11/01/1965 | XG335 | B | Lightning F1/3 | AFDS | Due to failure of the side stay bracket the starboard undercarriage leg would not fully lower. The pilot was directed to the emergency bale out area over Larkhill Ranges and ejected safely. The aircraft crashed into open ground at Woodbourgh, Wiltshire after severing several high tension cables |
14/01/1965 | XR658 | 36 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | Suffered engine vibration on take off from Valley, Anglesey. The engine cut while the pilot was attempting an emergency landing. It crashed into the undershoot area, seriously damaging the nose. To the Exhibition Flt as 7874M |
18/01/1965 | XL501 | R-432 | Gannet AEW3 | 849 NAS | Rolled over the port side of HMS Ark Royal whilst in the Moray Firth after the brakes failed whilst being pushed into the No.2 deck spot. One of the two crew were killed |
22/01/1965 | XN698 | V-458 | Sea Vixen FAW1 | 893 NAS | The pilot misjudged his approach to HMS Victorious while operating in the China Sea off Okinawa. He attempted to go round again but the aircraft stalled as it lifted off the deck. The starboard wing struck two parked aircraft and it then crashed into the sea killing both crew |
03/02/1965 | XH231 | D | Canberra B(I)8 | 3 Sqn | Flew into a hillside near Osnabruck, West Germany during a low level exercise in poor visibility. Both crew were killed |
10/02/1965 | XN709 | R-246 | Sea Vixen FAW1 | 890 NAS | The aircraft was launched from HMS Ark Royal before it had developed full power. It lost height and ditched into the Moray Firth twenty miles NNE of Lossiemouth, Morayshire 200 yards ahead of the ship. The pilot was injured but the observer was killed |
15/02/1965 | XF939 | BY-659 | Hunter T8C | 759 NAS | Crashed near Brawdy, Pembrokeshire following an inflight fire, both crew ejected safely |
23/02/1965 | XG881 | 451 | Gannet T2 | 849 Sqn HQ Flt | Crashed into St. Brides Bay during a GCA let down to Brawdy, Pembrokeshire after control was lost when power was reduced past the idle gate. Both crew were killed |
23/02/1965 | XP889 | Scout AH1 | AAC Centre | Crashed and rolled onto its side on Sidbury Hill near Everleigh, Wiltshire after engine failure during take off following a precautionary landing to re-select radio channels. The engine failure was caused by a blockage in the fuel pipe | |
26/02/1965 | XJ483 | R-249 | Sea Vixen FAW1 | 890 NAS | Damaged when it landed heavily on HMS Ark Royal while operating in the Moray Firth causing the port undercarriage leg to collapse. To Brough for repair but these were abandoned and it went to Yeovilton for spares |
28/02/1965 | XM931 | R-321 | Wessex HAS1 | 819 NAS | Suffered an engine failure in heavy snow whilst serving as the plane guard for HMS Ark Royal. It ditched into the North Sea fifteen miles south east of Wick and sank |
02/03/1965 | XP253 | Auster AOP9 | 6 Flt/2 Wing | Flew into HT cables and crashed into Haylers Wood, Broughton, Hants killing the three crew | |
03/03/1965 | XH833 | I | Javelin FAW9 | 60 Sqn | The pilot aborted take off from Butterworth, Malaysia after the 1st stage port engine compressor failed causing the engine to explode. This punctured the ventral tank and, before the pilot could jettison it, a fire spread to the whole aircraft. He escaped safely |
05/03/1965 | WL680 | Varsity T1 | CAW | Written off in a forced landing at Stewton near Louth, Lincolnshire after an engine cut during an asymmetric overshoot at Manby | |
05/03/1965 | XP108 | BE | Wessex HAS1 | 845 NAS | Suffered an engine failure forcing the pilot to make a forced landing into a river bed ten miles south of Nanga Gaat landing area, Sarawak, Borneo. Before the aircraft could be recovered the river rose 10ft during the night and helicopter was crushed by the rock bed and washed away |
05/03/1965 | XP252 | Auster AOP9 | 6 Flt | The aircraft swung to starboard during braking on landing at Famagusta, Cyprus. The pilot attempted an overshoot but the elevator struck a concrete bollard. It then veered to starboard and ran into a ditch. The crew were uninjured | |
