12.11.1918 | Sopwith Dolphin F5961, 23 Sqn, Bertry East |
Wing folded up pulling out of steep dive, France | |
2Lt Garth Whittall (22) killed | |
12.11.18 | Camel E4422, 203 Sqn, Bruille |
Spun in, Aubry-du-Hainaut, near Valenciennes, France | |
Sgt Mech James Albert Nicholls (22) killed | |
13.11.18 | Sopwith Camel C6713, 151 Sqn, Bancourt |
Spun on cross-country flight, Bouvincourt, France | |
Capt D'Urban Victor Armstrong DFC (21) killed (South African) | |
13.11.18 | Sopwith Camel F3132, 210 Sqn, Boussieres |
Spun off low-speed turn on aerodrome, France | |
Capt Vernon Francis Symondson (25) killed | |
14.11.18 | Snipe E8052, 4 Sqn, AFC, Ennetieres |
Crashed outside aerodrome during squadron formation, Grande Ennetieres, France | |
Lt Lyell Keith Swann MM (23) killed (Australian) | |
14.11.18 | AW F.K.8, 82 Sqn, Menin |
Struck a tree and crashed, France | |
2Lt Robert Scott Wreathall (21) died 15.11.18 | |
Lt Harry Baldwin Kennedy injured (American) | |
15.11.18 | AW F.K.8 D5035, 18 TDS, Ismailia |
Stalled and nose dived after engine failure, Ismailia, Egypt | |
Flt Cadet Oscar Edward Oberhuber (27) killed (pilot, New Zealander) | |
Flt Cadet William Tupper Beck (21) killed (passenger, Canadian) | |
16.11.18 | R.E.8 E247, 15 Sqn, Selvigny |
Spun and burst into flames on practice flight, France | |
2Lt Arthur Manders (28) killed | |
17.11.18 | AW F.K.8 B4185, 10 Sqn, Menin |
Flying accident, Belgium | |
2Lt Leslie Horner Proctor (22) killed | |
2Lt William Kenneth Salton (21) killed | |
19.11.18 | B.E.2 B6181, Artillery Observation School, Heliopolis |
Stalled in steep turn and spun in, Egypt | |
Lt William Hughes (26) killed | |
Cpl Alfred Perry (28) killed | |
19.11.18 | Bristol Fighter F4443, O Flight, Elincourt |
Crashed after take-off, Elincourt, France | |
Capt Francis Herbert Hodgson (22) killed | |
2Lt John Hector Taylor (20) killed | |
19.11.18 | AW F.K.8 F7517, 82 Sqn, Menin / Bertangles |
Crashed, Belgium | |
2Lt Thomas Gordon Speake (19) died 20.11.18 | |
A Mech 1 Arthur Greenwood injured | |
19.11.18 | Caudron G.IV 3298, 212 TDS, Vendome |
Stalled and nose dived into hangar, Vendome, France | |
Flt Cadet Stanley Frederick Bladwell (18) killed | |
20.11.18 | D.H.9 E9012, 3 Aircraft Depot, Courban |
Hit hill in fog, Moreuil, near Amiens, France | |
Lt Alfred George Bathurst Norman (19) killed | |
21.11.18 | Bristol Fighter C887, 22 Sqn, Aulnoye |
Crashed after diving through fog, near Bettignies, France | |
Lt Leonard Norman Akerman Caple (25) killed | |
21.11.18 | Camel E1493, 205 TDS, Vendome |
Spun off loop, Vendome, France | |
Probationary Flight Officer Arthur Mark McElhinney (21) killed | |
21.11.18 | Curtiss JN-4 C637, 93 (Canadian) TS, Camp Borden |
Struck by propeller, Camp Borden, Canada | |
2Lt Edgar Zephaniah Sexton (22) killed (Canadian) | |
21.11.18 | Pup, 3 School of Aeronautics, Heliopolis |
Flying accident, Alexandria, Egypt | |
Flt Cadet Owen Drewitt (21) killed | |
22.11.18 | Curtiss JN-4 C615, School of Aerial Fighting (Canada), Beamsville |
Flying accident, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada | |
Lt Thomas Edgar Logan (24) killed (Canadian) | |
A Mech 3 Gomer Price Miles injured | |
22.11.18 | D.H.4 A7857, 18 Sqn, La Brayelle |
Nose dived off steep turn and crashed, Bellvue, France | |
2Lt Ernest Fletcher Wilkinson (19) killed | |
A Mech 1 Thomas Talbot Whitlock unhurt | |
24.11.18 | D.H.9 D1097, 49 Sqn, Bavai |
Crashed into shell dump on take-off, Marquion, France | |
2Lt George Walter Waddington (27) died 25.11.18 | |
2Lt Benjamin Riley (18) killed | |
26.11.18 | Sopwith, 19 TDS, El Rimal |
Flying accident, Ismailia, Egypt | |
2Lt George Ray Wheeler (21) killed | |
27.11.18 | Sopwith Dolphin D3585, 19 Sqn, Abscon |
Spun into field adjoining aerodrome, France | |
2Lt Noble Alexander Weir (20) killed (Canadian) | |
30.11.18 | Pup B6112, 19 TDS, El Rimal |
Crashed off low turn, Egypt | |
Flt Cadet David McWhinie (20) killed | |
3.12.18 | Bristol Fighter F6181, 20 Sqn, Ossogne |
Spun into ground, Charleroi, Belgium | |
2Lt Sydney Edwin Booth (23) killed | |
Cpl Richard Moors (32) killed | |
9.12.18 | Camel F3098, 203 Sqn, Auberchicourt |
Crashed, near Auby, France | |
2Lt Robert Henry Thompson (26) killed | |
11.12.18 | R.E.8 B5041, 42 Sqn, Aulnoye |
Crashed and caught fire after take-off, Aulnoye, France | |
Lt Sidney Smith Owen (27) killed | |
Lt William Dixon Wicks (29) killed | |
14.12.18 | Camel E7213, 66 Sqn, San Pietro in Gu, Italy |
Spun and crashed on aerodrome, Italy | |
2Lt Percy Herbert Jenner (24) killed | |
14.12.18 | Camel F1536, 11 Aircraft Park |
Spun on turn after take-off, Ghistelles, Belgium | |
2Lt Joseph Bernard Fast (22) killed (American) | |
15.12.18 | Sopwith Dolphin C4071, 1 Aeroplane Supply Depot, Marquise |
Wings collapsed during roll after take-off, Belgium | |
Lt Victor Joseph Weber (19) killed | |
17.12.18 | Sopwith Camel H809, 3 Sqn, Inchy |
Wings folded up while diving on target, Berck-sur-Mer, France | |
Lt William Henry Maxted (19) killed | |
18.12.18 | D.H.9 D2951, Aegean Sqn, Mudros |
Crashed, Dardanelles | |
2Lt Roland Barrett Poole (19) killed | |
Lt Basil Hampden Church injured (pilot) | |
20.12.18 | Avro 504K E3429, 60 TDS, Aboukir |
Crashed off low turn, Egypt | |
Flt Cadet Peter Beaton (21) killed (South African) | |
21.12.18 | Snipe E8269, 208 Sqn, Stree |
Spun in, Thuilles, France | |
2Lt Thomas Francis McGuire (19) killed | |
22.12.18 | D.H.4 F2636, 57 Sqn, Spy |
Crashed in fog, Louvres, near Paris | |
2Lt Robert Rooke Gilpin (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
Maj-Gen Charles Dudley Rhodes injured (American) | |
23.12.18 | S.E.5A B8535, Aerial Observation School, Heliopolis |
Spun in during aerobatics, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Capt Robert William Dobbie AFC (24) killed | |
24.12.18 | Handley Page O/400 D4580, 215 Sqn, Alquines |
Wrecked in field adjoining aerodrome while turning to land, France | |
2Lt William Reid Dallas (24) killed | |
2Lt James Henry O'Grady (21) killed | |
A Mech 3 James Walter Morton (20) killed | |
24.12.18 | Sopwith Camel C54, 45 Sqn, Le-Hameau |
Midair collision with Camel E1500 near aerodrome, France | |
Lt Ernest Harold Masters (19) killed | |
31.12.18 | AW F.K.8 D5036, 18 TDS, Ismailia |
Stalled and crashed, Egypt | |
2Lt Edward Albert Williams (24) killed | |
1.1.1919 | Spad VII A8824, 72 Sqn, Baghdad |
Wings separated from fuselage, Mesopotamia | |
2Lt Trevor Lewis Williams (21) killed | |
3.1.19 | S.E.5A E5900, 56 Sqn, Bethencourt |
Wings collapsed coming out of dive during firing practice, France | |
Lt Edward William Graham (20 killed | |
4.1.19 | D.H.10 F1867, 1 Aeroplane Supply Depot, Marquise |
Sideslipped and crashed, near Wimereux, France | |
2Lt George White Willis (19) killed | |
A Mech 1 William George Dye (19) killed | |
A Mech 1 Walter Lewsey injured | |
7.1.19 | Avro 504K E1765, 16 TDS, Abu Sueir |
Flying accident, Egypt | |
2Lt Albert Edward Elliott (29) killed | |
9.1.19 | Gotha G.VII G.105/18, 100 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Crashed, near Monschau, Germany | |
2Lt John Harrison Gardner (20) killed | |
2Lt James Wood (19) killed | |
13.1.19 | Sopwith Dolphin F7056, 19 Sqn, Abscon |
Struck RE hangar and nosedived during practice, France | |
Lt John Clarke-Morris (19) killed | |
A Mech 2 Henry Thomas Ford (19) died 15.1.19 | |
21.1.19 | Sopwith Camel E1501, 65 Sqn, Bisseghem |
Nose dived during firing practice on aerodrome, Belgium | |
2Lt Paul Thomas Grant (22) killed (Canadian) | |
24.1.19 | Sopwith Camel E7241, 70 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Midair collision with Camel F4001, near Cologne, Germany | |
Lt Alexander Webster (26) killed | |
24.1.19 | Sopwith Camel F4001, 70 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Midair collision with Camel E7241, near Cologne, Germany | |
