| 24/01/1968 | XS900 | M | Lightning F6 | 5 Sqn | Crashed onto Inchbrook Farm near Milltown, Grampian when it caught fire and the controls jammed after take off from Lossiemouth, Morayshire. The pilot ejected |
| 25/01/1968 | XG468 | Belvedere HC1 | 66 Sqn | Written off in a flying accident in the Middle East | |
| 26/01/1968 | XL582 | VL-728 | Hunter T8 | Naval Flying Standards Flt | Both crew ejected after engine failure at 900ft shortly after take off from Yeovilton, Somerset. It crashed into a field one mile south of Somerton |
| 30/01/1968 | XT625 | Scout AH1 | 11 Flt | Force landed into the jungle near Gerik, ten miles from Butterworth, North Malaya after engine failure which was caused by turbine blade failure. On impact the helicopter rolled over, trapping one of the three occupants, who drowned. The pilot and other occupant escaped safely | |
| 30/01/1968 | XM604 | Vulcan B2 | 9 Sqn | No 2 engine low pressure compressor failed during climb out from an overshoot at Cottesmore, Leicestershire. This separated and cut through the control runs causing loss on control. The pilot and co pilot ejected but the four rear crew were unable to bale out and were killed | |
| 01/02/1968 | WT209 | Canberra B15 | 45 Sqn | Belly landed at Tengah, Singapore after the undercarriage failed to lower due to hydraulic failure. The pilot had previously ejected from Canberra WD963 on 29/06/1967 and was later killed when he ejected from Jaguar XZ386 on 24/06/1987 | |
| 01/02/1968 | XT615 | Scout AH1 | 13 Flt | Suffered engine failure at 900 ft just outside Sharjah, Oman. During the subsequent autorotation the port skid touched down first on sloping soft ground. The aircraft bounced into the air and landed on its starboard side. Two of the four occupants were injured | |
| 05/02/1968 | XH759 | A | Javelin FAW9R | 60 Sqn | Damaged in a landing incident at Tengah, Singapore. Repairable but due to the imminent disbandment of 60 Squadron it was declared a write off |
| 06/02/1968 | XT150 | R | Sioux AH1 | 6 Light Regt R.A | Suffered clutch failure on take off from a jungle clearing on the Asahan Ranges, Malaysia during a casevac mission. The aircraft landed heavily on its starboard side injuring one of the three occupants. Allocated to 7883M at Middle Wallop |
| 08/02/1968 | XH961 | M | Javelin FAW9R | 64 Sqn | Swung on landing and hit a bank at Tengah, Singapore |
| 10/02/1968 | XM963 | Twin Pioneer CC1 | 209 Sqn | Damaged beyond repair in Malaya after the pilot had made four badly executed landings | |
| 16/02/1968 | XH843 | T | Javelin FAW9R | 60 Sqn | Destroyed in a fire following engine start at Tengah, Singapore. At least eighteen Javelins have been lost due to engine start up fires |
| 16/02/1968 | XJ516 | H-245 | Sea Vixen FAW2 | 893 NAS | Crashed while on approach to Yeovilton, Somerset after the crew ejected due to loss of control |
| 21/02/1968 | XP561 | 51 | Jet Provost T4 | 1 FTS | The pilot ejected after control was lost in cloud over Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire |
| 21/02/1968 | XM353 | 31 | Jet Provost T3 | 1 FTS | Crashed at Wetherby, Yorkshire |
| 26/02/1968 | XP675 | 48 | Jet Provost T4 | CFS | Collided over Guiting Power in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire. XS229 crashed, the crew ejecting safely. XP675 landed back at Little Rissington but was declared a write off |
| 26/02/1968 | XS229 | 49 | Jet Provost T4 | CFS | |
| 05/03/1968 | XL884 | LM-85 | Whirlwind HAS7 | Lossiemouth Station Flt | Suffered engine trouble while attempting to land on a cliff top 200 yards east of Covesea radio station,