08/03/1965 | XJ478 | VL-711 | Sea Vixen FAW1 | 766 NAS | Stalled during a low speed downwind turn and dived into a field at Limington two miles from Yeovilton, Somerset. Both crew were killed |
09/03/1965 | XR542 | 15 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | Written off in an emergency landing at Valley, Anglesey after engine failure |
11/03/1965 | WH231 | 8 | Meteor T7 | ETPS | The Indian Air Force pilot lost control during a simulated port engine failure on approach to Farnborough, Hampshire when the starboard engine failed. It yawed violently and rolled inverted before descending vertically into the ground at Cove killing the pilot. The engine failure was attributed to a foreign object no bigger than a grain of salt which had held a ball valve off its seat and bled off the servo pressure |
13/03/1965 | XA305 | Cadet TX3 | 613 GS | Crashed near Halton, Bucks after a wing struck a tree | |
24/03/1965 | XS123 | E-291 | Wessex HAS1 | 820 NAS | Ditched into the sea off the Malayan Coast 500 yards off HMS Eagle due to suspected engine failure. The port flotation bag collapsed and the helicopter sank |
26/03/1965 | WV319 | VL-949 | Hunter T8C | Instrument Training Flt | Suffered an engine failure on take-off from Yeovilton, Somerset, both crew ejected safely |
01/04/1965 | XS696 | 6 | Kestrel FGA1 | Tripartite Evaluation Sqn | Caught fire on take off from West Raynham, Norfolk and was declared a write off |
06/04/1965 | XR985 | 54 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | Crashed on landing at Valley, Anglesey. The nose was allocated to Crash Rescue Training at Valley |
07/04/1965 | XS487 | CU-U | Wessex HU5 | 707 NAS | After taking off from Old Sarum, the aircraft struck a tree whilst making a night landing and crashed at Imber Village, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire |
08/04/1965 | XE374 | LM-982 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | Lossiemouth Station Flt | Crashed into Loch Nam, Bannach near Beauly, Inverness-shire following an in flight fire at 2,000ft. Pilot ejected safely |
09/04/1965 | XS164 | X | Hiller HT2 | 845 NAS | The tail rotor struck the ground during take off from a landing zone in Sarawak, Borneo. The pilot landed and inspected the damage then took off again. The tail rotor then detached and the aircraft spun into the jungle twenty miles east of Nanga Gaat killing the pilot. The aircraft was operating off HMS Bulwark |
12/04/1965 | XS151 | B-R | Wessex HAS1 | 845 NAS | The rotor blades touched when returning from an operational sortie during a turn to land at Nanga Gaat, Sarawak. Borneo. Both helicopters crashed into a river killing all but one of the nine on board |
12/04/1965 | XS154 | B-V | Wessex HAS1 | 845 NAS | |
20/04/1965 | XM428 | 12 | Jet Provost T3 | 3 FTS | Collided over Northallerton, North Yorks and crashed. Three crew ejected but the fourth was killed |
20/04/1965 | XN631 | 8 | Jet Provost T3 | 3 FTS | |
21/04/1965 | XJ577 | V-464 | Sea Vixen FAW1 | 893 NAS | Both engines caught fire immediately after a boost launch from HMS Victorious while operating in the East China Sea off Okinawa. The crew ejected but the observer was killed |
22/04/1965 | XR950 | 27 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | Following a mid-air collision during formation flying practice XS108 crashed at Carmel south of Caernarfon. XR950 flew back to Valley, Anglesey but cartwheeled on landing and was written off. Both pilots were killed |
22/04/1965 | XS108 | 15 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | |
30/04/1965 | XM525 | Skeeter AOP12 | 4 Flt | The aircraft lost height in a left hand turn during a formation display practice at Munster, West Germany with three other Skeeters. The pilot was unable to recover the aircraft and it struck the ground hard at Dorbaum which broke off the nose wheel oleo. The main rotors then struck the ground and the aircraft rolled onto its left side. The two crew were uninjured | |
30/04/1965 | XD270 | E-113 | Scimitar F1 | 800 NAS, B Flt | Crashed following a double flame out while operating from HMS Eagle off Malaysia, pilot ejected safely |
02/05/1965 | XN197 | M | Cadet TX3 | 624 GS | Written off at Exeter, Devon, no further details. |
