These accidents do not qualify for inclusion in the main lists. Some involve British casualties in foreign aircraft; others correct or clarify previously-published information on non-fatal accidents.
10.12.1891 | Gas balloon "Wanderer", E Mansfield |
Balloon burst on ascent, Victoria Park, Bombay, India | |
Lt Edward Mansfield (26) killed (RNR) | |
1.10.1910 | Farman |
Midair collision with Antoinette, Milan, Italy | |
Capt Bertram Dickson injured; died 28.9.13 | |
René Thomas injured in Antoinette | |
4.12.1910 | Gas balloon |
Came down near Kirkwall, Orkney on flight from Munich | |
Ernst Metzger (28) lost at sea | |
Hermann Distler survived | |
Hauptmann W Jördens survived | |
27.5.11 | Sommer biplane |
Failed to recover from dive, St Petersburg, Russia | |
Vladimir Smith (25) killed | |
11.10.13 | Paterson pusher biplane No. 36, Paterson Aviation Syndicate |
Crashed, Kimberley, South Africa | |
Edward Wallace Cheeseman (27) died 15.10.13 | |
Lt Dunlop unhurt | |
14.7.16 | B.E.12, CFS, Upavon |
Forced landing; destroyed by fire | |
2Lt Henry Ralph Lumley (25) injured; died 11.3.18 | |
26.10.16 | Voisin LA 8523, 30 Sqn |
Aeroplane accident at or near Kut, Mesopotamia | |
Capt Lawrence Hope King-Harman (27) killed | |
Lt Sydney Haywood (25) killed (pilot) | |
4.2.19 | Camel N6824, Grand Fleet School of Air Gunnery and Fighting, Leuchars |
Stalled and crashed after flat turn | |
2Lt Richard William Samuel Winter injured | |
30.4.19 | Grigorovich M-16, Estonian Air Force |
Crashed in sea on test flight, Tallinn, Estonia | |
Lt Charles Gerhardi (20) drowned (RAF instructor) | |
11.7.19 | USD-9, USAS |
Parachute demonstration; harness broke, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio | |
Lt Robert Allan Caldwell DFC (21) killed (Canadian) | |
26.2.20 | Avro, T K Wong Ltd, Kuala Lumpur |
Spun on climbing turn, Kuala Lumpur racecourse, Malaya | |
Capt Leonard James Pugh killed | |
Lt Henry Frederick Osborne Farrell injured | |
28.6.20 | Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard H7746 |
Rigger crushed when aeroplane fell off trestles, Martlesham Heath | |
Flt Sgt Charles Ernest de Viell (31) killed | |
16.8.20 | Macchi M.9, Brazilian Naval Aviation |
Crew drowned after forced landing, Lagoa dos Esteves, Içara, Brazil | |
Capt John William Pinder DFC (22) drowned | |
Lt Aliatar Martins (28) drowned | |
27.12.20 | D.H.6 (G-EAMK), F H Solomon |
Hit chimney after take-off and caught fire, Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa | |
Capt Alfred Stewart Hemming DFC (25) killed | |
Edith Neser (26) killed | |
Daniel Alexander Neser (3) killed | |
Mrs Magdalena Elizabeth Smuts killed | |
19.11.21 | Bristol Fighter H1688, 24 Sqn, Kenley |
Ditched in sea, near Victoria Pier, Folkestone | |
Lt James Milne Robb rescued | |
14.2.22 | Bristol, Spanish Army |
Stalled and crashed after take-off, Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, Spain | |
Herbert Brian Richardson MC (23) killed (pilot) | |
Percy Douglas Stert Milnes (23) killed | |
Frederick John Ortweiler MC (23) killed | |
8.7.22 | Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8, Paraguayan Government |
