regis | |
Henry Stanley Foulds (39) killed | |
31.8.39 | Luton Minor G-AFRC, J E Carine, Hall Caine, IoM |
Hit tree and crashed in garden, Ballacross, St Jude's, Isle of Man | |
John Edmund (Jack) Carine injured | |
26.9.39 | DH.82A Tiger Moth G-ADOA, 10 EFTS, Filton |
Crashed, Manton Down, near Marlborough | |
Peter Basil Trier injured | |
20.11.39 | Airspeed Oxford I G-AFFM, British Airways |
Hit balloon cable and crashed, near Gosport | |
Sgt Arthur George Nicholson (23) killed | |
Arthur Edward Eady (27) killed (radio operator) | |
20.12.39 | DH.84 Dragon G-ACJT, Western Airways |
Crashed after take-off, Weston-super-Mare | |
Mr Leslie Ivor Arnott (35) killed | |
21.12.39 | Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFYU, BOAC |
Ditched in Mediterranean Sea, off Malta | |
Jack William Francis Beach (23) killed (first officer) | |
Gordon Rice Brentnall (31) killed (radio officer) | |
3 passengers killed | |
Capt Peter C Fair injured (pilot) | |
J J Broome injured (flight engineer) | |
W Smith injured (steward) | |
Wg Cdr Walter Lloyd Dawson rescued | |
Major Mackenson rescued | |
Lt W Ashton rescued (RN) | |
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