8.1.1930 | Avro 504N J8716 & J8981, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Collision, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Flt Lt Richard Samuel Greenslade (35) killed | |
Fg Off Charles Edson Galpin (28) killed (New Zealander) | |
Cpl William Henry Chilman (23) killed | |
LAC Leonard Vincent Green (23) killed | |
23.4.30 | Fairey IIIF S1201, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Stalled after engine failure, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Plt Off Francis Slade Barron (26) killed | |
AC1 Cyril Fred Davis (22) killed | |
5.5.30 | Bristol Fighter F4414, 20 Sqn, Peshawar |
Hit telephone wire and crashed, Jhelum LG, Punjab, India | |
Fg Off John William Hawke (23) died 15.5.30 | |
LAC Ernest Raymond Charlesworth (28) killed | |
14.5.30 | Bristol Fighter F4562, 20 Sqn, Peshawar |
Crashed due to engine trouble, Ali Musjid, near Peshawar, India | |
Flt Lt James Charles Henry Tavendale (26) killed | |
LAC Henry John Chapell (22) killed | |
15.5.30 | Fairey IIIF S1306, 440 Flt, HMS Hermes |
Airman fell out of aircraft, Kai Tak, Hong Kong | |
LAC Alfred John Jarvis (23) killed | |
Lt Richard Pennington Garnett (pilot) | |
17.5.30 | Wapiti IIA J9401, 11 Sqn, Risalpur |
Pilot killed on bombing raid; crashed landing at base, Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off Richard William Alexander Stroud (23) killed | |
AC1 Charles Samuel Wiltshire (22) killed | |
21.5.30 | DH.60G Moth G-EBZY (ZK-ABV), Bryant House Airways, Te Rapa |
Spun in whilst joyriding, Te Awamutu, New Zealand; rebuilt | |
Alfred William Saunders DFC (42) killed | |
Alfred Trench Minchin (21) killed | |
5.6.30 | Fairey IIID S1078, 202 Sqn, Kalafrana |
Spun into water, off Birzebbuga, Malta | |
Fg Off Reginald Frederick Francis (31) killed | |
LAC Charles Drewery Harris (23) killed | |
13.6.30 | Wapiti IIA J9712, 60 Sqn, Kohat |
Stalled after take-off and caught fire, Kohat, India | |
Sgt Edward Albert Hindelang (23) killed | |
LAC William Henry Lansdell (25) died 14.6.30 | |
3.7.30 | DH.60M Moth G-AAWV, E L Hook, Heston |
Crashed in jungle, Arakan Hills, near Prome, Burma | |
Eric Laurance Hook (27) died after 8.7.30 (Australian) | |
James Matthews survived | |
5.7.30 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAZY, Baron de Precourt, Villacoublay, Paris |
Spun and crashed shortly after take-off in bad weather, Petit Clamart, France | |
Bernard Levavasseur de Précourt, baron de Précourt (28) killed | |
Ballet killed (mechanic) | |
Comte Etienne des Roys killed | |
7.7.30 | Fairey IIID N9730, 202 Sqn, Kalafrana |
Collided with an RAF dinghy while taxying, Malta | |
LAC Henry Frederick Arnold (23) died 8.7.30 (in boat) | |
9.7.30 | Wapiti IIA J9625 & J9636, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Collision with taxying aircraft on take-off, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Sgt John Ritchie Gordon (23) killed | |
26.7.30 | Fairey IIIF J9134, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Crashed, Khormaksar, Aden | |
Fg Off Geoffrey Norman Pilcher (25) killed | |
LAC Robert Angus Laidler (26) killed | |
15.8.30 | D.H.9A J8138, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Crashed, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Fg Off Eric Tennant Kingsford (27) killed (Lt, P of W Vols) | |
3.9.30 | Wapiti IIA J9489 & J9623, 30 Sqn, Mosul |
Midair collision at 4000ft, near Aqra, Iraq | |
LAC James Cooper (29) killed | |
Fg Off Charles Peter Hanlon injured [died 25.12.30] | |
LAC Thomas Walter Kent injured | |
Fg Off Hugh Lindsay McCulloch unhurt | |
15.9.30 | Wapiti, 11 Sqn, Risalpur |
Flying accident, Lowarai Pass, North-West Frontier Province, India | |
Sgt Owen Cambridge Clarke (28) killed | |
LAC Frank Spencer Valentine (23) killed | |
21.9.30 | DH.60G Moth G-AALZ, Aero Club Zagreb |
Crashed on approach and caught fire, Velika Gorica, near Zagreb, Yugoslavia | |
2 killed | |
5.10.30 | H.M. Airship R101 G-FAAW, Air Ministry |
Crashed in bad weather, near Beauvais, France | |
48 killed: | |
Lt-Cdr Noel Grebowski Atherstone AFC (36) (First Officer) | |
George Kimberley Atkins (30) (Wireless Operator) | |
Major Percy Bishop OBE (42) (Chief Inspector, Aeronautical Inspection Department) | |
Richard Blake (33) (Engineer) | |
AVM Sir William Sefton Brancker KCB AFC (Ret) (53) (Director of Civil Aviation) | |
James Buck (20) (Lord Thomson's valet) | |
Charles Arthur Burton (29) (Engineer) | |
Fg Off Alexander Bushfield (Ret) (52) (Aeronautical Inspection Dept) | |
Samuel Church (25) (Rigger) | |
Wg Cdr Reginald Blayney Bulteel Colmore OBE (43) (Director of Airship Development) | |
John Francis Curran alias William Frank Hodnett (29) (Assistant Steward) | |
Frank Elliott (28) (Wireless Operator) | |
Christopher John Fergusson (36) (Engineer) | |
Hector Eric Ford (26) (Rigger) | |
Percy Archdale Foster (28) (Rigger) | |
William Rose Gent AFM MSM (53) (Chief Engineer) | |
Maurice Alfred Giblett (36) (Chief meteorological officer) | |
Eric Anderson Graham (28) (Cook) | |
Alfred Charles Hasting (29) (Engineer) | |
George William Hunt AFM (41) (Chief Coxswain) | |
Flt Lt Herbert Carmichael Irwin AFC(36) (Captain) | |
Sqn Ldr Ernest Livingstone Johnston OBE AFC (38) (Navigator) (RAFO) | |
Spencer Thomas Keeley MSM (31) (Chief Wireless Operator) | |
Thomas Arthur Auckland Key (34) (Charge-Hand Engineer) | |
William Henry King (32) (Engineer) | |
Maurice Frank Littlekit (29) (Engineer) | |
Christopher Hugh Mason (33) (Assistant Coxswain) | |
Thomas William Megginson (18) (Galley Boy) | |
Wilfred Moule (30) (Engineer) | |
Arthur William James Norcott (29) (Rigger) | |
Sqn Ldr William Hickley Lovell O'Neill MC (40) (Deputy Director of Civil Aviation, India) | |
Leonard Frederick Oughton (29) (Assistant Coxswain) | |
Sqn Ldr William Palstra MC (38) (RAAF) | |
Flt Sgt Walter Augustus Potter (33) (Assistant Coxswain) | |
Walter George Radcliffe (31) (Rigger) | |
Martin George Rampton (31) (Rigger) | |
Arthur James Richardson (29) (Rigger) | |
Lt-Col Vincent Crane Richmond (37) (Assistant Director of Airship Development/Technical) | |
Sqn Ldr Frederick Michael Rope (42) (Assistant to Director of Airship Development/Technical) | |
Ernest George Rudd (25) (Rigger) | |
Albert Henry Savidge (30) (Chief Steward) | |
Major George Herbert Scott CBE AFC (42) (Assistant Director of Airship Development/Flying) | |
Sidney Ernest Scott (40) (Charge-Hand Engineer) | |