Hit by rebel bullet during bombing mission and caught fire, Cerro Leon, Paraguay | |
Capt Sidney Joseph Stewart (27) killed | |
Eugen Kuzmanic alias Francisco Cusmanich (29) killed | |
16.7.22 | Bleriot-Spad 33 Berline F-FREI, Compagnie Française R.N.A. |
Crashed after engine problems, Saverne, Alsace-Lorraine, France | |
Henri Louis killed (pilot) | |
Percy James Evans (39) killed | |
Harry Lionel Johnson (38) killed | |
John Robinson (29) killed | |
Joseph Donald Sagar (30) killed | |
10.1.23 | Lioré et Olivier LeO H-13 F-AEIB, Aeronavale |
Structural failure in flight, Mont Bordonne, near Ajaccio, Corsica | |
Desnoyelles killed (pilot) | |
Major Richard Griffith Bassett Jeffries DSO (47) killed | |
Mrs Grace Jeffries (43) killed | |
Alexander McMicking (65) killed | |
Melpell injured (wireless operator) | |
10.6.25 | Gloster II J7505, A&AEE, Martlesham Heath |
Crash landed following elevator flutter, Cranwell | |
Lawrence Lander (Larry) Carter (28) injured; died 27.9.26 | |
21.7.25 | Vimy J7445, 502 Sqn, Aldergrove |
Crashed on take-off, Aldergrove | |
4 crew unhurt | |
12.8.27 | Bryant Monoplane X-705 "Angel of Los Angeles" |
Crashed, Montebello, Los Angeles | |
Arthur Vickers Rogers (29) killed (ex-RNAS) | |
23.9.27 | Siskin IIIA J8055, School of Army Co-operation, Old Sarum |
Hit tree on forced landing, Thurmaston, Leicester | |
Fg Off Gillan unhurt | |
16.8.28 | Siskin IIIA J8640, 1 Sqn, Tangmere |
Caught fire in flight, crashed and burnt out, Kew Gardens | |
Fg Off Leslie Clive Bennett baled out (New Zealander) | |
23.1.29 | Liore et Olivier H-13 F-AEHK Air Union |
Crashed on landing in mist, Antibes harbour, France | |
Dr John Follett Bullar (75) killed | |
Mrs Gertrude Elizabeth Bullar (69) killed | |
Marc Carriou injured (pilot) | |
Hostier injured (wireless operator) | |
20.6.29 | Fokker Super Universal seaplane CF-AEX, Canadian Vickers |
Hit HT wires over St Lawrence River, Montreal | |
C S Caldwell killed (pilot) | |
Hon John Cyril Carnegie Jervis (30) killed | |
Dr William Morris killed | |
6.1.30 | Wackett Widgeon II, RAAF |
Crashed in sea, Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia | |
Flt Lt Frederick Albert Briggs (30) killed | |
Capt the Hon Hugh Raufe Grosvenor (25) killed | |
LAC Donald Cameron Ewen (25) killed | |
25.7.30 | Siskin III J7762, 3 FTS, Grantham |
Overshot into trees on forced landing, Samlesbury, Lancs. | |
Plt Off L Hooper unhurt | |
13.10.30 | DH.80A Puss Moth VH-UPC, Wings Ltd., Perth, WA |
Crashed at Chidlow Hills, Darling Ranges, Western Australia | |
Charles Henry Fletcher Nesbit (32) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
William Robert Bell (23) killed | |
Miss Haidee Rae (34) killed | |
5.5.31 | DH.80A Puss Moth ZS-ACC, Glen L Bateman, Baragwanath |
Crashed in Drakensberg mountains during storm, Mauba, near Van Reenen, Natal | |
Flt Lt Thomas Anthony Gladstone AFC (32) killed (RAFO) | |
Lt Cdr George Pearson Glen Kidston (32) killed | |
9.6.31 | Avro 504N K1058, 2 FTS, Digby |
Hit tree on forced landing, Hazelwood, near Duffield, Derbyshire | |
Fg Off Gordon Farley unhurt | |
1.7.31 | Travel Air SA-6000-A CF-AIB, J H Maher |