2Lt Robert Sinclair (20) killed | |
29.1.19 | Camel F6318, 5 Fighting School, Heliopolis |
Spun in during gunnery practice, Egypt | |
2Lt Douglas Greenhalgh Frost (29) killed | |
29.1.19 | Camel E7171, 28 Sqn, Sarcedo |
Flying accident, Italy | |
2Lt Albert Edward Hitchcock (19) killed | |
30.1.19 | D.H.4 B7940, 2 Aeroplane Supply Depot, Cambrai |
Flying accident, France | |
A Mech 2 Albert Edward Wilson Wardell (20) died 31.1.19 | |
2Lt Henry (Harry) Spear Sandiford injured | |
31.1.19 | D.H.9 E8877, 206 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Caught fire in flight, Buschbell, near Cologne, Germany | |
Lt Charles Linnaeus Cumming (30) killed | |
2Lt Andrew John Waters (19) killed | |
4.2.19 | AW F.K.8 C8473, 18 TDS, Moascar (Ismailia) |
Stalled on turn, Egypt | |
Sgt Edward Smith Linton (21) killed | |
6.2.19 | Gotha G/IX G.257/18, 100 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Crashed out of control, Cologne, Germany | |
Lt Leonard Stanley Hewett (21) killed | |
2Lt Beavan Carleton-Smith (19) killed | |
6.2.19 | S.E.5A H7162, 29 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Wings collapsed during roll and caught fire, Bickendorf, Germany | |
2Lt Edgar George Davies DFC (20) killed | |
10.2.19 | Sopwith Dolphin F7048, 23 Sqn, Clermont |
Stalled, spun and burst into flames, Belgium | |
2Lt Chester Frank Yokum (19) killed (Canadian) | |
11.2.19 | Snipe E8169, 43 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Midair collision with Camel E7228 on practice flight, Cologne, Germany | |
2Lt Eric Brownlee Brodie (20) killed | |
11.2.19 | Sopwith Camel E7228, 70 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Midair collision with Snipe E8169 on practice flight, Cologne, Germany | |
2Lt Harry Charles Hammond (19) killed | |
14.2.19 | Bristol Fighter, 111 Sqn, Ramleh |
Stalled in turn near the ground, Aboukir, Egypt | |
Capt Edward Gentleman Bannister AFC (25) killed | |
Capt Frank Jefcoate MBE (37) killed | |
18.2.19 | Sopwith Camel F2010, 70 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Crashed on practice flight, Deutz, Cologne, Germany | |
2Lt Smith Green (28) killed | |
18.2.19 | Bristol Fighter F4475, 48 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Hit water while flying low over Rhine, near Cologne, Germany | |
Capt Leonard Allan Payne MC (24) drowned (South African) | |
2Lt Robert Lascelles Ford rescued | |
21.2.19 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter, 1 Sqn, Slavo-British Aviation Corps, Bereznik |
Crew shot by Bolshevik troops after forced landing, Onega, Russia | |
Lt P Kravetz killed (Russian) | |
2Lt Noel Daniel Nunan (41) died 24.2.19 | |
3.3.19 | Avro 504K E1759, 5 Fighting School, Heliopolis |
Midair collision with D5505, Abbassia, Egypt | |
2Lt Cyril Lester Gordon Downe (25) killed (Australian) | |
2Lt William Frederick Heron (25) killed | |
3.3.19 | Avro 504K D5505, 5 Fighting School, Heliopolis |
Midair collision with E1759, Abbassia, Egypt | |
Lt Clarence Henry Marchant (25) killed | |
3.3.19 | Bristol Fighter E2458, 88 Sqn, Nivelles |
Stalled on climbing turn on take-off, Belgium | |
2Lt William Roy Kellough (23) killed | |
6.3.19 | Martinsyde G.100 7461, 30 Sqn, Kifri |
Brought down by ground fire, Khun, Bushire, South Persia | |
Capt Allen Percy Adams DFC (21) killed | |
6.3.19 | D.H.4 A7940, 57 Sqn, Morville |
Crashed into trees on hill, La Reid, Belgium | |
Lt Frederick Oswell Thornton DFC (21) killed | |
Lt Percy Samuel Burnay (26) killed | |
12.3.19 | Bristol Fighter F5817, 48 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Dived into ground, Lohmar, Germany | |
2Lt Charles Arthur Allen (24) killed | |
2Lt William Kennedy (19) killed | |
20.3.19 | D.H.4 F2653, 57 Sqn, Morville |
Stalled and crashed on forced landing in snowstorm, near Anhee, Belgium | |
2Lt Algernon Sydney Smith (20) killed | |
Lt Ralph Melville Dixon unhurt | |
27.3.19 | D.H.9A E9715, 18 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Stalled on forced landing in snowstorm, Profondeville, Belgium | |
Capt Ronald Towers Minors (25) killed | |
27.3.19 | B.E.2e?, 114 Sqn, Quetta |
Hit mound on take-off, overturned and caught fire, Jacobabad, India | |
A Mech 2 Amos Adams (25) killed | |
Pilot injured | |
27.3.19 | D.H.9A F987, 110 Sqn, Maisoncelle |
Hit hillside in mist on mail flight, Vaals, Netherlands | |
Lt William Douglas Campbell Hutton (19) killed | |
Lt Robert Burgess unhurt (pilot) | |
29.3.19 | Handley Page O/400 B8807, 216 Sqn, Marquise |
Crashed into trees on take-off, Ferques, near Marquise, France | |
2Lt Frank Harrington Sullivan (20) killed (American) | |
2Lt Arthur Westall (18) died 30.3.19 | |
AC1 George Wakeford Tucknott injured | |
12.4.19 | B.E.2e, Observers School |
Accident, Egypt | |
Sgt Cyril Joseph Levi (20) killed (observer) | |
23.4.19 | D.H.9A E706, 99 Sqn, Aulnoy |
Hit hangar on landing; airmen killed in hangar, Tourmignies, France | |
LAC Alfred Mace (23) killed | |
AC1 Charles Reginald Peploe (33) killed | |
LAC Frederick James Clarke injured | |
A Mech 1 James McCallum injured | |
A Mech 2 James O'Donnell injured | |
A Mech 3 Cyril George Lincox injured | |
2Lt Donald Campbell Bain unhurt (pilot) | |
25.4.19 | Bristol Fighter E2649, 88 Sqn, Nivelles |
Spun in on aerodrome on practice flight, Nivelles, Belgium | |
Lt Reginald John Twilton (23) killed | |
Sgt Paul Gaillard killed (Belgian) | |
3.5.19 | D.H.4A, 25 Sqn, Maubeuge |
Stalled and nose dived after engine failure on take-off, Maubeuge, France | |
Major Hugh Huntley Robinson MC (29) killed | |
Lt Arthur Howard Bartlett Stace (20) killed (pilot) | |
6.5.19 | Bristol Fighter D2721, 8 Sqn, La Bellevue |
Flying accident, France | |
Lt Herbert John Weaver (20) killed | |
AC1 Ernest James Tricker (20) killed | |
9.5.19 | D.H.4 H7121, 25 Sqn, Maubeuge |
Stalled on approach to aerodrome, Maubeuge, France | |
2Lt John George Barclay (23) killed | |
AC2 James Borthwick (17) killed | |
14.5.19 | D.H.9 D7380, 206 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Spun in from 500ft, Cologne, Germany | |
2Lt Stanley Gibbs (27) killed | |
Sgt Arthur Baden Page (19) killed | |
15.5.19 | D.H.4A H5894, 1 Communication Sqn, Kenley |
Crashed in sea, Boulogne harbour, France | |
Capt Elgie Blyth Barwise Jefferson (23) drowned | |
Mr Aaron Aaronsohn (42) drowned | |
15.5.19 | D.H.9A, 221 Sqn, Chechen |
Sideslipped and crashed on landing, Chechen Island, Caspian Sea, Russia | |
Lt Bertram Eric Nelson Turner (23) killed | |
2Lt George Edwin Jemmeson (19) killed | |
17.5.19 | Handley Page O/400 D5439, 58 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed on landing, Centocelle, Rome, Italy | |
2Lt Frederick George Prince (27) killed | |
2Lt Sidney Spratt (19) killed | |
Col Thomas Edward Lawrence DSO injured | |
AC1 Herbert Edward Tunley injured | |
AC2 Frederick Joseph Daw injured | |
19.5.19 | Fokker, 7 Sqn, Buchheim |
Crashed on aerodrome, Cologne, Germany | |
Capt Leslie Ivan Barker (27) killed | |
20.5.19 | R.E.8 C2910, 59 Sqn, Duren |
Stalled, spun and burst into flames during Lewis-gun practice, Germany | |
Lt Neil McEachran (24) killed | |
2Lt Harry Davis (26) killed | |
30.5.19 | Bristol Fighter, 11 Sqn, Spich |
Flying accident, Germany | |
Capt George William Norman Risdale Haynes (24) killed | |
8.6.19 | D.H.9A E9898, 110 Sqn, Maisoncelle |
Crashed on mail flight to Cologne, Floreffe, near Namur, Belgium | |
Lt Gilbert Gunn Bannerman (26) killed | |
Lt William Nichol Wilson (19) killed | |
15.6.19 | R.E.8 B6591, 63 Sqn, Mosul |
Flying accident, Mosul area, Iraq | |
Lt Charles Gattens (27) killed | |
Sgt Hirst Lindley killed | |
16.6.19 | S.E.5A C8709, 84 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Flying accident, Germany | |
2Lt Harry Thomas Clark (24) killed | |
21.6.19 | D.H.9, 2 Sqn, Slavo-British Aviation Corps, Archangel |