05/05/1965 | WT916 | Cadet TX3 | 662 GS | Written off in a flying accident at Arbroath, Angus. Presumably the loss of XE796 below is connected | |
05/05/1965 | XE796 | Cadet TX3 | 662 GS | Written off in a flying accident at Arbroath, Angus. Presumably the loss of WT916 above is connected | |
08/05/1965 | XM560 | Skeeter AOP12 | 5 Flt | The aircraft entered low cloud shortly after take off from the Isle of Mon, Denmark during exercise ‘Island Queen’ The pilot became disorientated and attempted a forced landing. It struck the ground port side first and burst into flames. One of the three crew were killed | |
09/05/1965 | XP154 | B-D | Wessex HAS1 | 845 NAS | Sank back into the trees and crashed soon after take off from a landing strip in Borneo while attempting to lift a large underslung load |
13/05/1965 | XK524 | Buccaneer S1 | HSA | Loss of tailplane effectiveness was experienced as the airbrake was retracted during low level accelerations at 1,500ft. Both crew ejected and the aircraft crashed at Land of Nod, Lincolnshire near Holme-on-Spalding Moor | |
15/05/1965 | XP854 | Scout AH1 | 18 Flt | The engine failed due to blocked oil filters. During the subsequent autorotation at Oberhausen, West Germany the pilot pulled up the collective lever early to avoid some houses. This lost him main rotor speed which resulted in a heavy landing. Of the three crew the pilot was slightly injured. To Westlands for repair but declared a write off. Allocated to TAD043 at Middle Wallop | |
22/05/1965 | XF682 | Provost T52 | SOAF | Crashed in Oman | |
25/05/1965 | XS118 | Wessex HAS1 | Rolls Royce Ltd | Force landed onto the M1 motorway workings one mile NW of Hucknall aerodrome, Nottinghamshire after a flame had emitted from the starboard jet pipe. It overturned injuring the two crew | |
25/05/1965 | XM576 | Vulcan B2 | 27 Sqn | Crashed landed at Scampton, Lincolnshire after drifting to the left and attempting to overshoot during an unsuccessful asymmetric approach. It came to rest in a car park but all the crew escaped safely | |
29/05/1965 | KJ955 | Dakota C4 | Middle East Comm Flt | Blown up by a terrorist bomb at Khormaksar, Aden | |
31/05/1965 | XN648 | VL-716 | Sea Vixen FAW1 | 766 NAS | Entered a spin at 28,000 feet during a fighter tactics sortie and crashed near Little Kneeset one mile SSW of Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. The pilot could not recover the aircraft and both crew ejected safely |
01/06/1965 | XG206 | E | Hunter F6 | DFCS | Dived from cloud into the North Sea off St. Abbs Head, Berwick. The pilot was killed |
02/06/1965 | WT481 | L | Canberra T4 | 39 Sqn | Crashed into the Mediterranean 35 miles SW of Malta after loss of control in cloud. The three crew were killed |
11/06/1965 | WP986 | Chipmunk T10 | 7 AEF | Crashed after it was overrun by the glider that it was towing at South Cerney, Gloucs. It was on detachment as a glider tug for the World Gliding Championships | |
15/06/1965 | XR377 | Alouette AH2 | 26 Flt | The aircraft struck power cables in a narrow valley at Birkenhordt, West Germany during exercise ‘Road Master’ It began to break up and disintegrated on impact with the ground. The three crew were thrown out but one was killed. The other two were badly injured | |
22/06/1965 | XH877 | C | Javelin FAW9R | 64 Sqn | The aircraft had been directed to investigate a radar contact which turned out to be a Borneo Airways Dakota. The port engine of the Javelin exploded as it passed the Dakota forcing the crew to eject. The aircraft crashed near Tawau, Sabah, Borneo and the Dakota circled the area until help arrived for the two crew |
25/06/1965 | XN961 | LM-634 | Buccaneer S1 | 736 NAS | Struck a hillside five miles west of Helmsdale, Highland in poor weather during a sortie on the Tain range. The crew did not eject and were killed |
27/06/1965 | WZ727 | Auster AOP9 | 2 Regt Anglian Platoon | Damaged when the pilot made a precautionary landing on rough ground near Episkopi, Cyprus due to suspected high oil temperature. It then tipped over after running into a mound of soft earth. The engine had in fact been operating normally. The faulty reading on the temperature gauge was caused by a short circuit. The aircraft was later declared a write off | |