Fabric tore from wing during low pass, Hamilton, Ontario | |
Flt Lt Robert Miller Stirling AFC (38) killed (RAFO) | |
Charles L Daly, Jr killed | |
J H Maher, Jr killed | |
Harold Raine killed | |
Alfred Rodgers killed | |
5.11.31 | Avro 504N J9707, Trg Base Leuchars |
Crashed, Leuchars | |
Sub-Lt Stead injured | |
12.3.32 | Junkers W.33fi CF-ASI, Canadian Airways |
Flew into ground in snow, Kagainagami Lake, Northern Ontario | |
Fg Off Godfrey Webster Dean (34) killed (RAFO) | |
13.5.32 | Bulldog IIA K1679, 23 Sqn, Kenley |
Crashed and overturned, Hatfield, near Doncaster | |
Pilot unhurt | |
27.6.32 | Bulldog IIA K1621, 32 Sqn, Kenley |
Hit hedge on forced landing and overturned, Smockham Farm, Tunbridge Wells | |
Plt Off George Dunholme unhurt | |
13.7.32 | Saunders-Roe A.7 Severn N240, 209 Sqn, Mount Batten |
Forced landed with engine trouble and sank, off Larne, Antrim | |
8 rescued: | |
Flt Lt Dennis Caldwell Prance (senior pilot) | |
Fg Off Geoffrey Ivon Laurence Saye (second pilot) | |
Flt Lt Gilbert Edward Nicholetts AFC (engineer-officer) | |
Sgt Howes | |
Cpl Jones | |
Cpl W Lowry | |
LAC A Goode | |
LAC Warren | |
11.4.33 | Flycatcher N9907, RAF, Leuchars |
Collision with S1276 in formation loop, Guardbridge, Fife | |
Flt Lt Richard Rupert Nash baled out | |
Sgt Leslie Jack Dixon unhurt in S1276 | |
19.6.33 | Audax K2034, 13 Sqn, Netheravon |
Crashed on forced landing, Princetown, Devon; repaired | |
Plt Off Alfonso Rudolf Gordon Bax injured | |
AC C N John injured | |
5.7.33 | DH.60G Moth VP-KAX, R Ussher, Nyeri, Kenya |
Lost control in cloud and spun into hillside, near Mbeya, Tanganyika | |
Capt Richard Ussher (33) died 5.7.33 (suicide) | |
Mrs Ethel May Ussher killed | |
18.7.33 | Atlas TM J9438, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Hit telegraph wires on forced landing, Gelli Tarw Farm, Llwydcoed, Aberdare | |
Plt Off Lawrence unhurt | |
29.8.33 | Fairey Gordon K1742, 40 Sqn, Abingdon |
Hit fencing on forced landing, Gable End, Hayling Island | |
Sgt W D Evans injured | |
AC M A C White unhurt | |
4.9.33 | Wapiti IIA J9486, 1 Sqn, Indian Air Force |
Crashed during spin, Padidan, Sindh province, India | |
Plt Off Bhupender Singh (22) killed | |
Plt Off Amarinder Singh (22) killed | |
13.9.33 | DH.60G Gipsy Moth G-ABPC, Plymouth Aero Club |
Crashed, near Roborough; repaired | |
Joseph Paine injured | |
26.9.33 | DH.84 Dragon ZS-AEF, The Aircraft Operating Co of South Africa, Johannesburg |
Nose dived off steep turn and burned, Baragwanath, near Johannesburg, South Africa | |
Sir Kurt Michael Oppenheimer (41) killed | |
Major William John Charles Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick DSO MC (37) killed | |
26.9.33 | Hart K2437, 33 Sqn, Bicester |
Hit low ridge on forced landing in field in fog, near South Shields | |
Sgt F W Cook unhurt | |
LAC T Jones unhurt | |
18.11.33 | Avro 626, Egyptian Army Air Force |
Crashed landing in fog on delivery flight, near Blangy-sur-Bresle, France | |
Lt Fouad Abd al-Hamid Haggag killed (Egyptian) | |
Staff Sgt Shedi Doss killed (Egyptian) | |
1.6.34 | Bulldog IIA K2487, 3 Sqn, Kenley |
Wrecked on forced landing, Kingston Vale, Surrey | |