Hit by shrapnel on bombing raid and crashed, near Topsa, N Russia | |
Lt Clarence Raymond Wentworth Knight (21) died as PoW | |
Lt David Neil injured (Canadian) | |
22.6.19 | Bristol Fighter C4728, 111 Sqn, Ramleh |
Spun off low turn, Ramleh, Palestine | |
Lt-Col Arthur Courtney Boddam-Whetham DSO (35) killed | |
Lt John Mcfarlane Denholm Mills AFC (22) killed (pilot) | |
23.6.19 | Sopwith Dolphin, 79 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Crashed off low turn, Cologne, Germany | |
2Lt Ivan Turkington (18) killed | |
9.7.19 | Handley Page O/400 D4591, 214 Sqn |
Crashed in mountains, near Pourrières, Var, France | |
Lt Clifford Hall (20) killed | |
Lt Francis Cyril Sumner (19) killed | |
Cpl Louis Hyman Jaffe (30) died 10.7.19 | |
Cpl Elton Humpherus Flintoft (19) died 10.7.19 | |
11.7.19 | B.E.2e A2931, 31 Sqn |
Missing in action, near Fort Chuna, Khyber Pass, India | |
Lt Feray Vulliamy Devonshire (28) reported killed 20.7.19 | |
13.7.19 | Sopwith Pup C480, 80 Sqn, Aboukir |
Flying accident, Cairo, Egypt | |
Capt Adrian James Boswell Tonks DFC (21) died 14.7.19 | |
20.7.19 | Fairey IIIB N9251, HMS Pegasus |
Crashed into barge on take-off, Dvina River, Russia | |
2Lt Jean Marie Gondre (19) drowned | |
2Lt Archibald James Rankin unhurt (pilot) | |
23.7.19 | ?, 16 TDS, Heliopolis |
Flying accident, Egypt | |
Lt Desmond George Conaty (23) died 26.7.19 | |
25.7.19 | ?, 1 Aeroplane Supply Depot, Marquise |
Flying accident, France | |
Sgt George Sutton (22) killed | |
26.7.19 | Handley Page O/400 F304, 216 Sqn |
Crashed in sea, 1m from Monterosso, near Cape Mesco, Italy | |
Lt Charles Ingham Collinge (21) killed | |
2Lt Austin Allan Adams injured | |
Sgt Ashley injured | |
AC1 Alexander Balfour injured | |
1.8.19 | Sopwith Snipe E6350, Slavo-British Aviation Corps, Bereznik |
Dived into ground while stunting, Bereznik, Russia | |
Maj Alexander Alexandrovich Kozakov (30) killed (Russian) | |
10.8.19 | D.H.9A, 2 Sqn, Slavo-British Aviation Corps, Archangel |
Pilot shot by Bolsheviks after forced landing, N Russia | |
2Lt John Martin d'Arcy Levy (28) killed | |
2Lt Charles Edward Bugg PoW | |
13.8.19 | Camel N6825, HMS Vindictive |
Crashed on take-off, Biorko Island, Gulf of Finland | |
Lt Norman Samuel Taylor (20) killed | |
15.8.19 | S.E.5A F9123, 1 Sqn, London Colney |
Lost in English Channel, en route Amiens - Lympne | |
Fg Off Gore William Hemsworth (20) drowned | |
17.8.19 | Mail plane, RAF |
Spectator hit by propeller while taking off after engine problems, Pecrot, Belgium | |
12-year old Belgian boy killed | |
20.8.19 | Bristol Fighter, 5 Sqn, Hangelar |
Flying accident, Cologne, Germany | |
Lt Richard Ralph Evans (21) killed | |
Lt Victor Limerick (22) killed | |
20.8.19 | Short 184 N9090, HMS Pegasus |
Spun in on test flight, Dvina River, Russia | |
2Lt Claude Melvin Le Moine (24) killed (Canadian) | |
Flt Sgt Walter Henry William Quantrell injured | |
28.8.19 | D.H.9 E8994, 47 Sqn, Beketovka |
Observer hit by ground fire, Tcherni-Yar, Russia | |
Capt John Lawrence McLennan MC (29) killed (Canadian) | |
Capt Walter Fraser Anderson unhurt | |
29.8.19 | Avro, A V Roe & Co Ltd. |
Landed among spectators, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands | |
Mrs Harmina de Ruijter (38) killed | |
Adam Molema (8) killed | |
Capt Walter George Raymond Hinchliffe & 2 or 3 passengers unhurt | |
5.9.19 | Bristol Fighter F4625, 48 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed on landing and caught fire, Quetta, India | |
Capt Gilbert Bernard Edwards Steele (21) killed (Indian Army) | |
2Lt William Edward Purdin injured (pilot) | |
17.9.19 | D.H.4 F5784, 2 Communications Sqn, Buc, Paris |
Crashed pulling out of high-speed dive on test flight, near Paris, France | |
Flt Lt Theodore Algernon Cooch (28) killed | |
A Mech 1 Thomas Blackman (19) killed | |
17.9.19 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter, HMS Vindictive |
Missing after being brought down by Bolshevik fire during raid, Kronstadt, Russia | |
Lt Francis John Unwin (21) killed | |
17.9.19 | Sopwith 1½ Strutter, HMS Vindictive |
Crashed, Biorko, Gulf of Finland | |
Lt Samuel Dawson DFC (24) killed (New Zealander) | |
28.9.19 | Vimy F8622, 274 Sqn, Bircham Newton |
Hit telegraph pole on take-off and caught fire, Lake Bracciano, near Rome, Italy | |
Capt Cecil Hill Darley DSC DFC (30) killed | |
Capt Charles Curtis Darley injured | |
2.10.19 | D.H.9A J585, 99 Sqn, Ambala |
Crashed, near Ambala, India | |
Lt Joseph Clarke MC (28) killed | |
Sgt Maynard George Spong (21) killed | |
24.10.19 | D.H.9A, 47 Sqn, Beketovka |
Bombs exploded on take-off, Beketovka, near Tsaritsin, Russia | |
Capt Basil Graham Homfray Keymer DFC (20) killed | |
Lt Douglas Blaxland Thompson (27) killed | |
25.10.19 | Camel, HMS Vindictive |
Shot down by flak while attacking observation balloon, Krasnaya Gorka, Petrograd Bay, Russia | |
Plt Off Fred Cardwell (20) killed | |
9.12.19 | Martinsyde Type A Mk. I G-EAMR, Martinsyde Ltd |
Crashed in sea, San Giorgio Bay, Corfu | |
Capt Cedric Ernest Howell DSO DFC MC (23) drowned (Australian) | |
A Mech 2 George Henry Fraser (39) drowned (Australian) | |
18.12.19 | Vickers Viking I G-EAOV, Vickers Ltd |
Crashed on landing in fog, Cottévrard, near Rouen, France | |
Capt Sir John William Alcock KBE DSC (27) killed | |
23.12.19 | Bristol Fighter H1551, 48 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed, Quetta, India | |
Plt Off Michael Henry Tisdall (31) killed | |
AC2 Alexander James Siddons Jordan (19) killed | |
31.12.19 | Bristol Fighter E2538, 31 Sqn, Risalpur |
Stalled on climbing turn, Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off James Pipe (21) died 1.1.20 | |
AC2 J H Hart injured | |
19.3.1920 | D.H.9A H4387?, 99 Sqn, Mianwali |
Bomb exploded on forced landing in river bed, Waziristan, India | |
Fg Off Adrian Lancelot Courtenay-Dunn (20) died 21.3.20 | |
Sgt Obs William James Palmer DFM injured | |
20.3.20 | Bristol Fighter F4447, 20 Sqn, India |
Crashed on bombing raid, Sherani, India | |
Fg Off William Deane MC (23) killed | |
Obs Off Robert Bissett Gordon DFC (27) killed | |
1.4.20 | Handley Page O/400 F302, 216 Sqn, Qantara |
Crashed while flying from Khartoum to Cairo; Dagash, near Abu Hamad, Sudan | |
Fg Off John Barclay Jaques MC (25) killed | |
Fg Off Desmond Wilkie Sibley (21) killed | |
Sgt Edmund West Wadey DFM (23) killed | |
AC2 Reginald Collin Meldrum (19) killed | |
16.4.20 | Bristol Fighter F4627, 5 Sqn, India |
Crashed turning with insufficient bank, Loralai LG, India | |
Fg Off Robert Pughe (21) killed | |
17.5.20 | Bristol Fighter D8059, 12 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Collision with H1566, Lindenthal, Cologne, Germany | |
Flt Lt Cyril Burfield Ridley DSC (25) killed | |
17.5.20 | Bristol Fighter H1566, 12 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Collision with D8059, Lindenthal, Cologne, Germany | |
Fg Off John Dartnell de Pencier (21) killed (Canadian) | |
27.5.20 | Bristol Fighter D7927, 70 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Spun in after engine failure on take-off, Almaza, Egypt | |
Air Cdre Robert Marsland Groves CB DSO AFC (40) killed | |
Fg Off Clarence Oscar Bird DFC (30) killed | |
14.6.20 | Bristol Fighter E2293, 14 Sqn, Ramleh |
Forced landed, Sinai Desert, en route Ramleh - Ismailia | |
Fg Off Neale Fitzgerald Eagar (32) died 21.6.20 (New Zealander) | |
AC1 Percy William James Thacker (20) died | |
28.6.20 | D.H.10 E9081, 60 Sqn, Risalpur |
Spun, crashed and caught fire on test flight, Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off John Romilly Swanston DFC (22) killed | |
AC2 Frank Cecil Oliver (19) killed | |
5.7.20 | Bristol Fighter H1594, 12 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Crashed on practice flight, Heumar, Cologne, Germany | |
Fg Off Alexander John Macqueen (31) killed | |