George William Short (34) (Charge-Hand Engineer) | |
Fg Off Maurice Henry Steff (34) (Second officer) | |
Cecil Edgar Taylor (30) (Rigger) | |
The Right Hon Lord Thomson PC CBE DSO (55) (Air Minister) | |
Albert Henry Watkins (28) (Engineer) | |
6 survivors: | |
Arthur Victor Bell injured (Engineer) | |
John Henry Binks injured (Engineer) | |
Alfred John Gale Cook injured (Engineer) | |
Arthur Disley injured (Chief electrician) | |
Henry James Leech injured (Foreman engineer, Royal Airship Works) | |
Alfred Victor Alexander Savory injured (Engineer) | |
7.10.30 | Fairey IIIF S1324, 448 Flt, HMS Eagle |
Wireless operator fell out of aircraft after collision with S1371, Aboukir Bay, Egypt | |
Cpl Leslie Arthur Knight (29) killed | |
Flt Lt Harold Hunter Down unhurt | |
15.10.30 | Ripon S1365, 461 Flt, HMS Glorious |
Failed to recover from dive, Hal Far, Malta | |
Fg Off Maurice Thomas Cowin (25) killed (Lt, RN) | |
LAC Edward George Barker (27) killed | |
27.10.30 | ?, HMS Courageous |
Observer walked into revolving propeller after landing, HMS Courageous, at sea with Atlantic Fleet | |
Lt David Alexander Christison Sillar (29) killed | |
Lt Thomas Sturges Jackson (pilot) | |
30.10.30 | Handley Page W8g G-EBIX "City of Washington", Imperial Airways |
Stalled and crashed in fog after engine failure, Neufchâtel, Boulogne, France | |
Fred Howard Mason (29) killed (mechanic) | |
Alfred Conrad James (28) killed (ground engineer) | |
Harry Bolsover (37) died 2.11.30 | |
James Street killed (American) | |
John Joseph (Paddy) Flynn injured (pilot, Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Frederick Basil Tomkins injured | |
3.11.30 | Avro 621 Trainer G-ABFL, A V Roe & Co Ltd / Wevelghem Flying School |
Crashed on delivery flight, Wevelghem, Belgium | |
Jack Chapman (29) killed | |
11.12.30 | DH.60X Moth seaplane G-EBUJ, Royal Singapore Flying Club |
Spun into sea, Singapore harbour; rebuilt | |
Lionel Francis Willes Johnson (25) drowned | |
31.12.30 | Wapiti IIA J9635, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Overturned on landing, Hinaidi, Iraq | |
LAC Alexander Donaldson Chambers (26) died 1.1.31 | |
2Lt Nasir Husain Janabi unhurt (pilot, Iraqi Air Force) | |
5.1.1931 | Wapiti J9092, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Overturned on landing at night and caught fire, Shaibah, Iraq | |
Sqn Ldr Harry Stewart (36) killed | |
LAC Henry Irving Wood injured | |
10.1.31 | Wapiti IIA J9380, 39 Sqn, Risalpur |
Hit by eagle, wing collapsed and crashed, Risalpur, India | |
Sgt James Edward Wren (28) killed | |
Cpl Thomas William Penny Jeffrey AFM (29) killed | |
17.2.31 | Horsley S1444, 36 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed into the sea, off Seletar, Singapore | |
Fg Off Sidney Alexander Davis (20) killed | |
Cpl Victor Redvers Ransome Boyce (29) killed | |
23.3.31 | Wapiti, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Hit tree attempting message pickup, Qara Dagh, near Suleimania, Iraq | |
Sgt William Henry Anthony (25) killed | |
AC1 Robert Hugo Nicholas (23) killed | |
26.3.31 | Bristol Fighter H1493, 6 Sqn, Ismailia |
Fatal starting accident: airmen hit by propeller, Ismailia, Egypt | |
LAC Harry Smith (24) killed | |
LAC Ronald George Luck injured | |
4.4.31 | Fairey IIIF SR1143, Communication Flight Heliopolis |
Stalled landing, Ismailia, Egypt | |
Sqn Ldr John Keith Waugh DSC (39) died 8.4.31 (Canadian) | |
AC1 David Golphin injured | |
AC1 James Alexander Shirreff Thomas injured | |
12.4.31 | Avro 616 Avian IVA G-ABCF (VH-UPT) "Southern Cross Junior", A James, Sydney |
Wing folded back in flight, Mascot, Sydney, Australia | |
Leonard J Palmer (29) killed | |
Albert E James (30) killed | |
24.4.31 | Bristol Fighter, 20 Sqn, Peshawar |
Crashed, Khajuri Plain, near Peshawar, India | |
Fg Off David Harry Gadsdon Wood (24) killed | |
AC1 Ronald Frederick Ring (21) killed | |
14.5.31 | DH.60G Moth G-ABAK, D G Finch-Hatton |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Voi, Kenya | |
Capt the Hon Denys George Finch-Hatton (44) killed | |
Mohamed bin Hamisi killed (Kenyan) | |
14.6.31 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABBH, H A Brock, Heston |
Spun in during gale, Verneuil-sur-Avre, France | |
Harold Ashley Brock (28) killed | |
John Robertson killed | |
7.7.31 | Vickers Victoria IV JR8927, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed, near Deversoir, Egypt | |
LAC George William Curtis (22) killed | |
AC1 Thomas Henry Mann injured | |
Fg Off Charles Edmund William Nigel Cavendish Pelly unhurt (pilot) | |
Plt Off Francis Guy Mason unhurt | |
Cpl Herbert Edward Rogers unhurt | |
LAC Douglas Walter Lambert unhurt | |
AC1 George Lewis Lidstone unhurt | |
10.7.31 | Fairey IIIF G-AATT, Air Survey Co Ltd, Northolt |
Crashed in River Nile in storm, near Nimule, Uganda | |
Ronald Wilfred Lott Andrews (28) drowned | |
William Walter Howard drowned | |
E W Hills rescued | |
5.8.31 | Atlas, 208 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed in fog and burst into flames, near Almaza aerodrome, Egypt | |
Flt Lt Arthur Reginald Jones (32) killed | |
LAC Edgar Giles Clive Henry (21) killed | |
8.9.31 | Blackburn Bluebird III G-EBWE, K V Wright, Farnborough |
Engine broke away after take-off, Baulers, Nivelles, Belgium | |
Fg Off Charles Roosmale McMullin (37) killed (RAFO) | |
Kenneth Vernon Wright (27) killed | |
9.9.31 | Atlas I K1015, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Flying accident, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
LAC John Hudson (22) killed | |
1.10.31 | Atlas I J9960, 208 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed on take-off, Ismailia, Egypt | |
Fg Off Frederick Ernest Abbott (23) killed | |
Lt-Col Percy Stewart Rowan DSO (28) killed | |
2.10.31 | Ripon S1467, 461 Flt, HMS Glorious |
Dived into sea, off Famagusta, Cyprus | |
Flt Lt Archibald Guthrie Elliot (33) killed (Lt Cdr, RN) | |
Lt Cdr Frederick Sidney Benney (36) killed | |
7.10.31 | Vickers Victoria IV J8919, 70 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Airman fell from aircraft, near Kut-al-Amara, Iraq | |
LAC Ralph Reginald Fuller (22) killed | |
14.10.31 | Wapiti, Aircraft Depot, Karachi |
Crashed in river bed, Hubb River, Marud Khan, near Karachi, India | |
Sqn Ldr Trevor Edward Salt AFC (37) killed | |
LAC Albert Emsley Parker injured | |
24.10.31 | Blackburn Bluebird IV G-ABPV, Blackburn Aeroplane & Motor Co Ltd |
Spun and crashed, Tatoi, Athens, Greece | |