Plt Off William Daniel Disbrey unhurt | |
13.6.34 | Cutty Sark S1575, Air Ministry |
Wrecked on forced landing after take-off, near Cowes, IoW | |
Capt S D Scott unhurt (Saunders-Roe chief test pilot) | |
Mr William Mawson unhurt (mechanic) | |
6.9.34 | Southampton II S1423, 210 Sqn, Pembroke Dock |
Forced landed in rough seas and sank, 30m off St David's Head | |
6 crew rescued | |
15.11.34 | DH.86 VH-USG "Adelaide", QANTAS |
Spun and crashed on delivery flight from England, Barsdale Station, Queensland, Australia | |
Capt Archer Robert Prendergast (39) killed (Flt Lt, RAFO) (Lt, RN, Ret, S African) | |
Walter Valentine Creates (31) killed (first officer, Imperial Airways) | |
Francis Roberts Charlton (34) killed (flight engineer, Imperial Airways) | |
Emery Hugh Broadfoot (29) killed (Shell Oil Co rep, Australian) | |
18.11.34 | DH.60M Moth VT-ABB, Bombay Flying Club |
Crashed on approach, Juhu aerodrome, Bombay, India | |
Fg Off Alan Keith Hilton Binley (27) killed (RAFO) (New Zealander) | |
C W Ring injured | |
3.12.34 | DH.60M Moth VT-ACE, Bengal Flying Club, Dum Dum |
Crashed, Dum Dum, Calcutta, India | |
Major Henry Richard Caine Meade (44) killed (Asst Surveyor General of Calcutta) | |
8.1.35 | Wapiti IIA J9738, 1 Sqn, Indian Air Force |
Crashed into platoon of troops, near Karachi, India | |
15 killed | |
Fg Off Harish Chandra Sircar injured (pilot) | |
AC Abdul Salaam injured (observer) | |
11 injured on ground | |
15.3.35 | DH.84 Dragon SU-ABI, Misr Airwork |
Stalled after engine failure, 10m W of El Arish, Egypt | |
Capt Hugh Spooner (36) killed (Plt Off, RAFO) | |
Col Frey killed (Swiss) | |
Ernst Schmidheiny (63) killed (Swiss) | |
David Hope Henderson injured | |
Col Cuthbertson injured | |
Schmidheiny jnr injured (Swiss) | |
14.4.35 | DH.60M Moth VT-AEI, Karachi Aero Club |
Stalled on turn, near Karachi, India; repaired | |
Fg Off Kenneth Noel Smith (27) killed | |
Sqn Ldr Dr James Daly Leahy MC injured (pilot) | |
25.6.35 | Hart K2456, 24 Sqn, Hendon |
Hit tree descending in fog, Swannington, Leics. | |
Fg Off Morgan Smith injured | |
AVM Charles Stuart Burnett CBE DSO unhurt | |
2.7.35 | Gordon K2699, 40 Sqn, Abingdon |
Ditched, Bridlington Bay, off Skipsea | |
2 crew rescued | |
9.7.35 | Tutor K4827, Cambridge UAS |
Hit trees on forced landing after engine failure, Grimsbury, Banbury, Oxon | |
J F Fraser unhurt | |
19.8.35 | Miles Hawk Major VP-KBL, A C Lewin, Njoro, Kenya |
Wrecked in forced landing after engine failure on take-off, Tilesford, near Pershore | |
Brig-Gen Arthur Corrie Lewin CB CMG DSO injured | |
Mrs Norah Constance Lewin unhurt | |
25.8.35 | DH.80A Puss Moth VT-ABU, Rajah IV Krishna Row (Rao), Madras |
Crashed after wing broke off, Chowtapalem, near Nellore, Madras, India | |
Ernest Norman Victor Everett (28) killed (Fg Off, RAFO) | |
Hamilton John Carter (28) killed | |
Raja I V Krishna Rao killed | |
26.11.35 | Hart K1440, 18 Sqn, Upper Heyford |
Hit ditch and overturned on forced landing, Weedon Hill, near Aylesbury | |
Sgt Marriott unhurt | |
Cpl Horton unhurt | |
13.1.36 | DH.85 Leopard Moth VR-SAM, Penang Flying Club |
Crashed into sea in storm, off Teluk Kumbar, Penang | |