AC2 A Hunt injured | |
2.8.20 | Bristol Fighter H1462, 6 Sqn, Baghdad |
Spun in from 3000ft on recce from Baghdad, Iraq | |
Fg Off Robert Daniel Cecil Palmer DFC (22) killed | |
Fg Off Harold Hutchinson (23) killed | |
3.9.20 | D.H.9 D9824, 47 Sqn, Helwan |
Stalled and spun off climbing turn, Almaza, Egypt | |
Observer Off Brennan Claud Sydney Byrne (25) killed | |
18.9.20 | R.E.8 D4698, 30 Sqn, Kasvin |
Spun in on landing, Kasvin, Persia | |
Flt Lt Frank Nuttall MC DFC AFC (32) killed (New Zealander) | |
LAC Leonard Alfred Dellow (22) killed | |
22.9.20 | D.H.9A F2838, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Shot down; landed in river, Dangatora, near Samawah, Mesopotamia | |
Fg Off Henry Charles Edward Bockett-Pugh DFC (21) killed as prisoner | |
Fg Off Ian Donald Roy McDonald MC DFC (22) killed as prisoner | |
18.10.20 | Fairey IIIC N9257, HMS Pegasus |
Spun into sea on test flight, Feneraki, near Constantinople, Turkey | |
Obs Off Ernest James Garner AFC (27) drowned | |
Fg Off Frederick Henry Isaac injured (pilot) | |
1.11.20 | D.H.9A E779, 84 Sqn, Nasiriyah |
112 lb bomb exploded accidentally, Nasiriyah, Iraq | |
AC2 Alexander Langton Marshall (19) killed | |
AC2 Wallace Wallwork (20) killed | |
29.11.20 | D.H.10 E9062, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed in low turn, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off Cecil Osborne Rigden (23) killed | |
AC1 Arthur Leonard Goodill (19) killed | |
Fg Off Sydney Trevor Brander Cripps injured | |
8.12.20 | D.H.9A E780, 30 Sqn, Persia |
Forced landed 15m from Rostamabad, NW Persia; pilot shot by Bolsheviks trying to escape | |
Plt Off William Sidebottom DFC (27) killed | |
AC2 Allen Liston unhurt | |
9.12.20 | Bristol Fighter D7867, 6 Sqn |
Crashed in desert landing, Tauq, Iraq | |
Fg Off Robert Narcissus Essell DFC (21) killed | |
Mr Colin Campbell Garbett CIE injured (secretary to the High Commissioner of Iraq) | |
14.4.1921 | Bristol Fighter D7831, 208 Sqn, Ismailia |
Collision with E2298, Bilbeis, Egypt | |
Fg Off William Ash Armstrong (22) killed | |
Fg Off Edward Blake Jones (22) killed | |
14.4.21 | Bristol Fighter E2298, 208 Sqn, Ismailia |
Collision with D7831, Bilbeis, Egypt | |
Flt Lt George Malcolm Clarke AFC (27) killed | |
Observer Off Frank James Smith MC MM (32) killed | |
14.4.21 | Bristol Fighter H1533, 14 Sqn, Ramleh |
Stalled after engine failure, Ramleh, Palestine | |
Fg Off Pierse Joseph Cox (33) killed | |
Fg Off Christopher Pilkington AFC (29) injured | |
29.4.21 | Snipe E7647, 56 Sqn, Aboukir |
Crashed in sea, Aboukir, Egypt | |
Fg Off Frederick William Deane DFC (25) drowned | |
4.5.21 | Bristol Fighter F4895, 12 Sqn, Bickendorf |
Hit telephone wires, Lindenthal, Cologne, Germany; repaired | |
Fg Off Geoffrey Bradney Pershouse (23) killed | |
LAC Robert Roberts (20) killed | |
19.5.21 | Bristol Coupe Tourer G-EAWQ (M-AAEA), Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd / Alberto Bayo |
Hit mountainside in fog, near Anzuola, 25m SW of San Sebastian, Spain | |
Andrew Haig Forson (28) killed | |
8.6.21 | D.H.10 E9061, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Spun off flat turn, Abbassia rifle range, near Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off Herbert Milbourne Coombs DFC (23) killed | |
14.8.21 | D.H.9A E9900, 47 Sqn, Helwan |
Spun in, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off Sydney Hugh Potter (24) killed | |
Cpl Horace Merilion Lake (20) killed | |
15.8.21 | Bristol Fighter F4926, 208 Sqn, Ismailia |
Stalled in on turn, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off Ian Cecil Slater (24) killed | |
Gen Charles Richard Newman CMG DSO injured (Chief of the General Staff in Egypt) | |
21.8.21 | Avro 548 G-EAVH, A V Roe & Co Ltd |
Lost speed after take-off and crashed, Melilla, near Montevideo, Uruguay | |
Frank Shingleton (33) killed | |
Francisco Javier Muñiz Livingston (25) killed (Argentine) | |
12.9.21 | D.H.9A H153, 55 Sqn, Mosul |
Forced landed and caught fire after engine failure, Catas, 20m SW of Rowanduz, Iraq | |
Fg Off Cyril Hollis Teagle (23) died 16.9.21 | |
AC1 Stanley Sydney Stephen Cox injured | |
30.9.21 | D.H.9A H66, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Bomb exploded on take-off, Nasiriyeh, Iraq | |
Fg Off Maitland Hyslop (26) killed | |
AC2 Edward Plummer (20) killed | |
17.12.21 | D.H.10 E9084, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Swung and crashed on take-off on test flight, Baghdad West, Iraq | |
Flt Lt Edmund Roger Tempest MC DFC (27) killed | |
Fg Off David D'Arcy Alexander Greig DFC (21) injured | |
6.1.1922 | D.H.10 E5450, 60 Sqn, Risalpur |
Crashed on landing, Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off Hubert Bernard Delma Harrington (25) killed | |
LAC William Albert Woodall (21) killed | |
Fg Off James Charles Belford unhurt | |
13.1.22 | D.H.9A E8474, 8 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Collision with H102 during formation break, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Flt Lt Albert Grounds Peace AFC (28) killed | |
AC2 Walter William Stephen Bown (20) killed | |
13.1.22 | D.H.9A H102, 8 Sqn, Basra |
Collision with E8474 during formation break, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Fg Off Frank Henry Barton (24) killed | |
AC2 Eric Pattinson injured | |
31.1.22 | D.H.10 E7839, 60 Sqn, Risalpur |
Spun in after engine failure, Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off Percy Justice Gardiner (27) killed (Australian) | |
AC2 George Fletcher Stewart (19) killed | |
3.3.22 | Bristol Fighter E2442, 20 Sqn, Ambala |
Collision with H1548, near Gurusar Sutlani railway station, between Amritsar and Lahore, India | |
Flt Lt John Bertram Fox MC (28) killed | |
Flt Sgt Allen Benjamin Hemmings (30) killed | |
3.3.22 | Bristol Fighter H1548, 20 Sqn, Ambala |
Collision with E2442, near Gurusar Sutlani railway station, between Amritsar and Lahore, India | |
Fg Off Joseph Buckley (24) killed | |
AC2 Charles Reginald Richardson (22) killed | |
7.4.22 | D.H.18A G-EAWO, Daimler Hire Ltd |
Collision with Farman Goliath F-GEAD, over Thieuloy-St-Antoine, Oise, France | |
Lt Robert Edward Duke (28) died 8.4.22 | |
Hermann Conrad Hestermann (18) killed (steward) | |
5 killed in F-GEAD | |
28.4.22 | Bristol Fighter H1495, Aden Flight, Khormaksar |
Crashed turning to land on ferry flight across Red Sea and fell into 14ft of water, Perim | |
LAC Charles Francis Barnes (21) killed | |
Plt Off Bertram William Trelawney Hare injured | |
29.4.22 | Bristol Fighter H1647, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Overshot landing, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Flt Lt Edward Gerald O'Gorman MB (26) killed (Capt, RAMC) | |
16.5.22 | Bristol Fighter D7845, 6 Sqn, Baghdad West |
Engine failure on take-off; crashed and caught fire, Baghdad West, Iraq | |
Fg Off Lionel Conrad Hooton MC (32) killed | |
AC2 George William Butler (20) killed | |
31.5.22 | Bristol Fighter D7844, 6 Sqn, Suleimaniyeh |
Engine failure; crashed, Suleimaniyeh, Iraq | |
Flt Lt Frank Neville Hudson MC (24) died 6.6.22 | |
Flt Lt Ernest Drudge MBE injured | |
17.8.22 | D.H.9A H70, 27 Sqn, Dardoni |
Stalled and spun on turn after take-off and caught fire, Dardoni, India | |
Fg Off David Chalmers Duncan (23) killed | |
Fg Off Robert Blaine Luard (24) killed | |
23.8.22 | D.H.9A E9910, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Spun into ground, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Fg Off Harold Frank Potter (28) killed | |
Fg Off Frederick William Gordon Bedford (23) killed (Lt, Black Watch) | |
23.8.22 | D.H.9A E9913, 8 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Stalled, spun and caught fire, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Fg Off Robert Lionel Hartley AFC (31) killed | |