26/06/1965 | XR712 | B | Lightning F3 | 111 Sqn | During a display at Exeter Airport, Devon a fire broke out in the rear jet pipe. A return to St. Mawgan, Cornwall was attempted but the pilot was forced to eject over Watergate Bay, St. Mawgan |
29/06/1965 | WG662 | 28 | Dragonfly HR3 | ETPS | During an auto rotation exercise the pilot allowed rotor RPM to decay which induced loss of cyclic control. The aircraft entered a steady descent and struck the ground at Hog’s Back east of Frensham, Surrey. Both pilots were thrown from the aircraft when their harnesses sheared but one was killed when the aircraft yawed violently to starboard and rolled onto him |
03/07/1965 | XP402 | X | Whirlwind HAR10 | 230 Sqn | The engine failed while in a high hover during an air display. The pilot was unable to control the subsequent ditching into Victoria Harbour off Labuan, Sabah, Borneo and all the crew suffered serious back injuries |
06/07/1965 | TG577 | Hastings C1A | 23/36 Sqns | Shortly after take off from Abingdon, Oxfordshire with six crew and 35 paratroops on board, the pilot reported control problems. The aircraft crashed at Nuneham Courtney, killing all on board. This was the RAF’s worst fatal accident. The cause was found to have been due to a fracture in the starboard outer elevator rigger due to fatigue in two bolts. All Hastings were grounded until modifications were carried out | |
08/07/1965 | XP144 | PO-775 | Wessex HAS1 | 737 NAS | Suffered engine failure whilst in a 35ft hover. It rolled to starboard and ditched into the English Channel nine miles off Portland, Dorset |
14/07/1965 | WT324 | Canberra B(I)6 | 213 Sqn | Ingested a bird into an engine and spun into the ground at Roermond, Netherlands while on an asymmetric approach to Bruggen, West Germany. The three crew were killed | |
15/07/1965 | XD268 | E-112 | Scimitar F1 | 800 NAS | Crashed at Duffus, Morayshire after engine failure while on approach to Lossiemouth |
19/07/1965 | XR543 | 55 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | Crashed into Llyn Maelog while on approach to Valley, Anglesey killing the pilot |
20/07/1965 | XT141 | Sioux AH1 | AAC Centre | The pilot failed to switch on the landing light during a night time approach to Middle Wallop, Hampshire. He became disorientated which resulted in a heavy landing in the undershoot area. Allocated to Middle.Wallop as 8509M | |
22/07/1966 | XM966 | Lightning T4 | BAC | Crashed into the Irish Sea twelve miles off St. Bees Head, Cumberland after losing its tail fin and rudder due to yawing instability. The crew ejected safely at Mach 2 | |
23/07/1965 | XG540 | Sycamore HR14 | MCS | Overturned in a forced landing at Henton near Chinnor, Oxfordshire after the engine cut. To display at Shawbury main gate | |
29/07/1965 | XN603 | 7 | Jet Provost T3 | 6 FTS | Crashed at Eshott four miles SW of Acklington, Northumberland after the crew ejected due to a false fire warning |
08/1965 | XD229 | Scimitar F1 | ERAE Weapons Flt | Badly damaged in a ground hydraulics accident at West Freugh, Wigtown. Stripped for spares and allocated to the fire dump there | |
09/08/1965 | XR245 | Auster AOP9 | 14/20th Hussars | Suffered total engine failure on take off from Derna, Libya on a casevac sortie. The pilot attempted to return to base but the aircraft lost height and crashed onto the side of a hill. Both occupants escaped safely. Caused by the fatigue failure of the air intake flap valve | |
15/08/1969 | WB948 | Sedbergh TX1 | 2 GC | Written off at Spitalgate, Lincs. Sold to the RAFGSA and became BGA1521 | |
18/08/1965 | XE804 | Cadet TX3 | 1 GC | Dived into the ground at Swanton Morley, Norfolk | |
30/08/1965 | XD328 | R-105 | Scimitar F1 | 803 NAS | Took the barrier when landing on HMS Ark Royal when operating off Malaysia. To Fleetlands for repair but was scrapped |
03/09/1965 | XH911 | J | Javelin FAW9 | 5 Sqn | Written off in an engine start fire at Geilenkirchen, West Germany |