M Sakellariou killed (Greek Army) | |
21.12.31 | Flycatcher N9670, 406 Flt, HMS Emerald |
Spun into the sea while machine-gunning floating targets, Bahrein | |
Fg Off Peter Dabney Heinemann (26) killed (Lt, RN) | |
12.1.1932 | Atlas AC K1526, 208 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Crashed after wings separated, Mena village, near Giza pyramids, Egypt | |
Flt Lt Francis Joseph O'Doherty (29) killed | |
AC1 Denis John Maurice O'Mahony (28) killed | |
17.2.32 | Fairey IIIF S1491, 450 Flt, HMS Courageous |
Crashed in sea, off Marsa Scirocco, Malta | |
Able Seaman James Starley (23) killed | |
Fg Off George Frederick Whistondale baled out (pilot) | |
21.2.32 | Comper Swift EI-AAL "Shamrocket 1", M G A Scally, Baldonnel |
Crashed, Berre, Marseille, France | |
Maurice G A "Manco" Scally (32) killed | |
25.2.32 | Flycatcher N9679, 401 Flt, HMS Courageous |
Collision with S1273, off Malta Harbour | |
Flt Lt Hugh Ditton (34) killed (Lt Cdr, RN) | |
25.2.32 | Flycatcher S1273, 401 Flt, HMS Courageous |
Collision with N9679, off Malta Harbour | |
Fg Off Reginald Stradling Collins (24) killed | |
3.4.32 | Wapiti, 30 Sqn, Mosul |
Hit by hostile gunfire on recce, Barzan district; landed, Adraf Diana, Rowanduz, Iraq | |
Sgt Herbert Victor Hudson (25) killed | |
AC1 Thomas Frank Merrick injured | |
21.4.32 | Atlas, 208 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Flying accident, Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off Henry Thomas Clark (20) killed | |
LAC Henry Arthur Crook injured | |
25.4.32 | Ripon S1265, 462 Flt, HMS Glorious |
Ditched in sea, off Ras il Pellegrin, west coast of Malta | |
Fg Off Paul Leslie Hylder Dundas Irven (23) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Midshipman Archibald Hamilton (18) killed | |
23.5.32 | Fairey IIIF J9814, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Failed to recover from spin, 2m N of Gaza, Palestine | |
Fg Off Eric Victor Newcomen Bramley (21) killed | |
LAC Gerald William Moore (24) killed | |
LAC Leslie Charles Menet baled out | |
25.5.32 | Wapiti, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Lost on reconnaissance, Northern Kurdistan | |
Sgt Lawrence Frederick Gordon Basting (24) killed | |
LAC Leonard Gordon Edmonds (22) killed | |
1.7.32 | Wapiti, 27 Sqn, Kohat |
Flying accident, Kohat, India | |
Sgt Matthew Brown (25) died 2.7.32 | |
LAC Hubert William Stephenson (24) killed | |
28.7.32 | Fairey IIIF J7810, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Crashed on take-off, Juba, Mongalla Province, Sudan | |
Lt James Wilfred Moncrieff Fletcher (28) killed (Sudan Defence Force) | |
Sgt Herbert Lazelle injured (pilot) | |
LAC Norman Charles Frank Clay injured | |
12.8.32 | Avro 616 Avian IVM G-AAKA, F B Taylor & G W Salt, Kuala Lumpur |
Missing, Gulf of Martaban, en route from Moulmein, Burma to Rangoon | |
Fergus Burtholme Taylor (29) killed | |
Geoffrey Wyndham Salt (27) killed | |
15.9.32 | Supermarine Southampton II S1128, 205 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed landing on glassy surface and sank, Johore Strait, near Seletar, Singapore | |
LAC Leonard Stephen Davey (24) drowned | |
LAC Robert Cecil Hinkin (20) drowned | |
Fg Off Wilfred Farnsworth Hilchie injured (pilot) | |
LAC Stanley Cyril Sweetland injured | |
AC1 Herbert Ronald Shawyer injured | |
16.9.32 | Fairey IIIF JR9792, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Crashed landing on River Nile, Nyinakok, near Wau, Bahr el Ghazal province, Sudan | |
Sgt Reginald Eaves Claridge (25) drowned | |
AC Harold Percy Marsh unhurt | |
AC1 Edward Thomas New unhurt | |
29.10.32 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-ABFU, M Nathan, Rome |
Hit electricity pylon in fog, near Rencurel, near Grenoble, France | |
Maurice Nathan (52) killed | |
George Montefiore (32) killed | |
30.11.32 | Wapiti, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Crashed on landing, near Ramadi, Iraq | |
Flt Lt Cyril Rutherford Mason (33) died 12.12.32 | |
LAC Charles Edward Bicknell injured | |
2.12.32 | Horsley S1449, 36 Sqn, Seletar |
Dived into sea during torpedo practice, Rhio Strait, near Singapore | |
Plt Off Donald Edward Forman (20) killed | |
LAC Eric Thompson Laycock injured | |
15.12.32 | Avro 504N J8986, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Flying accident, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Act Plt Off Brian Radcliffe Moeran (22) killed | |
22.12.32 | Fairey IIIF, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Crashed, Gedaref, Sudan | |
Fg Off Albert Gwillim Cleland (22) killed | |
LAC Albert Henry Lovell (24) killed | |
Unknown warrant officer Sudan Defence Force killed | |
3.1.1933 | Fairey IIIF K1158, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Passenger baled out after collision with Gordon K2636; a/c landed safely, near Amman, Transjordan | |
AC1 Charles Stocks (23) killed | |
Flt Lt Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley unhurt | |
Plt Off George Richard Moorby unhurt in K2636 | |
22.1.33 | DH.83 Fox Moth G-ABZM, W M Omsted, Oslo |
Crashed into the North Sea, off SW Norway | |
Wilhelm M Omsted killed (Norwegian) | |
Lt Sigurd Ibs Aagenæs killed (Norwegian) | |
25.1.33 | Avro, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Flying accident, flight-testing a repaired aircraft, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Flt Sgt Henry Thomas Inglis AFM (34) killed | |
31.1.33 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAYB, P G T Rodd, Brooklands |
Stalled on turn after take off from frozen lake, St Moritz, Switzerland | |
Lt-Cdr Patrick Geoffrey Tremayne Rodd (31) killed | |
Charles Schaer injured (Swiss) | |
17.2.33 | Avro 621 Tutor G-ABZR, National Aviation Day Displays |
Crashed during aerobatics, Wingfield aerodrome, Cape Town, South Africa | |
Flt Lt Harold Lawson (36) killed (RAFO) | |
Edward Lewis Ross killed | |
16.3.33 | Wapiti, 28 Sqn, Ambala |
Crashed atempting to avoid woman with baby, Ambala racecourse, India | |
Plt Off Robert Brandon Young (25) killed | |
Baby killed | |
LAC Frederick Thomas James Parr injured | |
Woman injured | |
20.3.33 | Wapiti IIA K1276, 5 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed, Spezard, near Quetta, India | |
Fg Off Justin Arrowsmith Brown (28) killed | |
LAC John Wood (22) killed | |
24.3.33 | Osprey S1688, 407 Flt, HMS Exeter |
Hit ship's mast and crashed, Arosa Bay, Spain | |