Lossiemouth, Morayshire. It crashed and rolled onto its side injuring two of the three crew. To the AIU at Lee- on-Solent and the wreckage was later placed on Fleetlands fire dump |
| 06/03/1968 | XG796 | M-812 | Gannet AS1 | 816 Sqn/RAN | Fell into the Sea off HMAS Melbourne |
| 11/03/1968 | WJ770 | Canberra B16 | 6 Sqn | The aircraft was one of a pair and after flying into fog they turned to achieve separation before climbing. In doing this WJ770 flew into a hill at Sinopoli, Calabria, Italy killing the three crew | |
| 28/03/1968 | XT799 | U | Sioux AH1 | ARWF | The port skid struck the ground while in a torque turn at Chilbolton, Hants during a practice display. The aircraft pitched forward, spun to the right and came to rest with the tail rotor detached |
| 30/03/1968 | XT565 | Sioux AH1 | 17 Flt | The pilot misjudged the height during a turn and struck high ground at Neuhof, West Germany. The three occupants escaped safely | |
| 01/04/1968 | WR956 | Q | Shackleton MR2C | 204 Sqn | The undercarriage collapsed after skidding on landing on the wet runway at Ballykelly, Northern Ireland |
| 04/04/1968 | XS494 | AP | Wessex HU5 | 848 NAS | While embarking onto HMS Albion off Borneo and overhead Sembawang the primary servo jack failed. It rolled to port causing the main rotor blades to strike the ground and the helicopter broke up on impact |
| 08/04/1968 | XP152 | PO-523 | Wessex HAS1 | 737 NAS | Ditched into the English Channel off Plymouth at night while operating off RFA Engadine after engine failure. It remained afloat but inverted and was lashed to the side of the ship before being taken ashore by a tug for investigation |
| 09/04/1968 | XS579 | E-13 | Sea Vixen FAW2 | 899 NAS | Crashed into the sea during a simulated attack on RFA Reliants splash target whilst operating from HMS Eagle |
| 13/04/1968 | XA312 | Cadet TX3 | 636 GS | Written off in a flying accident at Fairwood Common, Swansea, South Wales. It was rebuilt as an exhibition airframe with the spurious serial VM791. During 2001 it was still extant and in the museum at Manson | |
| 17/04/1968 | XS540 | AU-455 | Wasp HAS1 | 829 NAS | Suffered engine failure at 200ft during a night flight and ditched off Cape Point, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa while operating off HMS Aurora. It sank and was not recovered. The two crew were rescued and were slightly injured |
| 18/04/1968 | XL558 | Pioneer CC1 | 209 Sqn | Suffered severe storm damage while parked up at Vientiane, Laos | |
| 19/04/1968 | WB533 | Shackleton MR2C | 204 Sqn | Flew into high ground near Machrihanish on the Mull of Kintryre killing all eleven crew. It was exercising with HM submarine Onyx in the Clyde Estuary when a navigational error put the aircraft over land instead of sea | |
| 20/04/1968 | XT622 | I | Scout AH1 | 7 Flt/4 Wing | Suffered an engine failure while on approach to Kangar Kahang in the Johore State, Malaysia. Two of the four occupants were injured in the subsequent heavy landing |
| 23/04/1968 | XP456 | Grasshopper TX1 | Air Cadets | Written off, no further details | |
| 24/04/1968 | WH971 | Canberra B15 | 32 Sqn | Touched down 500 yards from the threshold, at Akrotiri, Cyprus, bounced and swung off the runway breaking into three parts | |
| 25/04/1968 | XT677 | A | Wessex HC2 | 18 Sqn | Flew into the ground in fog during a night approach to Rheinsehlen Camp, West Germany. To 8016M |
| 29/04/1968 | XS924 | E | Lightning F6 | 5 Sqn | Crashed at Beelsby Farm, Lincs following loss of control shortly after take off from Binbrook. The pilot was killed. It was to rendezvous with a Victor for a flypast over Scampton to mark the stand-down of Bomber Command |