03/09/1965 | XH760 | B | Javelin FAW9 | 11 Sqn | Suffered CAT 4 damage was later declared CAT5, no further details. To Cranwell as 7892M |
06/09/1965 | XR979 | 45 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | The pilot raised the undercarriage and flaps too early during take off from Valley, Anglesey. The aircraft sank back onto the runway when he reduced power and was damaged beyond repair |
08/09/1965 | XP953 | E-133 | Sea Vixen FAW2 | 899 NAS | The pilot lost control of the aircraft while on approach to HMS Eagle operating in the Mediterranean off Malta. The port wing struck the deck as it missed the wires, it then climbed steeply, stalled to port and struck the sea inverted. Both crew were killed |
09/09/1965 | XP245 | Auster AOP9 | 14/20th Hussars | Crashed in Libya after suffering an engine failure after take off | |
10/09/1965 | WN456 | 811 | Gannet AS1 | 816 Sqn RAN | Crashed into the sea off HMAS Melbourne |
16/09/1965 | XR242 | Auster AOP9 | 21 Flt | Suffered engine failure shortly after take off from Episkopi, Cyprus. A forced landing was made which resulted in the port undercarriage collapsing. The three crew were uninjured | |
20/09/1965 | XD223 | R-031 | Scimitar F1 | 803 NAS | Took off from HMS Ark Royal for an engine flight test. The port engine failed to relight after being shut down and the pilot diverted to Changi, Singapore. He ejected while on approach after suffering port generator and hydraulic failure 300 yards off the runway which caused the controls to lock. Allocated to the fire dump at Changi |
20/09/1965 | XR599 | Scout AH1 | 7 Flt/656 Sqn | Went missing on a night flight from Lundu to Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo. Only small parts of the aircraft wreckage were dredged up by a fisherman. The three persons on board were killed | |
21/09/1965 | XJ410 | Whirlwind HAR10 | 22 Sqn | During a dry winching exercise on the airfield at Chivenor, Devon the crew were scrambled
to search for a swimmer. While flying at speed in a nose down attitude it flew under and
struck power lines spanning the river Torridge at Bideford. This removed the tail rotor and the helicopter fell into the shallow river mouth. The four crew escaped without injury. The swimmer turned out to be a false alarm as it was found to be a large log |
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25/09/1965 | XP327 | A | Whirlwind HAR10 | 225 Sqn | While searching for Scout XR599 (20th Sept) the main rotor blades disconnected due to a maintenance error. It crashed into the jungle 45 miles from Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo killing the five crew |
27/09/1965 | XD623 | 64 | Vampire T11 | 3/4 CAACU | Landed heavily at Exeter Airport, Devon. Wreck allocated to the fire dump there |
29/09/1965 | XP739 | H | Lightning F3 | 111 Sqn | Crashed at Battisford Hall three miles NE of Wattisham, Suffolk after a double flame out. The pilot ejected safely |
09/10/1965 | XN969 | E-106 | Buccaneer S1 | 800 NAS | Suffered double fuel proportioner failure while operating off HMS Eagle in the Gulf of Aden 40 miles SW of Khormaksar. With engines set at 86% port and 81% starboard this was insufficient to enable the aircraft to maintain height. The crew ejected at 2,000ft in the vicinity of the ship and were rescued |
12/10/1965 | XL478 | 070 | Gannet AEW2 | 849 NAS | The launch bridle detached during the initial launch sequence from HMS Eagle while operating off Malaya. Despite the use of brakes it ran slowly over the side of the ship into the sea. Both crew were rescued |
13/10/1965 | XE320 | S-D | Sycamore HR14 | CFS | Crashed at night at Peplow, Shropshire killing the student pilot after he lost control |
19/10/1965 | XH904 | T | Javelin FAW9 | 5 Sqn | Damaged in a ground accident. To 27 MU at Shawbury for repairs. As 5 Squadron were soon to disband on the Javelin it was not repaired and was sold for scrap during November 1967 |
25/10/1965 | WT810 | LM-694 | Hunter GA11 | 764 NAS | Collided over the Buchan Coast. One aircraft crashed into the North Sea off Scaurs of Cruden, Central Scotland. The other crashed near Auchanabo Slains. Both pilots ejected safely |
25/10/1965 | WT712 | LM | Hunter GA11 | 764 NAS | |