Fg Off Thomas Godfrey Carey (28) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Lt Barclay Selwyn Francis Alton (21) killed (RM) | |
28.3.33 | AW Argosy II G-AACI "City of Liverpool", Imperial Airways |
Crashed after cabin fire, near Eessen, Dixmude, Belgium | |
Capt Lionel Louis Leleu (35) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
W R Brown killed (flight engineer) | |
Ernest Finney Stubbs (24) killed (wireless operator) | |
Louis Ottewell Dearden (32) killed | |
Lionel Aglio Dibdin (51) killed | |
Mrs Cecily Grace Dibdin (50) killed | |
Miss Valerie Forrester Thomson (28) killed | |
Eugene Kreglinger (35) killed (Belgian) | |
Hugh McIlrath (21) killed (Australian) | |
Miss Katherine McIlrath (19) killed (Australian) | |
Sir John Thomas Podger Rowland (54) killed | |
Charles Frederick Rowsell (68) killed | |
Alexander A Thompson killed | |
Albert Voss (69) killed | |
Miss Lotte Voss (16) killed (German) | |
12.4.33 | Avro Avian V G-ABLK "Southern Cross Minor", W N Lancaster |
Forced landed in Sahara, 170 miles south of Reggane, Algeria | |
William Newton Lancaster (35) died 20.4.33 | |
15.4.33 | Atlas I J9965, 208 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Flying accident, Ghobet el Boos landing ground, near Suez, Egypt | |
Plt Off William Athol Wynne Jameson (20) killed (New Zealander) | |
LAC Arthur Leonard Alleway (24) killed | |
25.4.33 | Horsley II S1437, 36 Sqn, Seletar |
Dived in sea during camera-gun practice, Johore Strait, Singapore | |
LAC John James Frederick Firth (21) killed | |
Fg Off George William Patrick Grant injured | |
28.4.33 | Gordon I K2632, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Two passengers thrown out by bump, near Zerka, Amman, Transjordan | |
LAC Reginald Henry George Willmott (24) killed | |
Plt Off Jack Bradley parachuted; injured | |
Plt Off William John Howard Ekins unhurt (pilot) | |
5.5.33 | Hart, Aircraft Park, Lahore |
Crashed on landing, Lahore, India | |
Fg Off Norman Daniel Lamb (26) died 10.5.33 | |
12.6.33 | Wapiti IIA K1390, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Caught fire at 7000ft and abandoned, near Hinaidi, Iraq | |
Fg Off Arthur Columba Drew (24) died 19.6.33 (Australian) | |
LAC Maurice Glyn Friese-Greene injured | |
30.6.33 | Wapiti, 28 Sqn, Ambala |
Crashed on low turn and caught fire, Ambala racecourse, India | |
Plt Off Denis Henry Furze (20) killed | |
LAC Albert William Lusty (24) killed | |
25.7.33 | DH.60M Moth K1212, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Crashed on bombing range, Aden | |
Fg Off Eric Arthur Collyns (22) killed (New Zealander) | |
14.8.33 | Wapiti IIA J9749, 27 Sqn, Kohat |
Spun on forced landing in storm, Latamia, near Bannu, India | |
LAC Maurice Edward Bertram Castle (23) killed | |
Flt Lt Philip Slocombe injured | |
14.12.33 | Wapiti IIA J9729, 5 Sqn, Quetta |
Crashed, Loni Camp, near Ahmednagar, India | |
Plt Off Raymond Edward de Pentheny O'Kelly (22) killed | |
Lt Kenneth Thomas Darling injured | |
20.12.33 | Atlas I K1012, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Crashed, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
LAC John Joseph Francis McDermott (23) killed | |
30.12.33 | Avro Ten G-ABLU "Apollo", Imperial Airways |
Hit wireless mast and crashed, Ruysselede, near Bruges, Belgium | |
Fg Off John Moore Gittins (27) killed (RAFO) | |
Flt Lt Hugh Granville Loch (26) killed (RAFO) | |
Alfred Dennis Druitt Brown (33) killed | |
Miss Maude Desmond (22) killed | |
Louis John Herman Grein (62) killed (Dutch) | |
Samuel Halperin (40) killed (Polish) | |
Gerard Mes (33) killed (Dutch) | |
Thomas Robert Sydenham Perry (35) killed | |
Victor Hugh John Schroeder (51) killed | |
Charles Alfred Young killed | |
5.1.1934 | DH.60G Moth G-ABDV, E Frost, Paris-Orly |
Hit electricity pylon on forced landing in bad weather, near Nevers, France | |
Miss Evelyn Frost (30) killed (American) | |
Geoffrey Benskin Ruddle injured (pilot) | |
13.2.34 | Fairey IIIF S1339, 822 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Airman ran into propellor as aircraft was being hoisted out, HMS Furious, Trinidad | |
LAC Ernest Hobbs (22) killed | |
15.3.34 | Vildebeest II K2919, 100 Sqn, Seletar |
Stalled and crashed in South China Sea, 50m from Singapore | |
Act Sgt Frederick Lovett (32) drowned | |
Sgt Albert Edward Herniman rescued (pilot) | |
10.4.34 | Gordon I K2624, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Crashed during local reconaissance, 20m N of Rumbek, Sudan | |
Flt Lt Edmund Henry Searle psa (38) killed | |
LAC Arthur George Woolley (24) died 11.4.34 | |
Mr Francis "Frank" Charles Swan Lorimer injured (District Commissioner, Rumbek) | |
7.5.34 | Atlas K1505?, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Flying accident, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Act Plt Off Alexander Burr Dreghorn (21) killed | |
6.6.34 | Vildebeest II K2920, 100 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed, off Ponggol Point, Singapore | |
Plt Off Martin John Okes Parish (22) killed | |
LAC Ivor James John Ginello (22) killed | |
10.6.34 | Avro 621 Tutor G-AARZ, A V Roe & Co Ltd |
Spun in during aerobatic contest, Vincennes, Paris, France | |
Capt Placido d'Abreu killed (Portuguese) | |
17.7.34 | Fairey IIIF S1860, Station Flight Hal Far |
Hit a flare and burst into flames after heavy landing, Hal Far, Malta | |
Flt Lt Thomas Henry Perry-Keene (32) died 21.7.34 | |
LAC Leslie Charles Tite injured | |
23.8.34 | DH.85 Leopard Moth G-ACLX, J J van der Leeuw |
Crashed into hillside, Mporoto mountains, near Tukuyu, Tanganyika | |
Dr Johannes Jacobus van der Leeuw (40) killed (Dutch) | |
18.10.34 | Osprey K2780, 803 Sqn, HMS Eagle |
Seaman walked into propeller, HMS Eagle, between Hong Kong and Shanghai | |
Able Seaman Edward George Russell killed | |
Lt John Casson (pilot) | |
22.10.34 | Fairey Fox I G-ACXX, J K C Baines |
Crashed, Palazzo San Gervasio, near Foggia, Italy | |
Fg Off Harold Darwin Gilman (28) killed (Australian) | |
James Keith Campbell Baines (28) killed | |
20.11.34 | Atlas I K1010, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Crashed, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
LAC William Stewart Burns (24) killed | |
20.12.34 | Osprey III K3630, 406 Flt, HMS Emerald |
Crewman struck by propellor, HMS Emerald, off Calcutta, India | |
LAC Martin Wales Rackham (21) killed | |