AC1 Alfred Glasby (21) killed | |
16.9.22 | D.H.9A E899, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Crashed on landing, Shaibah, Iraq | |
AC1 Bernard Hayes (21) killed | |
Fg Off James Lionel Airey injured | |
4.10.22 | Vickers Vernon J6865, 45 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Crashed on take-off and caught fire, Kirkuk, Iraq | |
Flt Lt Robert Charles Lyon Holme MC (25) killed | |
Flt Lt Alfred Lewis Messenger AFC (24) died 16.10.22 | |
AC1 Albert Annott Milne (20) killed | |
6.10.22 | D.H.9A H155, 30 Sqn, Kirkuk |
Crashed and caught fire, 6m SW of Kirkuk, Iraq | |
Fg Off Evelyn Archer Locke-Waters (24) killed | |
24.10.22 | Snipe H4866, 1 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Crashed on roof of house during bombing raid, Rania, 100m E of Mosul, Iraq | |
Fg Off Frank Simon Harricks (26) killed | |
4.11.22 | Camel F6302 (G-EBER), Fg Off W J McDonough, Abu Sueir |
Flew into buildings while low-flying, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Fg Off William Burns Thomson DFC (25) killed | |
28.12.22 | D.H.9A E8468, 27 Sqn, Dardoni |
Hit by bomb dropped by another machine and crashed, Palose, Waziristan, India | |
Fg Off Edward Eric Turner DFC (26) killed | |
AC1 James Frederick Sly (22) killed | |
6.2.1923 | Vimy F9165, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Nosed over on forced landing on soft ground, Ziza, 20m S of Amman, Transjordan | |
Fg Off Harold Joseph Bradley killed | |
Fg Off Arthur Reginald Jones injured (pilot) | |
AC2 Percy Leonard Leavesley injured | |
23.2.23 | Vimy F9150, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed, Mokattam Hills, near Cairo, Egypt | |
Fg Off Philip Frank Axford Curtis (23) killed | |
Fg Off Clifford Frederick Embleton (24) killed | |
LAC William Percival Plows (22) killed | |
AC1 Frederick Moss injured | |
7.4.23 | Bristol Fighter J6594, 20 Sqn, Quetta |
Spun off low turn, near Quetta, India | |
Fg Off Desmond Reginald Loch (22) killed | |
Fg Off Hugh Mansfield Stringer (23) killed | |
24.4.23 | Snipe F2487, 56 Sqn Detached Flight, San Stefano |
Spun into ground, San Stefano, Turkey | |
Fg Off George Hatfield Dingley Gossip (26) killed (Australian) | |
15.6.23 | Bristol Fighter F4922, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Stalled and spun, Khormaksar, Aden | |
Fg Off Frederick Grenville Porter (23) killed | |
AC2 Stephen Henry Brown (20) died 17.6.23 | |
18.6.23 | Vimy FR3173, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed, Mokattam Hills, near Cairo, Egypt | |
Flt Lt Neville Byron Ward (27) killed | |
Fg Off Percy William Lingwood (26) killed (pilot) | |
AC1 William Jarvis (26) killed | |
AC2 Frederick William Skuse (19) killed | |
12.7.23 | Bristol Fighter J6633, Aircraft Park Lahore |
Fell out during half roll, Lahore, India | |
LAC Victor Trevor Loxton (20) killed | |
21.8.23 | Bristol Fighter J6769, 28 Sqn, Peshawar |
Spun into ground during camera gun practice, Peshawar, India | |
Fg Off Fielding Griffith Whitmore (22) killed | |
LAC Gerald Arthur Taylor (23) killed | |
15.9.23 | S.E.5A G-EBFH, Maj J C Savage (Skywriting Corporation of America) |
Hit tree, crashed and caught fire, Blackwood Field, Nashville, Tennessee | |
Capt Derek Allin Adey Shepperson (25) killed | |
11.10.23 | D.H.9A E8676, 60 Sqn, Dardoni |
Stalled and spun after take-off, Dardoni, India | |
Fg Off Miles Tallentire (24) died 14.10.23 | |
AC1 Arthur Leonard Young (21) died 12.10.23 | |
4.12.23 | D.H.9A H173, 55 Sqn, Mosul |
Spun off low turn, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Fg Off Aubrey Ledger (36) killed | |
Indian officer injured | |
14.12.23 | D.H.9A F1642, 55 Sqn, Mosul |
Spun into ground from 1500ft, Mosul, Iraq | |
Plt Off John Owen Barnes killed | |
LAC George Redvers Sainsbury (23) killed | |
17.12.23 | Avro 504K E1772, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Spun into ground, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Plt Off Joseph Catz (25) killed | |
4.1.1924 | D.H.9A '9854', 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Spun and crashed, in desert south of Nasiriyah, Iraq | |
Fg Off Robert Cuthbert Harrison (23) killed | |
LAC Harold Walter Key killed | |
4.1.24 | Snipe H4906?, 1 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Crashed, believed pilot fainted in the air, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Flt Lt John Mecredy McAlery (31) killed | |
25.1.24 | Bristol Fighter D8039, 20 Sqn, Quetta |
Hit telephone wire while making forced landing on Baleli road, 3m from Quetta, India | |
LAC Albert Victor Stevens (22) killed | |
Fg Off John Nicholson Jaques injured | |
29.1.24 | D.H.9A E8629, 27 Sqn, Risalpur |
Flew into tree on take-off and caught fire, near Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off David Jasper Hugh-Jones (26) killed | |
Cpl Thomas Henry Hall (22) died 11.2.24 | |
11.3.24 | Parnall Panther N7461, 442 Flt, HMS Argus |
Lost overboard on take-off, HMS Argus, off Mallorca | |
Flt Lt Kenneth Cromar Tilman (27) killed | |
Plt Off Richard Lewes injured (pilot) | |
17.3.24 | Bristol Fighter D8099, 45 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Stalled and spun, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Plt Off Walter Harry Ryder (23) killed | |
LAC Kenneth Turner (24) killed | |
2.4.24 | D.H.9A E8661, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Stalled, spun and caught fire, near Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Sgt Archibald Crawford Murray (23) killed | |
11.4.24 | D.H.9A J552, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Stalled on turn soon after leaving ground, Jalibah, Iraq | |
Flt Lt Walter Horace Ernest Kemp AFC (27) killed | |
AC2 Arthur Lee Adams (31) killed | |
16.5.24 | Bristol Fighter D7821, 20 Sqn, Quetta |
Stalled after take-off, Quetta, India | |
Fg Off Edmund Cronin Usher-Somers (24) killed | |
Lt Edward Charrington Mackenzie (26) killed | |
26.6.24 | D.H.9A H151, HQ Trans-Jordania, Amman |
Spun into ground on take off and burst into flames, Amman, Transjordan | |
Fg Off Reginald Cyril Creamer DFC (25) killed | |
LAC Frank Charles Perrin (22) killed | |
21.7.24 | Snipe E7638, 1 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Stalled and crashed, Kirkuk, Iraq | |
Fg Off Myles Birket Foster Watson (22) killed | |
22.7.24 | D.H.9A E9911, 55 Sqn, Mosul |
Stalled on turn and crashed, Mosul, Iraq | |
Sgt Charles Albert Dicks (22) killed | |
Mohamed Agha Crag killed (Deputy of Lacchi) | |
23.7.24 | Bristol Fighter?, 20 Sqn, Quetta |
Propeller swinging accident, Quetta, India | |
LAC Harry Charles Wordsworth (22) killed | |
24.7.24 | D.H.9A H147, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Forced landed in desert, south of Jalibah, Iraq | |
Flt Lt William Conway Day MC (28) died | |
Fg Off Donald Ramsay Stewart (21) died | |
28.7.24 | Bristol Fighter J6646, 28 Sqn, Peshawar |
Crashed in fog, Duncans Picquet, Razmak, India | |
Fg Off Edward Bell (28) killed | |
AC1 Percy Slack (22) died 30.7.24 | |
28.7.24 | Bristol Fighter F4286, 28 Sqn, Peshawar |
Flew into hillside in fog and bombs exploded, Razmak, India | |
Fg Off Ian Patrick Anderson (26) killed | |
AC1 Kenneth Robert Taylor (22) killed | |
4.8.24 | Bristol Fighter D8057, 28 Sqn, Peshawar |
Crashed following engine failure, Peshawar, India | |
Fg Off Douglas McGillycuddy Morphy (24) killed | |
22.9.24 | Avro 504K E9379, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Spun in, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Plt Off Stanley Edward Hall (25) killed | |
2.10.24 | Bristol Fighter J6606, 14 Sqn, Ramleh |
Spun in, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off Colin Bousfield (29) killed | |
11.10.24 | D.H.9A J7253, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Flew into ground, overturned and burned, Shaibah, Iraq | |
Fg Off John Hayward Godfrey Franklin (20) killed | |