02/11/1965 | WP494 | CU-93 | Dragonfly HR5 | Culdrose Station Flt | Loss of control while hovering at Predannack, Cornwall resulted in a heavy landing. This broke off the tail cone and it was not repaired |
03/11/1965 | XE308 | Sycamore HR14 | WHL | Rolled rapidly to port after take off from Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. The pilot was unable to correct the role and the aircraft struck the ground and came to rest on its port side. Both crew escaped without injury | |
08/11/1965 | XH887 | B | Javelin FAW9R | 64 Sqn | The undercarriage would not lower so the crew ejected five miles off Changi, Singapore. See XH959 below |
08/11/1965 | XH959 | U | Javelin FAW9R | 64 Sqn | While carrying out a night ASR search for the crew of the above aircraft, XH949 flew into the sea from 200ft at approximately the same location as XH887. The navigator was rescued along with the crew from XH887 but the pilot was killed |
09/11/1965 | XG792 | M-813 | Gannet AS1 | 816 Sqn/RAN | Crashed into the Sea off HMAS Melbourne during take off |
10/11/1965 | WT330 | Canberra B(I)8 | 3 Sqn | During take off from Akrotiri, Cyprus the port engine failed. The pilot abandoned take off but the aircraft overshot the runway and ran into Akrotiri Salt Lake. Wreck to the fire dump | |
12/11/1965 | XM406 | 7 | Jet Provost T3 | 2 FTS | Crashed at Newark, Notts after failing to recover from a spin. The pilot ejected safely |
15/11/1965 | XP621 | 39 | Jet Provost T4 | 3 FTS | Crashed near Leeming, Yorkshire, after the crew ejected due to a false fire warning |
17/11/1965 | XH749 | Q | Javelin FAW9 | 60 Sqn | Ground looped on landing at Butterworth, Malaysia after a tyre burst |
17/11/1965 | XR480 | H | Whirlwind HAR10 | 103 Sqn | During a supply drop mission to a border outpost in Sarawak, Borneo, the crew misidentified landmarks. It strayed over the border into Indonesia and was shot down by AA. The wreckage and both crew have never been found |
18/11/1965 | XE459 | 030 | Sea Hawk FGA6 | Airwork FRU | Crashed 11 miles north of Meopham Station, Kent. To Lee-on-Solent Accident Investigation Unit and passed on to Fleetlands, finally being sold as scrap during March 1969 |
20/11/1965 | XN958 | E-111 | Buccaneer S1 | 800 NAS | Bolted following a high approach to HMS Eagle while operating off Singapore. On leaving the deck it yawed to port and lost height. Both crew ejected at 20ft and were rescued. The yaw was possibly induced by a binding brake when the aircraft touched the deck |
23/11/1965 | WV397 | Hunter T8C | 759 NAS | Crashed into the sea off Brawdy, Pembrokeshire after the crew had ejected following a fire warning. The pilot was rescued but the student drowned | |
24/11/1965 | XT171 | P | Sioux AH1 | ARWF | The student pilot became disorientated after entering cloud during a night sortie. The aircraft descended and struck the ground heavily near Wilton, Wiltshire. The pilot received major injuries |
05/12/1965 | XP777 | Beaver AL1 | 15 Flt | The aircraft encountered a down draught on take off from Al Ajara in the Aden Protectorate. The tail struck the lip of a hollow at the end of the strip causing the aircraft to belly down and break off the undercarriage. One of the two crew were injured | |
08/12/1965 | XF704 | L | Shackleton MR3 | 201 Sqn | Crashed into the Moray Firth eight miles north of Kinloss, Morayshire while making a finals turn to land. All seven on board were killed |
11/12/1965 | XN347 | Skeeter AOP12 | 655 Sqn/23 Flt | Suffered engine failure due to crank shaft failure on take off following a precautionary landing at Iserlohn, West Germany in a snow storm. It landed heavily on an embankment and rolled onto its starboard side. One of the two crew were injured | |
14/12/1965 | XS497 | AS | Wessex HU5 | 848 NAS | Crashed inverted after the main engine bearing failed while on approach to Bau, Sarawak, Borneo |
22/12/1965 | WP968 | Chipmunk T10 | Manchester UAS | Flew into Winter Hill near Bolton, Lancashire during a descent through low cloud | |
31/12/1965 | XD318 | R-025 | Scimitar F1 | 803 NAS | Crashed into the sea off Malaysia after engine failure while operating off HMS Ark Royal |