24.1.1935 | Gordon I KR2641, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Passenger fell from aircraft, near Kolagi Springs, Dafur Province, Sudan | |
LAC James Richard Harffey (21) killed | |
12.2.35 | Nimrod I S1626, 800 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Collision with S1621 over the sea, off Malta | |
Fg Off Peter John Pearson Rogers (22) killed | |
Sub-Lt Philip Alexander Roby Bremridge injured in S1621 | |
15.2.35 | Short Singapore III K3595, 210 Sqn, Pembroke Dock |
Crashed in Peloritani mountains in bad weather, near Messina, Sicily | |
Flt Lt Henry Longfield Beatty (33) killed | |
Fg Off John Alexander Charles Forbes (29) killed | |
Sgt Herbert James Willis (25) killed | |
LAC William Patrick Wallace (26) killed | |
LAC Roland Dennis James Rees (28) killed | |
LAC Cyril Norton Allen (22) killed | |
Cpl Stephen Thomas Bailey (28) killed | |
AC1 Leslie Wogan (20) killed | |
Mr Reginald John Penn (41) killed (Senior Technical Officer, RAE) | |
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) | |
28.4.35 | Vickers Victoria J8232, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Officer hit by propellor, Tororo, Uganda | |
Fg Off Martin Cedric Moore (27) killed | |
8.5.35 | Wapiti IIA K1124, 55 Sqn, Hinaidi |
Shot down by tribesmen, Diwaniyah district, Middle Euphrates area, Iraq | |
Plt Off Stanley John McNab Newman (22) killed | |
AC2 Alfred Edward Hawkins (24) killed | |
10.5.35 | Wapiti IIA J9853, 30 Sqn, Mosul |
Hit armoured car on musketry range, Mosul, Iraq | |
Flt Lt Henry Spear Sandiford (36) killed | |
AC1 John Gilbert Plevey (23) killed (in armoured car) | |
LAC Jack Woledge Rogers injured | |
LAC Harold Gilbert Keattch injured (in armoured car) | |
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) | |
13.6.35 | Horsley S1601, 36 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed in sea during dive-bombing practice, off Seletar, Singapore | |
Fg Off Ronald Talbot Smith (23) killed | |
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) | |
5.9.35 | Wapiti IIA K2292, 5 Sqn, Risalpur |
Bomb exploded while being unloaded, Abbottabad, India | |
Sgt George Whitlow Brereton (38) killed | |
LAC Roland Albert Ayers (25) killed | |
Pte Tom Johnston Brown (29) killed | |
Lascar F Akireful killed (Indian) | |
Lascar Mahomed Din killed (Indian) | |
Cpl Robert Frost injured | |
Cpl Samuel Ernest Fraser injured | |
LAC Charles Edward Johnson injured | |
LAC Frank Burton injured | |
LAC Alfred Lee Tyler injured | |
LAC James Oliver injured | |
Lascar Majid Khan injured (Indian) | |
23 Indian army other ranks injured | |
26.9.35 | Tutor K3314, 4 FTS |
Stalled off the top of a loop and spun into the ground, Sarafand, Palestine | |
Fg Off William Daniel Dennehy (28) killed (New Zealander) | |
Fg Off Theodore Cecil Sanders (23) killed | |
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) | |
29.12.35 | Fairey IIIF J9827, 45 Sqn, Helwan |
Spun into ground in steep turn, near Nairobi, Kenya | |
Fg Off Conrad Charles Francis (21) killed | |
Cpl Herbert James Bryant (26) killed | |
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) | |
23.1.1936 | 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 | |
27.1.36 | Gordon K1776, RAF, Middle East |
Spun into ground out of cloud, Gebeit, Sudan | |
Flt Lt Sylvanus George Connolly (34) killed | |
Flt Lt Philip Vaughan Edwards (33) killed | |
LAC Frank Campling (22) killed | |
5.2.36 | Nimrod I K2841, 801 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Stalled after take-off; crashed in sea, between Gibraltar and Las Palmas | |
Sgt James Edward Acock (24) killed | |
8.2.36 | Wapiti IIA J9391, 60 Sqn, Kohat |
Crashed into hillside in storm, near Etah, 120m SE of Delhi, India | |
Fg Off Alfred Owen Douglas Cox (22) killed | |
Cpl Archibald Charles Wood injured | |
19.2.36 | Heyford IIA K4034, 97 Sqn, Boscombe Down |
Ditched out of fuel at night, off Le Havre, France | |
Sgt Walter Job (34) drowned | |
AC1 Cyril Adolphus Tregannon Bickham (23) drowned | |
AC2 William Watkin (24) drowned | |
Fg Off Robert Humphrey Page rescued | |
26.2.36 | Vincent K4131, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Overshot landing into gully, Bir Uzia LG, near Khormaksar, Aden | |
Flt Lt Harry Hugh Vivian Tristem (30) killed | |
AC1 Arthur Jesse Clapham (21) killed | |
LAC John Buchan Tainsh unhurt | |
5.3.36 | Fairey IIIF S1390, 822 Sqn, HMS Furious |
Went over side into sea on landing, off Gibraltar | |
Lt Cdr George Alexander Turner Laing (34) killed | |
Fg Off Thomas Charles Geoffrey Holford unhurt (pilot, Lt, RN) | |
Lt Geoffrey Nethercote Beaumont unhurt | |
19.3.36 | Vildebeest II K2927, 100 Sqn, Seletar |
Dived into sea during night practice attack on HMS Kent, Johore Straits, Singapore | |
Flt Lt William Dalrymple Gairdner DFC (37) killed | |
LAC Stephen Paul Jenner (24) killed | |
LAC Thomas William Watson (23) killed | |
3.5.36 | Gordon I K2626, 35 Sqn, Gebeit |
Stalled after take-off, crashed and destroyed by fire, Atbara, Sudan | |
Plt Off Frank Frederick Essam (21) killed | |
LAC Thomas Richard Newton (27) killed | |
LAC Jack Trundle Read (22) killed | |
22.5.36 | Osprey III K3642, 447 Flt, HMS London |
Stalled after take-off, Aboukir, Egypt | |
Flt Lt John Wyatt Hale (33) died 31.5.36 (Lt Cdr, RN) | |
Lt John Bridgewater unhurt | |
23.5.36 | Vildebeest III K4171, 36 Sqn, Seletar |
Collision with K4183, over sea, 10m N of Penang, Malaya | |
Plt Off William Mortimer Norman (23) killed | |
Cpl Frank Johnson (30) killed | |
LAC Sydney Cyril Hickson (20) killed | |
23.5.36 | Vildebeest III K4183, 36 Sqn, Seletar |
Collision with K4171, over sea, 10m N of Penang, Malaya | |
AC1 Alexander French Wilson (21) killed | |
Sgt Alec George Sollis baled out | |
5.6.36 | Vildebeest III K4608, 22 Sqn, Hal Far |
Engine cut after take-off, stalled and crashed, Hal Far, Malta | |
Fg Off John Asher Sutherland (22) killed (Canadian) | |
AC1 Frederick George Chalk (21) killed | |
9.6.36 | Demon K4535, 41 Sqn, Sheikh Othman |
Collision with K4536 in formation, Sheikh Othman, Aden | |
AC1 Allan Sanderson Bailey (21) killed | |
Plt Off John Athelstan Richards baled out | |
9.6.36 | Demon K4536, 41 Sqn, Sheikh Othman |
Collision with K4535 in formation, Sheikh Othman, Aden | |
AC1 Francis Allday (23) killed | |
Plt Off Edward Graham baled out | |
14.6.36 | Vincent K4669, 4 Aircraft Park, Atbara |
Sideslipped into ground, 25m SE of Adarama, Sudan | |
Sqn Ldr William Catchpole AFC (42) killed | |
Flt Lt Robert Todd (25) killed | |