AC2 Thomas Williams injured | |
17.10.24 | D.H.9A F2807, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Spun in and burst into flames, 2m NW of Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Fg Off Richard Gurney Peckover (25) killed | |
1.11.24 | Bristol Fighter F4566, 5 Sqn, Dardoni |
Spun in off low turn, Dardoni, India | |
Flt Lt Arthur Francis Quinlan (29) killed | |
LAC F G Jones injured | |
12.11.24 | Snipe F2499, 1 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Spun into ground, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Fg Off Ellis Reid (22) killed | |
Lt William Henry Edwin Cotter injured | |
17.1.1925 | Bristol Fighter F4502, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Crashed, Ramleh, Palestine | |
Fg Off Ronald Reid Hardcastle Bruce (25) killed | |
LAC Alec Sutton injured | |
17.1.25 | Bristol Fighter HR1636, 208 Sqn, Moascar, Ismailia |
Flying accident, Ismailia, Egypt | |
Fg Off James Alexander McLaren MC killed | |
29.1.25 | Flycatcher N9666, 402 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Overturned, Hal Far, Malta | |
Fg Off Richard Lewes (22) killed | |
21.3.25 | D.H.9A E8792, 27 Sqn, Miramshah |
Shot down during bombing raid and caught fire, Waziristan, India | |
Fg Off Edward John Dashwood (22) killed | |
Fg Off Noel Cecil Hayter-Hames (23) killed | |
30.3.25 | Bristol Fighter, 28 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed, Quetta, India | |
Fg Off Thomas Donald Berridge (23) killed | |
AC2 Alexander Bidmead injured | |
17.4.25 | D.H.9A, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Flying accident, near Shaibah, Iraq | |
Fg Off Thomas Thomson (28) killed | |
Flt Lt Cyril Jameson Truran AFC injured (pilot; cashiered) | |
18.4.25 | Bristol Fighter F4961, 6 Sqn, Mosul |
Hit by rifle fire on bombing mission, crashed and burnt, Mirkhan, Sinjar, Iraq | |
Fg Off Rupert William Pontifex (23) killed | |
AC2 Edward Barber (22) killed | |
30.4.25 | Fairey IIID N9780, 440 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Caught fire; stalled and crashed, Mellieha, Malta | |
Fg Off Christopher Denison (22) killed | |
Telegraphist Carl Llewellyn Dewhurst Oliver (25) died 6.5.25 | |
Lt Henry Thew Rust injured | |
4.5.25 | Bristol Fighter, 6 Sqn, Mosul |
Flying accident, Kani Utman, Iraq | |
Lt John Ellerthorpe Griffith (28) killed (Iraq Levies) | |
Flt Lt Walter Arthur Bouchier Savile injured (pilot) | |
9.5.25 | Bristol Fighter, 31 Sqn, Ambala |
Crashed on night landing, Ambala, India | |
Fg Off Robert Richard Studdert Waller (22) died 10.5.25 | |
20.5.25 | Bristol Fighter, 31 Sqn, Ambala |
Dived into street, Sialkot, India | |
Fg Off Arthur Findley (26) killed | |
Capt Gregory Rich (29) killed (Indian Army) | |
21.6.25 | D.H.9A, 60 Sqn, Risalpur |
Crashed, Peshawar, India | |
Fg Off Norris Carden Bretherton (25) killed | |
Act Sgt Henry Eustace Blanche (25) killed | |
26.6.25 | D.H.9A ER8649, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Wing broke off in loop, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Plt Off Daniel Geoffrey Wilson (24) killed | |
LAC Charles Wilby Gammage (23) killed | |
8.7.25 | D.H.9A, 30 Sqn, Kirkuk |
Crashed on hilltop, near Malula, Chamchamal, Iraq | |
Fg Off Marcus Glanfield Penny (25) killed (Lt, RA) | |
Lt George Donald Edward Heather (25) killed (Iraq Levies) | |
5.8.25 | D.H.9A J7042, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Hit bund on take-off, crashed and burnt, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Sgt John Reginald Gaze (26) killed | |
LAC Francis Young (22) killed | |
12.8.25 | D.H.9A, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Crashed in sandstorm, near Ur, Iraq | |
Plt Off John Jellett FitzGerald (26) killed | |
AC1 Frank Edward Leatherdale injured | |
2.10.25 | Bristol Fighter, 20 Sqn, Kohat |
Flying accident, Kohat, India | |
Fg Off Edgar Thomas O'Neil Hogben (26) died 5.10.25 (Lt, RA) | |
13.10.25 | D.H.9A J7102, 8 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Crashed following a fire in the air, junction of Lesser Zab and Tigris rivers, Iraq | |
Sgt Thomas Alexander Graham (23) died 18.10.25 | |
AC Ridley Stanton injured | |
21.10.25 | D.H.9A, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Dived in, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Plt Off Geoffrey Walter Cripps (23) killed | |
23.11.25 | D.H.9A H120, 30 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Crashed and caught fire, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Fg Off Joseph Albert Moore (28) killed | |
AC1 Arthur Algernon Rickaby (28) killed | |
23.12.25 | D.H.9A E8751, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Hit boat mast on Suez Canal and crashed, near Nefisha, Egypt | |
Plt Off Cecil William Woodbyrne (22) killed | |
AC1 Arthur Thomas Groom (23) died 24.12.25 | |
6.2.1926 | Bristol Fighter |
Flying accident, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off Arthur Cleverton Tremellen (27) killed (pilot) | |
Flt Lt Sturley Philip Simpson injured | |
10.2.26 | Flycatcher N9892, 402 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Spun and crashed, Hal Far, Malta | |
Fg Off Henry Roger Hancox (27) died 11.2.26 (Lt, RN) | |
19.2.26 | Bristol Fighter, Aden Flight, Khormaksar |
Flying accident, Nobat Dakim, South Arabia | |
Flt Lt Eric Barnes Mason (29) killed | |
AC1 Jack Gwynne Cole (24) killed | |
1.3.26 | Bristol Fighter, 5 Sqn, Risalpur |
Checking officer in car hit by bomb dropped on range, Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off Edward Langley Wilson Hill Alms (26) killed | |
5.3.26 | Bristol Fighter, Aircraft Depot Karachi |
Crashed during bombing practice, Drigh Road, Karachi, India | |
Fg Off Camille Percy Maurice Benjamin Caillard (28) killed | |
LAC Andrew Barron (29) killed | |
26.3.26 | D.H.9A, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Stalled in after spin, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Plt Off Ivan Randolph Sweeting (23) killed | |
Sgt Rupert Horrocks (26) killed (pilot) | |
30.3.26 | Fairey IIID N9758, 441 Flt, HMS Hermes |
Went over ship's side while landing on HMS Hermes, off Calafrana, Malta | |
Fg Off Thomas Lawe Guy Bryan (25) drowned (Lt, RM) | |
31.3.26 | Bristol Fighter, 28 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed while engaged in wireless work, Quetta, India | |
Fg Off Reginald John Willson (32) killed | |
LAC Arthur John Burgess (23) killed | |
4.4.26 | D.H.9A E8648, 60 Sqn, Arawali |
Crashed, Arawali, India | |
Plt Off David John Lloyd (29) killed | |
Lt Walter John Vezey (25) killed (RE) | |
15.4.26 | D.H.9A, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Crashed in sandstorm, near Jaliba, 100m N of Basra, Iraq | |
Fg Off James Eric Tomes (23) killed | |
LAC Frank Edward Leatherdale (22) killed | |
17.4.26 | D.H.9A J7108, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Spun in from 500ft, Amman, Transjordan | |
Sqn Ldr Harley Alec Tweedie OBE AFC (37) killed | |
Flt Lt Stanley Harry Wallage MC (30) killed | |
22.4.26 | ?, HMS Hermes |
Airman hit by propeller on deck, HMS Hermes, Malta | |
AC1 Henry Frank Mills (22) killed | |
9.5.26 | Avro, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Crashed, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
LAC Howard Keith Warwick (23) died 8.6.26 | |
13.5.26 | Snipe E8384, 1 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Caught fire during night flight, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Plt Off Stuart Adolphus Young (28) died 14.5.26 | |
29.6.26 | D.H.9A J7843, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Crashed near Station No 6, Suez Canal, while landing at Abu Sueir in fog | |
Plt Off Noel Jardin Anderson (22) killed | |
LAC Edward Ernest Gregg (22) killed | |
5.7.26 | DH.50J G-EBFO, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd |
Mechanic shot in flight, between Baghdad and Basra, Iraq | |
Arthur Buller Lynes Elliott (26) died 6.7.26 | |
Alan Cobham unhurt | |
6.7.26 | Bristol Fighter, 5 Sqn, Risalpur |
Stalled on approach, Razmak, India | |
Fg Off Clement Conrad Harris (29) killed (Lt, RA) | |
LAC Cecil Robert Avery (23) killed | |
26.7.26 | Vickers Vernon II J7143, 45 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Crashed on take-off onto shed roof, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Sqn Ldr Eric Miller Pollard (31) killed | |
Flt Lt Reginald Carey Brenton Brading DFC (27) killed | |
Fg Off Oswald Kempson Stirling Webb (26) killed (pilot) | |
Sgt Edgar Kennedy (25) killed | |
AC1 Horace Leslie Davis (23) killed | |
AC2 Edgar Whittle (24) killed (working in shed) | |
Mr Francis Crawfurd Inglis (33) killed | |
Plt Off George Percy Mee injured | |
AC1 James Douglas Henderson unhurt | |
1.8.26 | Bristol Fighter J6640, 31 Sqn, Ambala |
Crashed on take-off, Multan, India | |
LAC Percy William Edward Crunden (26) killed | |
Fg Off Jack Courtney Marcy injured | |
10.8.26 | D.H.9A J6967, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Pilot hit by propeller, Belbeis, Egypt | |
Plt Off Ronald William Coneybeer (22) killed | |
Sgt Newton William Baker unhurt | |
10.8.26 | D.H.9A ER928, 47 Sqn, Helwan |
Crashed in fog near pyramids, Helwan, Egypt | |
Fg Off Herbert Gerald Slater (26) killed | |
AC1 Thomas Reginald Harvey (28) killed | |
15.8.26 | Bristol Fighter, 20 Sqn, Peshawar |
Crashed, Dalbandin, Baluchistan, India | |
LAC William Slater Bolam (24) killed | |
Wg Cdr John Oliver Archer CBE injured | |
1.9.26 | D.H.9A, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Flying accident, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Fg Off William Osmond Du Port (22) killed | |
LAC William Arthur Pearse (22) died 2.9.26 | |
14.9.26 | Bristol Fighter, 31 Sqn, Ambala |
Flying accident, near Lahore, India | |
Plt Off Dick Culverwell Sherman (23) killed | |
22.9.26 | Bristol Fighter, 5 Sqn, Risalpur |
Sank in River Indus, near Attock, India | |
AC1 Percy Jones (25) drowned | |
Fg Off Denniss Robinson injured | |
1.10.26 | Bristol Fighter J6631, 20 Sqn, Peshawar |
Crashed and caught fire, Peshawar, India | |
Fg Off Philip Hedgeland Nicholls (21) died 5.10.26 | |
LAC George Cairns injured | |
18.10.26 | Bristol Fighter C802, 208 Sqn, Ismailia |
Flying accident, Moascar, Ismailia, Egypt | |
Fg Off Vincent Bingham Bingham-Hall MC (28) killed | |
Plt Off William Higgins killed (Marine, RM) | |
21.10.26 | Avro Bison II N9969, 423 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Crashed in sea, 5.5m N of Valletta, Malta | |
Lt Joseph Ennis Sclater Anderson (28) killed | |
Lt Henry Leigh Carslake (26) killed | |
Fg Off Hugh Nelson Lay (23) drowned (Lt, RN) | |
Telegraphist Robert William Gibbs (24) killed | |
29.12.26 | Bristol Fighter, 28 Sqn, Ambala |
Dived into ground, Ambala, India | |
Fg Off (Hon Flt Lt) Alastair Neil Macneal (27) killed | |
LAC Cyril Arthur Overy (21) killed | |
18.1.1927 | Avro Bison II N9972, 423 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Hit cliff and crashed in sea after take-off from Hal Far, Ghar Hasan, Malta | |
Flt Lt Cyril Fraser Brewerton DSC (28) killed | |
Fg Off Edwin Chafe (27) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Lt Guy Owen-Jones (25) killed | |
Leading Telegraphist George William Burton (28) killed | |
27.1.27 | Flycatcher N9916, 405 Flt, HMS Furious |
Crashed attempting to land on HMS Furious, off Portugal | |
Fg Off Arthur Sattin (33) drowned | |
28.1.27 | Blackburn Dart N9800, 462 Flt, HMS Furious |
Stalled and crashed in sea, off Gibraltar | |
Fg Off Gordon Thursby Campbell (27) killed (Lt, RN) | |
1.2.27 | Flycatcher S1069, 402 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Collision with Fairey IIID N9576, off Benghisa Point, Marsaxlokk Bay, Malta | |
Fg Off John Yarnton Mills (25) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Wg Cdr Gilbert George Herbert Cooke DFC AFC injured in Fairey IIID | |
Flt Sgt Arthur Edmund Lawrence Worster injured in Fairey IIID | |
Fg Off Alexander Harold James Howlett unhurt in Fairey IIID (pilot) | |
12.3.27 | Fairey IIIF S1139, 60 Sqn, Kohat |
Stalled, crashed and caught fire, Peshawar, India | |
Fg Off (Hon Flt Lt) Robert Owen Rigg (26) killed | |
LAC William James Meaden (24) killed | |
LAC Patrick John Sexton (21) killed | |
25.5.27 | D.H.9A J7831, 14 Sqn, Ramleh |
Crashed, Gaza, Palestine | |
Fg Off Robert Douglas Vernon Howard (32) killed (RAFO; Imperial Airways pilot) | |
Albert Edward Turvey (24) killed (Imperial Airways wireless operator) | |
26.5.27 | D.H.9 G-IAAB, J J C Cocks, Lahore |
Missing, between Konia and Costantinople, Turkey | |
Fg Off John James Crofts Cocks (32) presumed dead | |
LAC Jack Rowston (23) presumed dead | |
9.6.27 | Flycatcher N9887, 402 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Crashed in sea during low bombing exercise from Hal Far, Marsaxlokk, Malta | |
Fg Off Haydon Marriott Sutherland Forbes DSC (29) killed (Lt Cdr, RN) | |
24.6.27 | Bristol Fighter, 31 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed during shadow-fighting practice, Old Chaman, India | |
Fg Off Randal Earl Slacke (22) killed | |
LAC Alfred Claudius Hart (25) killed | |
12.7.27 | Flycatcher N9910, 403 Flt, HMS Hermes |
Crashed into water, near Chang Chan Island, Hong Kong harbour | |
Fg Off (Hon Flt Lt) Leonard William Hennell Phillips (27) killed (Lt, RN) | |
19.7.27 | D.H.9A J7868, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Stalled on take-off, spun and caught fire, Aboukir, Egypt | |
Cpl Reginald William Richard Robins DFM (25) killed | |
22.7.27 | D.H.9A, 47 Sqn, Helwan |
Accident, El Tabbin, River Nile, Egypt | |
AC1 Harold Kauntze Bacon (22) killed | |
Fg Off Francis Stanhope Homersham DCM MM unhurt | |
24.8.27 | D.H.9A, 45 Sqn, Helwan |
Flying accident, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Flt Sgt Gilbert Smith (38) died 26.8.27 | |
LAC (Act Sgt) George Bruce Gillie injured (pilot) | |
31.8.27 | Fokker F.VIIa G-EBTQ "St. Raphael", Princess Anne of Löwenstein |
Lost on trans-Atlantic attempt from Upavon | |
Sqn Ldr Frederick Frank Reilly Minchin CBE DSO MC (37) killed (RAFO) | |
Fg Off Leslie Hamilton DFC (29) killed | |
Princess Anne of L�wenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (63) killed | |
7.9.27 | Stinson SM-1 Detroiter (M202) "Sir John Carling", Carling Breweries |
Lost on trans-Atlantic attempt from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland | |
Fg Off James Victor Medcalf killed (29) (RAFO) | |
Capt Terence Bernard Tully AFC (35) killed (Canadian) | |
15.9.27 | Bristol Fighter H1632, 30 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Flying accident, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Wg Cdr Arthur Bruce Gaskell DSC (39) killed | |
LAC William Ronald Kittow-Roberts (22) killed | |
19.11.27 | D.H.9A, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Stalled, spun and caught fire, Shaibah, Iraq | |
Sgt Arthur Alfred Cole (24) killed | |
LAC Patrick Conlon (29) killed | |
9.1.1928 | Bristol Fighter, 6 Sqn, Mosul |
Crashed on take-off, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Plt Off Lionel Edward Ruggles Fisher MC (30) killed (Lt, RARO) | |
Lt Sidney Gordon Haserick (27) killed | |
30.1.28 | D.H.9A J8118, 45 Sqn, Helwan |
Flying accident, Helwan, Egypt | |
LAC Harold Edwin Fisher (22) killed | |
Sgt Frederick Ernest O'Meara injured | |
20.2.28 | D.H.9A, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Shot down by Wahabi raiders, Busaiyah, Iraq | |
Fg Off Rolf Booth Hilton Jackson (24) killed | |
Gunner captured | |
12.3.28 | Avro 548 G-EBSC, Henderson Flying School Ltd, Youngsfield, Wynberg |
Dived in after take-off, Harrismith, South Africa | |