Richard Cobden Stiven (37) killed | |
4.4.36 | Wapiti IIA K1144, 607 Sqn, Usworth |
Overturned on forced landing in ploughed field, near Tunstall Hills, Sunderland | |
Flt Lt W C Singer unhurt | |
AC Frederick Anderson unhurt | |
22.4.36 | Wallace I K5079, 503 Sqn, Waddington |
Hit hedge on forced landing in snowstorm, Kingsbury, Middlesex | |
Plt Off Michael Philip Forte unhurt (AAF) | |
19.8.36 | DH.60X Moth seaplane VR-SAH, Royal Singapore Flying Club |
Crashed into the bridge of coastal steamer Silver Gull, Inner Roads, Singapore | |
Thomas Patrick Browne killed | |
J Sale injured (instructor) | |
11.9.36 | Nieuport-Delage NiD.52, Escuadra Internacional, Spanish Republican Air Force |
Shot down by Fiat CR.32, near Talavera de la Reina, Spain | |
Lt Brian Douglas Griffin (19) killed | |
11.9.36 | Nieuport-Delage NiD.52, Escuadra Internacional, Spanish Republican Air Force |
Shot down by Fiat CR.32, near Talavera de la Reina, Spain | |
Lt Claude Warsow (33) killed | |
22.9.36 | Loire 46, Escuadra Internacional, Spanish Republican Air Force |
Shot down by Fiat CR.32, near Talavera de la Reina, Spain | |
Lt Edward Gawin Downes Martin (27) killed | |
13.11.36 | Fairey IIIF S1850 |
Crashed, Seggie Farm, between Guardbridge and Dairsie, Fife | |
Sub-Lt J H Barnes injured | |
Sgt Kirland injured | |
23.2.37 | Audax K7379, RAF College, Cranwell |
Overturned on forced landing, Wootton, Northants; repaired | |
Flt Cadet Thomas Arthur Francis Elsdon unhurt | |
25.4.37 | DH.82A Tiger Moth VR-RAM, Perak Flying Club |
Crashed, Kramat Pulai Mine, Perak, Malaya | |
Ronald Dacre Wilson (39) killed | |
Capt George Alexander Bentinck MC injured (pilot) | |
30.7.37 | Audax K7487, 8 FTS, Montrose |
Hit trees recovering from spin, Monikie, Angus | |
Act Plt Off H L Price unhurt | |
Plt Off H H Burnell unhurt | |
10.9.37 | Koolhoven F.K.50 HB-AMO, Alpar |
Crashed into mountain in fog, Kelleköpfli, near Waldenburg, Switzerland | |
Walter Eberschweiler killed (pilot) | |
Rev. Burnett Hillman Streeter (62) killed | |
Mrs Irene Louisa Streeter (54) killed | |
Hans Huggler injured (wireless operator) | |
24.1.38 | Hart Trainer K4922, 5 FTS, Sealand |
Overturned in forced landing on soft ground, Spout Farm, Ellesmere, Shropshire | |
Fg Off Patrick Edward Meagher injured | |
Plt Off Richard Julian Paget Prichard injured | |
31.1.38 | B.A. Swallow VR-SAL, E Newbold, Penang |
Crashed in sea after hitting car and spectators while low-flying over the Esplanade, Penang | |
Soo Hoo Kok Yean (5) killed | |
Foo Chiang Choong (7) died 2.2.38 | |
Koo Keng Hoo died 2.2.38 | |
Eric Newbold OBE unhurt; died 31.1.38 at Eastern Smelting Works, Penang (pilot, suicide) | |
24.2.38 | Vultee V-1 NC14250, Examiner Printing Co. |
Crashed landing in fog, San Simeon, California | |
Thomas J Chester (Tex) Phillips (34) killed (pilot) | |
Rt Hon Terence Conyngham, Baron Plunket (38) killed | |
Rt Hon Dorothé Mabel, Baroness Plunket (38) killed | |
James Lawrence injured | |
6.6.38 | Airspeed Envoy 256, SAAF |
Crashed, 20m N of Limpopo River on Rhodesia/Transvaal border | |
Capt August Christoffel Koch (24) killed | |