Sgt Ernest Alfred Whetter (31) killed | |
AC1 William Marlow (21) killed | |
22.6.36 | Vincent K4120, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Stalled and crashed, Shaibah, Iraq | |
LAC John Albert Borthwick (21) died 25.6.36 | |
24.6.36 | Hart K3005, 12 Sqn, Aden |
Crashed in sea, 25m NE of Khormaksar, Aden | |
Plt Off Eric William Spencer (20) killed | |
LAC John Greatorex (22) killed | |
7.7.36 | Vickers Valentia K3166, 216 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Sideslipped into ground on night approach, Mersa Matruh, Egypt | |
Sgt Ronald George Allan (25) killed | |
LAC Edward Adams (26) killed | |
LAC John White (20) killed | |
AC1 Albert George Hassall killed | |
Capt Francis Edward Mackay Barford (38) killed | |
Capt Herbert Frank Gordon d'Arcy Symonds (37) killed | |
Lt Douglas Elliott Mackintosh killed | |
Fg Off Norman De Warrenne Boult injured | |
LAC Thomas Sellars injured | |
Capt John Park Weir injured | |
Capt Thomas Brodie injured | |
Capt Duncan Scott Cochrane injured | |
Lt Thomas Leslie Gwyther Charles injured | |
13.7.36 | Nimrod I S1634, 802 Sqn, HMS Glorious |
Spun in, near Aboukir, Egypt | |
Fg Off Kenrick Alan Stewart (23) killed | |
15.7.36 | Tutor K3402, Station Flight Hal Far |
Dived into sea, off Marfa Point, Malta | |
Fg Off James Kininmonth Leslie Carstairs (21) killed | |
Flt Lt George Douglas Green injured (pilot) | |
18.7.36 | Demon K4541, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Crashed, near Khormaksar, Aden | |
Fg Off Denis Henry Spencer (22) killed | |
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) | |
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 | 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) | |
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 | |
3.9.36 | Hart K4473, 6 Sqn, Ramleh |
Crashed on forced landing on hillside, near Tulkarem, Palestine | |
Plt Off Thomas Barry Hunter (21) killed | |
AC1 Edward George William Lincoln (22) killed | |
4.9.36 | Wapiti V J9730, 31 Sqn, Drigh Road |
Hit telegraph wires and crashed, near Fort Sandeman, India | |
Flt Lt William Corbet Yale (35) killed | |
LAC John Mumbray injured | |
7.9.36 | Osprey III K3917, 802 Sqn, HMS Glorious |
Dived into ground after take-off, Hal Far, Malta | |
Fg Off Francis Stanley May (26) killed (Lt, RM) | |
21.9.36 | Hart K2110, 39 Sqn, Risalpur |
Dived into ground, Peshawar ranges, India | |
Fg Off Charles Henry Thornton Warner (26) killed | |
LAC John Leopold Bunyan 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 | |
16.10.36 | Glider, Mbeya Gliding Club |
Crashed on club's first flight, Mbeya, Tanganyika | |
Renford Leigh Davey (23) died 11.36 (Imperial Airways ground engineer) | |
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) | |
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 | |
2.1.1937 | GAL ST.25 Monospar Jubilee G-ADMD, H R d'Erlanger, Gatwick |
Hit tree on forced landing, Lomaso, near Trento, Italy | |
Baron Henry Roland d'Erlanger (41) killed | |
20.1.37 | Vincent K4692, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Hit trees on take-off, Pibor Post, Sudan | |
Sgt James Bannon (23) killed | |
Capt Leslie Reid Warton (31) killed (Sudan Defence Force) | |
AC2 Thomas Luke Carpenter injured | |
20.1.37 | Audax I K5232, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Broke up recovering from dive, near Kantara, Egypt | |
AC1 Stanley Harvey (22) killed | |
LAC Harold Norman Norris unhurt (pilot) | |
2.2.37 | Short Singapore III K3594, 205 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed on take-off, Seletar, Singapore | |
Plt Off Robert Douglas Blair (22) drowned | |
Sqn Ldr Albert Wentworth Bates injured | |
LAC William Trevor Davies injured | |
AC1 Joe Lee injured | |
AC1 Leonard Frank Wilkins injured | |
AC1 Alexander Thomas Edward Daniells injured | |
5.2.37 | Swordfish I K5947, 825 Sqn, HMS Glorious |
Collision with K5938, off Alexandria, Egypt | |
Fg Off Gerald Arthur Vardon (24) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Telegraphist Bert Overal (25) killed | |
15.2.37 | Shark II K5619, 821 Sqn, HMS Courageous |
Missing, off Alexandria, Egypt | |
Fg Off George Eric Lake (24) killed (Sub-Lt, RN) | |
Lt Roderick William Macdonald (24) killed | |
Telegraphist William Henry Currie (22) killed | |
11.3.37 | Wapiti V J9748, 5 Sqn, Miranshah |
Hit telegraph wires, Tanai, near Wana, India | |
Fg Off Kenneth Northcote Lees (25) killed | |
AC1 F Atkinson 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 | |
23.3.37 | Gordon I K2741, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Collision with Gordon K2618, near Amman, Transjordan | |
AC1 Ronald Walker (20) killed | |
Flt Lt Michael Arthur Aylmer baled out, unhurt | |
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) | |
13.4.37 | Wapiti IIA K1301, 27 Sqn, Kohat |
Crashed on take-off, Miramshah, India | |
Plt Off John Barrington Pascoe-Webb (22) killed (Australian) | |
LAC Raymond William Gibbs (25) killed | |
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) | |
31.5.37 | Handley Page HP.42W G-AAXE "Hengist", Imperial Airways |
Destroyed in hangar fire, Karachi, India | |
Henry Holroyd Dugdale (31) died 11.6.37 (Imperial Airways engineer) | |
17.6.37 | Gordon I K2736, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Passenger thrown out of aircraft by bump, Almaza, Egypt | |
Act Plt Off Robert Henry Rice (34) killed | |
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 | |
23.6.37 | DH.60M Moth K1895, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Crashed, near Khormaksar, Aden | |
Plt Off Peter John Gordon Davies (22) killed | |
LAC William Roy Moys injured | |
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) | |
10.9.37 | Audax I K3715, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Stalled and spun in circuit, Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Act Plt Off George Lofty Fraser (23) 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 Raymond 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 | |
8.10.37 | Gordon I K2739, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Stalled and spun on approach, Mudawara, Transjordan | |
Flt Lt Harold George Adams (28) killed | |
Flt Lt Archibald Harold Houghton (28) killed | |
Fg Off Edward Gough (39) killed | |
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 | |
20.10.37 | Wapiti IIA K1302, 5 Sqn, Miranshah |