James Henry Dewhirst DFC (35) killed | |
Dr Schalk Willem Joubert (47) killed | |
12.3.28 | DH.60X Moth G-EBSQ "Miss Propaganda", M Carberry, Nyeri, Kenya |
Spun and crashed, Ngong Road landing ground, near Nairobi, Kenya | |
Mrs Maia Alfreda Ivy Carberry (Lady Carbery) (24) killed | |
Dudley Cowie (22) killed | |
13.3.28 | Stinson SM-1 Detroiter X4183 "Endeavour", The Hon Elsie Mackay |
Lost on trans-Atlantic attempt from Cranwell | |
Capt Walter George Raymond Hinchliffe DFC (33) killed | |
Hon Elsie Mackay (35) killed | |
28.3.28 | D.H.9A, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Crashed, near Amman, Transjordan | |
Flt Lt George McCormack (32) killed | |
LAC James Kimberley (33) killed | |
2.4.28 | D.H.9A J7854, 30 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Spun in, near Hillah, Iraq | |
Plt Off Jack Whitworth Wood (26) killed | |
AC1 William Waugh (22) killed | |
3.4.28 | Fairey IIIF S1216, 440 Flt, HMS Hermes |
Engine exploded in flight, Hong Kong | |
Fg Off Alfred William Beverley Hale (21) killed | |
Lt John Henry Patrick Graham (23) killed | |
Telegraphist Stanley Jackson (26) killed | |
25.4.28 | D.H.9A H3450, 27 Sqn, Risalpur |
Crashed in Indus River after flying under bridge, Attock, India; repaired | |
LAC Ernest Arthur Turner (22) drowned | |
Sgt David Irving unhurt (reduced to AC2) | |
8.6.28 | Bristol Fighter, 6 Sqn, Mosul |
Spun in, near Mosul, Iraq | |
Sgt Alexander Joseph Garner (23) killed | |
Sgt William Frank Futcher (26) killed | |
12.6.28 | D.H.9A, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Spun off low turn, Shaibah, Iraq | |
Sgt Francis George Bamford (21) killed | |
LAC Arthur Sidney Frost (25) killed | |
20.6.28 | Flycatcher N9661, 403 Flt, HMS Hermes |
Broke up pulling out of dive on target, Wei-hai-wei | |
Fg Off Raymond Arthur Aldridge (27) killed (Lt, RN) | |
25.6.28 | Blackburn Dart S1119, 463 Flt, HMS Courageous |
Hit funnel on take-off and crashed in sea off HMS Courageous, off Malta | |
Fg Off John Nicholson (27) killed (Lt, RN) | |
26.6.28 | D.H.9A, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Crashed, near Amman, Transjordan | |
Plt Off John Henry Lorraine Maund (24) killed | |
AC1 Jack James Heatherstone Middleton (21) killed | |
3.7.28 | Bristol Fighter, 31 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed, Quetta, India | |
Fg Off Clarence Reginald McEvoy (36) killed (Australian) | |
LAC James Leslie Mason (21) killed | |
4.7.28 | Bristol Fighter, 6 Sqn, Mosul |
Hit telegraph wires and crashed into River Tigris, Mosul, Iraq | |
Fg Off Alexander Bruce Kay (23) killed | |
LAC Alfred Henry Bolton injured | |
31.7.28 | Fairey IIIF, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Accident, near Aden | |
Sgt Cecil Norman Morris (27) killed | |
Lance-Cpl (Act Sgt) Gwilym Williams injured | |
14.8.28 | Fairey IIIF, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Crashed in sandstorm, Sheikh Othman, Aden | |
Flt Lt Edward Norman Tickner Edwardes (33) killed | |
LAC Albert Wyndham Jones injured | |
29.8.28 | Avro 504N J8719, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Stalled, spun and caught fire, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
LAC Sydney Charles Stevens (24) killed | |
31.8.28 | D.H.9A J7833, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Stalled on downwind turn after take-off and caught fire, Amman, Transjordan | |
Sgt Victor Robert Saunders (24) killed | |
LAC Frederick William Fletcher (23) killed | |
18.10.28 | DH.60G Moth G-EBWV, de Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd |
Lost on transatlantic attempt from St John's, Newfoundland | |
Lt-Cdr Henry Crawford MacDonald (32) killed | |
26.12.28 | Fairey IIIF S1206, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Stalled at low altitude and crashed, El Obeid, Sudan | |
Fg Off Arnold William Alexander Ricks (23) killed | |
Capt James Charles Doyle killed | |
Sgt Charles Leonard Long (28) killed | |
2.1.1929 | D.H.9A J7838, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Forced landed and overturned after engine failure on test flight, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Plt Off Raymond Russell Carroll (22) killed | |
Plt Off Edward Victor L'Estrange injured (pilot) | |
6.2.29 | Fairey IIID S1023, 441 Flt, HMS Argus |
Dived into water, Gibraltar Bay | |
Fg Off Richard Francis Bain Cecil (27) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Lt Heathcote Andrew John Grant (28) killed | |
14.2.29 | D.H.9A J8192, 30 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Starting accident: wireless operator hit by propeller, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
LAC John Prunty (21) died 16.2.29 | |
2.3.29 | Avro 504K G-AACX?, Dominion Aircraft Ltd |
Nose dived on approach, Willowmore, Cape Colony, South Africa | |
John Colquhoun (Ian) Don (24) killed | |
Salomon Johannes Jacobus Vermaak (35) killed | |
Johanna Jacomina Jansen Van Vuuren Vermaak (30) killed | |
3.3.29 | Wapiti?, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Wireless operator shot in battle with Wahabi raiders, 20m S of Kuwait | |
AC1 James Richard Knight (21) killed | |
18.3.29 | Fairey IIIF SR1191, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Crashed on take-off, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia | |
Fg Off Yvon William Burnett (28) killed | |
LAC (Act Sgt) Thomas Condy Turner (23) killed | |
13.5.29 | Fairey IIIF S1304, 440 Flt, HMS Hermes |
Went over side of HMS Hermes while attempting to land, Mirs Bay, Hong Kong | |
AC1 James Arthur George Wallis (20) drowned | |
Fg Off James Edmund Fenton unhurt (pilot, Lt, RN) | |
AC1 Francis Thomas Harding unhurt | |
27.6.29 | Wapiti IIA J9408, 30 Sqn, Shaibah |
Crashed and overturned, near Luqait, Iraq; repaired | |
Flt Lt Christopher George Halliday (33) killed | |
AC1 John Laverty injured | |
24.8.29 | Vickers Victoria, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed after take-off, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Plt Off John Wilson (22) killed | |
Sgt John Melville (28) killed (pilot) | |
LAC Mervyn Henry Creed (25) died 25.8.29 | |
LAC Charles Ernest Langan (24) killed | |
Sgt Sydney Deacon injured | |
AC1 Frank Wilfred Mabbett injured | |
6.9.29 | DH.66 Hercules G-EBMZ "City of Jerusalem", Imperial Airways |
Stalled on approach at night and caught fire, Jask, Persia | |
Capt Albert Edward Woodbridge (31) killed (Flt Lt, RAFO) | |
John Court (25) killed (mechanic) | |
Vernon Garrold Bell (37) killed | |
H Bourne injured (wireless operator) | |
H C Amor injured (flight engineer) | |
24.10.29 | D.H.9A J8176, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Hit signpost and crashed. near Diyala, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Cpl William Walmsley (30) killed | |
Fg Off Edmond John Hugh Fulford Moreton injured | |
26.10.29 | Short Calcutta G-AADN "City of Rome", Imperial Airways |
Wrecked after forced landing on sea in bad weather, 10m SW of La Spezia, Italy | |
Capt Lascelles Spence Birt (27) drowned (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Terence Francis Pembroke (27) drowned (flight engineer) | |
Sidney Jarvis Stone (28) drowned (wireless operator) | |
Miss Marjorie Ruth Bomford (36) drowned | |
Charles Ritchie (49) drowned | |
Henry King Robinson (38) drowned | |
Bertie Ernest Turney (40) drowned | |
29.10.29 | Fairey IIID S1018, 442 Flt, HMS Hermes |
Stalled turning after take-off, crashed into harbour and sank, Hong Kong | |
Fg Off Albert Ross Ward (25) drowned | |
LAC G T Cant unhurt | |
Telegraphist Walter Francis Sidney Aplin unhurt | |
17.12.29 | Fairey Long Range Monoplane J9479 |
Crashed on mountain, 30m S of Tunis, N Africa | |
Sqn Ldr Arthur Gordon Jones-Williams OBE MC (31) killed | |
Flt Lt Norman Hugh Jenkins OBE DFC DSM (34) killed | |
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