Plt Off Rodney Moseby (20) killed | |
Sgt Marais Francois Pierre le Roux (26) killed | |
Cpl Alfred Raymond Boxshall (23) killed | |
AC Robert Albert Pring (20) killed | |
Patrick Bowden Peters (28) killed | |
8.6.38 | DH.85 Leopard Moth VP-KBE, Wilson Airways |
Crashed, near Mjari, Mponde Mbuga, Singida, Tanganyika | |
William Mervyn Bawden (25) killed (pilot, South African) | |
Bernard Dearman Burtt (35) killed | |
Charles Francis Massy Swynnerton CMG (60) killed | |
18.7.38 | Hillson Praga VR-SAT, Wearne's Air Services |
Crashed after entrance hatch opened in flight, near Singapore Airport | |
Capt Rodney Beresford (41) died 22.2.39 (Flt Lt, RAFO) | |
1.2.39 | Hawker Hartbees 850, SAAF |
Crashed during display, Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa | |
Flt Lt Douglas Pringle Frost (25) killed (RAF, South African) | |
Air Mechanic Willem Petrus Jacobus Benade (22) killed (36) killed | |
8.5.39 | Tiger Moth VR-RAN, Kuala Lumpur Flying Club |
Crashed and burnt out in jungle, near Ginting Peras, central Malaya | |
Ernest Littleton Hay (36) killed | |
9.5.39 | DH.80A Puss Moth G-AAXO or G-AAZX, C L Air Surveys |
Pilot electrocuted while working on aircraft in hangar, Newcastle | |
Fg Off William Lee Mayo (28) killed (RAFO) | |
1.3.40 | Handley Page HP.42E G-AAGX "Hannibal", BOAC |
Missing, Gulf of Oman | |
Capt Noel Townsend (27) killed | |
Cecil James Walsh (34) killed (First Officer) | |
Angus Hamish Hunter Tidbury (25) killed (Radio Officer) | |
Charles Arthur Frederick Steventon (28) killed (Steward) | |
Gp Capt Harold Alfred Whistler DSO DFC (43) killed (Chief of Staff RAF India) | |
Capt Alf Bryn (43) killed (Norwegian) | |
WO1 Henry Hutchison killed | |
Rao Bahadur Sir Arogyaswami Thamaraiselvam Pannirselvam (51) killed (Indian) | |
22.4.40 | Lockheed 14 Super Electra G-AFKD "Loch Invar", BOAC |
Crashed, Beinn Uird, Rowardennan | |
Cdr Douglas Stanley King (33) killed (ATA) | |
Fg Off Derek Ernest Eveleigh (24) killed | |
John William Elliott (36) killed | |
3.5.40 | DH.89A Dragon Rapide VR-SAV "Governor Raffles", Wearne's Air Service Ltd, Singapore |
Crashed in thunderstorm, Waterfall Estate, near Rawang, 20m N of Kuala Lumpur, Malaya | |
Capt George McCausland killed | |
John Samuel Radford (36) killed | |
Herbert Charles Pinching (51) killed | |
23.5.40 | Armstrong Whitworth Ensign G-ADSZ "Elysean", BOAC |
Strafed on the ground by Bf 109, Merville, France | |
Capt John Matthew Hampden Hoare (33) killed | |
23.5.40 | Savoia-Marchetti SM.73P OO-AGS, 271 Sqn, Doncaster |
Attacked by Bf 109 and crashed, near Saint Pol, Pas-de-Calais, France | |
Plt Off John Robertson McLaren (26) killed | |
Sgt Victor Moreau (27) killed (pilot, Belgian) | |
Armand Peeters survived (flight engineer, Belgian) | |
20.8.40 | Avro 640 Cadet VR-RAJ, Perak Flying Club, Ipoh |
Hit Volunteer Force section while low-flying, Ipoh, Malaya | |
Marshall Porter Croxford killed (South African) | |
Kunchi Raman killed | |
Gurnam Singh died 21.8.40 | |
Capt George Alexander Bentinck MC injured (pilot) | |
Edgar Franceys Allen injured (passenger) | |
Veerappan injured | |
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