Crashed following engine failure on reconnaissance flight, near Dosalli, Waziristan, India | |
LAC Edward Walter Joisce (25) killed | |
Plt Off Gerald Charles Neil Close baled out | |
25.10.37 | Wapiti IIA K1259, 27 Sqn, Kohat |
Spun in after collision with drogue, Lachi, near Kohat, India | |
Sgt Jack Norman Bushnell (25) killed | |
LAC George Oswald Carr (25) killed | |
28.10.37 | Miles M.2S Hawk Major G-ADLH, G P Nair, Woodley |
Stalled on approach, near Rouen, France | |
Govind Paramaswaran Nair (32) killed (Indian) | |
30.10.37 | Vincent I K6346, 84 Sqn, Shaibah |
Stalled and dived into ground, Khor Gharim, Oman | |
Wg Cdr Aubrey Robert Maxwell Rickards OBE AFC (39) killed | |
Plt Off Robert Henry McClatchey (22) killed (Canadian) | |
AC1 Leslie George O'Leary (19) killed | |
30.11.37 | Walrus I K8345, 711 Flt, HMS London |
Hit power cable and dived into sea, Kalafrana, Malta | |
Flt Lt Patrick Arthur Booth (30) killed (Lt, RN) | |
LAC Norman Stewart Burns (21) killed | |
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 | |
7.12.37 | Vincent K4691, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Stalled and crashed, Pap Village, near Juba, Sudan | |
Fg Off Frederick William Richmond (21) killed | |
The Right Reverend Herbert Guy Bullen MC MA (41) killed (Bishop of Sudan) | |
11.1.1938 | DH.60M Moth K1893, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Lost wings during aerobatics, Dar Mansur, near Sheikh Othman, Aden | |
Plt Off Martin Henry Bromley Davies (22) killed | |
LAC John Hockings Campbell (24) killed | |
20.1.38 | Osprey IV K5747, 716 Flt, HMS Amphion |
Crashed into mountain, Helderberg, near Somerset West, Cape, South Africa | |
Flt Lt John Charles Hugh Price (27) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Able Seaman Leslie Vincent Hammond (28) killed | |
22.1.38 | Nimrod I S1580, 802 Sqn, HMS Glorious |
Spun into sea attempting landing on HMS Glorious, near Malta | |
Plt Off Charles Henry Heber-Percy (23) killed | |
25.2.38 | Hart K4494, 33 Sqn, Ismailia |
Collision with K4445 in cloud, Great Bitter Lake, Egypt | |
LAC George Griffiths (26) killed | |
Fg Off Hale Winter Bolingbroke baled out; unhurt | |
Act Plt Off John Morton Littler baled out of K4445; injured | |
28.3.38 | Supermarine Stranraer K7288, 228 Sqn, Pembroke Dock |
Crashed in sea, 15m SW of Ushant, France | |
Flt Lt Reginald Henry Hobbs (28) killed (New Zealander) | |
Plt Off John Philip Owens killed | |
Cpl James Henry Audley (28) killed | |
AC1 Benjamin David Carysfort Lewis (22) killed | |
LAC Edward Weston Neale (22) killed | |
Mr Arnold Edward Barlow (21) killed | |
4.4.38 | Vildebeest II K2944, 100 Sqn, Seletar |
Missing at night, near Horsburgh Lighthouse, Singapore | |
Sgt William Douglas MacMillan Roberts (26) killed | |
AC1 Ernest John Beisly (25) killed | |
AC1 Malcolm Renfrew Hunter (20) killed | |
18.5.38 | Vildebeest II K2942, 100 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed in sea after collision with K2941, Seletar bombing range, Singapore | |
Cpl Leonard Francis Stone (27) killed | |
AC1 William John Ashton (21) killed | |
Fg Off Frank Howard Roberts baled out | |
14.6.38 | Vincent K4686, 223 Sqn, Nairobi |
Undershot, hit ditch and overturned, Utete, Tanganyika | |
Fg Off Mark Henry Romer (24) killed | |
21.6.38 | Vildebeest II K2918, 100 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed into sea at night (presumed colllision), 10m SW of Cape Rachado, Malaya | |
Fg Off George Leslie Arthur Cooper (25) killed | |
LAC William Stanley Lawrence killed | |
AC1 George Leonard Walters (21) killed | |
21.6.38 | Vildebeest II K6372, 100 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed into sea at night (presumed colllision), 10m SW of Cape Rachado, Malaya | |
Fg Off (Act Flt Lt) Richard Clive Meares (25) killed | |
Plt Off Hugh Angus Bethune (23) killed (New Zealander) | |
LAC Hugh Thomas killed | |
29.6.38 | Blenheim I K7102, 30 Sqn, Habbaniya |
Engine cut after take-off; stalled and dived into ground, Habbaniya, Iraq | |
Plt Off Charles Alexander Stephen (25) killed | |
AC1 Harold Davies (21) killed | |
19.7.38 | Audax K4839, Aircraft Park Lahore |
Stalled avoiding cliff in dust storm and crashed in Indus, Kundian, India | |
Flt Lt George Nelson (29) killed | |
LAC George Green (25) died 21.7.38 | |
23.7.38 | Hart K2115, 11 Sqn, Risalpur |
Failed to recover from spin, near Mardan, India | |
Fg Off Walter Louis Rowbottom (22) killed | |
27.7.38 | 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) | |
5.8.38 | Wellesley I L2643, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Wing broke off while recovering from dive on bombing range, Zerka, Transjordan | |
Sgt Richard Herbert Sweeting (23) killed | |
AC1 Walter Horace Crofts (20) killed | |
18.8.38 | Hardy K5920, 6 Sqn, Ramleh |
Shot down, Kafr Haris, near Nablus, Palestine | |
Fg Off Robert Cassells Waddell DFC (24) killed | |
AC1 Richard Jennings (27) killed | |
24.8.38 | Wellesley I L2666, 223 Sqn, Nairobi |
Flew into trees on high ground while descending in cloud, Uplands Railway Station, Kenya | |
Sgt Frederick Arthur Casewell (23) killed | |
AC1 William Albert Beckett (22) killed | |
Act Sgt Wilfred Mann injured | |
26.8.38 | Hardy I K4317, 6 Sqn, Ramleh |
Fired at from ground; crashed and burnt, near Attil, Tulkarem, Palestine | |
Plt Off Francis Thomas May (21) killed | |
AC1 Terence Bagge (26) killed | |
29.8.38 | Wapiti IIA K1284, 27 Sqn, Kohat |
Hit wires and crashed on approach, Mirozai, India | |
Plt Off Gilbert Prowse French (22) killed | |
AC1 Clarence Ponting Rushworth (22) killed | |
12.9.38 | Fairey IIIF J9798, 47 Sqn, Khartoum |
Missing off coast out of fuel, near Gaza, Palestine | |
Lt Frederick Scarborough (46) killed | |
Plt Off Desmond Edward Bell (23) killed | |
11.10.38 | Hardy I K4306, 6 Sqn, Ramleh |
Hit by ground fire and abandoned, N of Hebron, Palestine | |
Sgt Harold Clifford Tarrant Packer (24) killed | |
LAC Robert Alexander Haxton unhurt | |
17.10.38 | Gladiator L7610, 33 Sqn, Ismailia |
Broke up in the air during aerobatics, near Kantara, Egypt | |
Act Plt Off Lionel Reed (25) killed | |
22.10.38 | Vincent K4129, 8 Sqn, Khormaksar |
Stalled and spun, Khormaksar, Aden | |
Plt Off Roy Stamford Chill (23) killed | |
LAC Leslie Vernon Wilton (22) killed | |
10.11.38 | Gladiator, 33 Sqn, Ramleh |
Crashed under ground fire, near Nablus, Palestine | |
Sgt Arthur Jevon Tebbs (24) died 18.11.38 | |
25.11.38 | Gladiator, 33 Sqn, Ramleh |
Crashed on forced landing due to enemy action, near al-Maliha, W of Jerusalem, Palestine | |
Plt Off Henry Granville Hudson (26) killed | |
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) | |
10.12.38 | Blenheim I K7097, 30 Sqn, Habbaniya |
Crashed, 60m SW of Ramadi, Iraq | |
Sqn Ldr Percy Kinsey (31) killed | |
Sgt Vernon Walter Garside (24) killed (pilot) | |
AC1 Reginald Walter Carpenter (25) killed | |
AC1 Lewis William Cooper (22) killed | |
AC1 Frederick Oscar Gamble (32) killed | |
Capt John Barnett Harvey (30) killed | |
23.12.38 | Supermarine Walrus I L2255, 714 Flt, HMS Manchester |
Hit overhead cable and crashed in creek, near Cochin Harbour, India | |
Sub-Lt John Frederick Repington Collis (22) killed | |
Act Sub-Lt Peter Noble Boxer (21) killed | |
Lt Francis Myrddin Griffiths injured | |
21.1.1939 | 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 Walters Miller (47) 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 Katharine Miller rescued (American) | |
Mrs Louise Noakes rescued (American) | |
Miss Nellie Tucker Smith rescued (Bermudian) | |
Charles Talbot rescued (American) | |
Mrs Edna Watson rescued (Bermudian) | |
30.1.39 | Swordfish I K5933 & K5976, 825 Sqn, HMS Glorious |
Collision on approach to HMS Glorious at night, off Alexandria, Egypt | |
Flt Lt Richard Arthur William Dobbs (26) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Fg Off Henry Ralph Puzey Bridgen (23) killed | |
Fg Off Gordon Clifford Newcombe (25) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Fg Off John Godfrey Lincoln (26) killed (Lt, RN) | |
Acting Leading Signalman Robert Henry Peerman (23) killed | |
Leading Seaman Bernard Anthony Coughlin (22) killed | |
1.2.39 | Gladiator I K8038, 33 Sqn, Ramleh |
Flew into the side of a wadi, near Deir Ballut, Palestine | |
Act Plt Off John Marcus Joseph Poynton (21) killed (New Zealander) | |
3.2.39 | Gordon I K2607, Station Flight, Ramleh |
Control lost in cloud, Solomon's Pools, near Jerusalem, Palestine | |
Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Henry Owen Mills (27) killed | |
Mr Bernard Matthews Timbers baled out; injured | |
Mr Harold Francis Charrington baled out; unhurt | |
13.2.39 | Wellesley I L2655, 14 Sqn, Amman |
Flew into hill in cloud, 3m S of Wadi Sir, near Amman, Transjordan | |
Plt Off Lawrence Selby Bullwinkle (22) killed | |
Sgt Charles James Chick (25) killed | |
LAC Desmond James Segrave (22) killed | |
27.4.39 | Magister N3845, 208 Sqn, Heliopolis |
Caught fire in flight, Koubbeh, near Heliopolis, Egypt | |
Fg Off David Roderick Hopper (21) killed | |
Fg Off Derek Leslie Rea Hutchinson (28) killed (Capt, RTR) | |
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 | |
17.5.39 | Audax K4862, 39 Sqn, Risalpur |
Dived into ground at night, near Risalpur, India | |
Fg Off Gerald Elsmie (24) killed | |
19.5.39 | Sea Gladiator N5534, 802 Sqn, HMS Glorious |
Dived into sea, off Swagemi Point, near Aboukir, Egypt | |
Sub-Lt (A) William Agard Sykes (22) killed | |
20.5.39 | Walrus I L2308, 712 Sqn, HMS Glasgow |
Capsized on landing, between Canada and New York | |
Able Seaman Leslie Newman Goy (22) killed | |
Petty Officer Ronald Lunberg unhurt (pilot) | |
31.5.39 | Gordon I K2645, Communications Flight, Habbaniya |
Caught fire after heavy landing, Habbaniya, Iraq | |
Sgt Reginald Charles Phillips (22) died 2.6.39 | |
LAC William Edward Gates injured | |
LAC Ronald Hills injured | |
5.6.39 | Sunderland I L5801, 230 Sqn, Seletar |
Crashed on take-off, Johore Straits, Singapore | |
Plt Off Allan Henry Barnes (25) killed (New Zealander) | |
LAC William Brian Cook (28) killed | |
LAC George William James Mills (21) killed | |
AC1 Gordon Hallam Leighton (23) killed | |
Fg Off (Act Flt Lt) William Weir Campbell injured | |
Cpl Stanley Hugh Williams injured | |
LAC John Joseph Alfed Smith injured | |
AC1 James Colville injured | |
9.6.39 | Hardy K4068, 6 Sqn, Ramleh |
Bomb exploded while disarming, Ramleh, Palestine | |
LAC Henry David Dyer (23) killed | |
AC1 Henry George Wheaton (22) killed | |
8.7.39 | Audax K5566, 28 Sqn, Miranshah |
Undershot forced landing, Miranshah, India | |
AC1 John Blythe Baxter (20) killed | |
Plt Off William Chapman Duncan injured | |
13.7.39 | Walrus I L2258, Spotter Flight, RAF Kai Tak |
Hit water in turn, Taitam Bay, Hong Kong | |
Plt Off David Henry Bryan-Gower (21) killed | |
Sgt Jack Ogden (26) killed | |
14.7.39 | Gladiator I K8010, 80 Sqn, Helwan |
Failed to recover from dive, 4m N of Wadi Natrun, Egypt | |
Plt Off Rodney James Bartholomew (24) killed | |
17.7.39 | Gauntlet II K7885, 102 MU, Abu Sueir |
Dived into ground, near Abu Sueir, Egypt | |
Fg Off George William de Vinchelez Le Sueur (26) killed | |
22.7.39 | Wellesley I L2671, 223 Sqn, Nairobi |
Wing detached during recovery from dive at air display, Nairobi, Kenya | |
Lt Frank C Camp (26) killed (SAAF) | |
Cpl Thomas Snaith (24) killed | |
25.7.39 | ?, HMS Glorious |
Struck by airscrew on flight-deck, at sea between Suda Bay, Crete and Alexandria, Egypt | |
Ordinary Seaman Leonard Lee (37) killed | |
8.8.39 | Short Singapore III K4584, 203 Sqn, Basra |
Hit sea wall on take-off, Aboukir, Egypt | |
Sgt Leonard Clunie Steed (26) killed | |
AC1 William Halliburton Scott (21) killed | |
AC1 Alfred Albert Shaw (26) died 10.8.39 | |
Sqn Ldr James Rowland Scarlett-Streatfield injured | |
Plt Off Peter Roland Mathews Williams injured | |
Cpl Philip Ingrey injured | |
Cpl John Riddell Smith injured | |
AC1 William Nixon Arrowsmith injured | |
AC1 William Hetherington Ard injured | |
9.8.39 | Blenheim I L1546, 39 Sqn, Risalpur |
Struck by lightning, caught fire and dived into ground, Kutumba, India | |
Wg Cdr Burton Ankers DSO DCM (46) killed | |
Cpl Robert Samuel Gilbert (26) killed | |
AC1 Arthur Reginald Harris (26) killed | |
AC2 Richard Wallace Bloss baled out | |
Mr Cecil Rendle Tapper baled out | |
15.8.39 | Lockheed 10A Electra G-AESY, British Airways |
Ditched in sea after cabin fire, near Storstr�m 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) | |
30.8.39 | Audax K7505, 4 FTS, Abu Sueir |
Dived into ground off turn in circuit, Rutbah, Iraq | |
Plt Off Clive James (24) killed | |
LAC Harry Lee (20) killed | |
31.8.39 | Hudson I N7248, 224 Sqn, Leuchars |
Crashed into sea, SW of Bergen, Norway | |
Fg Off Andrew George Henry Bell killed | |
Sgt Stuart Norman Saunders (22) killed | |
AC1 Frank Schofield killed | |
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