| 02/05/1968 | WZ874 | 15 | Chipmunk T10 | CFS | Dived into the ground at Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire after failing to recover from a spin |
| 06/05/1968 | XE532 | D | Hunter FGA9 | 8 Sqn | Crashed into the Persian Gulf three miles W.S.W of Dubai after hitting a radio mast when carrying out a rocket attack on a range. The pilot ejected |
| 07/05/1968 | XR133 | Argosy C1 | 267 Sqn | During a flypast at Got El Afrag, Libya to check the undercarriage the aircraft struck a 45 gallon oil drum which was 10ft above the ground and used as a shower. The starboard wing struck the ground and the aircraft cartwheeled onto its back and exploded. All eleven on board were killed | |
| 13/05/1968 | WH944 | O | Canberra B2 | 231 OCU | Written off when a tyre burst on landing at Waddington, Lincolnshire causing the aircraft to swing off the runway |
| 14/05/1968 | XL611 | Hunter T7 | A&AEE | Dived into the ground at high speed at Milton Farm, East Knoyle, Mere, Wilshire shortly after take off from Boscombe Down, The crew did not eject and were both killed | |
| 17/05/1968 | XL878 | PO-514 | Whirlwind HAS7 | 771 NAS | Ditched into 20ft of water in the English Channel off Weymouth Pier, Dorset due to insufficient power to maintain a hover. It sank but the three crew escaped safely. The helicopter was salvaged and, after investigation, the fuselage was burnt at Fleetlands open day 13/06/1970 |
| 20/05/1968 | WZ869 | R | Chipmunk T10 | 1 FTS | Crash-landed at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks after the engine failed to pick up during an overshoot. The student had inadvertently turned off the fuel and ignition. To 8019M at Handforth, Cheshire |
| 20/05/1968 | XV158 | LM-655 | Buccaneer S2 | 736 NAS | On approach to Lossiemouth, Morayshire the pilot received three reds to indicate that the undercarriage was unlocked and during a touch and go the port wheel began to collapse. Due to the possibility of cartwheeling on landing the crew ejected into the Moray Firth five miles north of Lossiemouth. The same pilot later ejected from Buccaneer XV167 on 29th January 1970 |
| 22/05/1968 | XE664 | LM-699 | Hunter T8 | 764 NAS | Overshot the runway at Milltown, Morayshire after suffering an engine failure. Pilot ejected and was killed, Navigator remained with the aircraft and was injured. Repaired and sold to Singapore as '514' |
| 23/05/1968 | XM528 | Skeeter AOP12 | 5 Regt RA | Declared a write off after a flying accident in West Germany | |
| 08/06/1968 | XR999 | 56 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | Crashed into the sea off the North Wales coast after the crew ejected when the controls jammed |
| 10/06/1968 | WL677 | Varsity T1 | 5 FTS | An undercarriage leg collapsed in a heavy landing at Stradishall, Suffolk | |
| 11/06/1968 | WT363 | H | Canberra B(I)8 | 14 Sqn | WT363 lost its tail and crashed following a mid-air collision over Roermond, Netherlands. The crew ejected safely. XM278 landed at Bruggen and was repaired |
| 11/06/1968 | XM278 | Canberra B(I)8 | 14 Sqn | ||
| 18/06/1968 | XS412 | Y | Whirlwind HAR10 | 230 Sqn | Spun into trees at Manor Farm, Farleigh Wallop near Basingstoke, Hants after engine failure |
| 19/06/1968 | WH714 | J | Canberra T19 | 85 Sqn | Ran into a hedge when the brakes failed while taxying at Binbrook, Lincolnshire. To the fire dump there |
| 21/06/1968 | XM188 | 188 | Lightning F1A | 226 OCU | Failed to take a bend in the taxiway and ran into the side of a squadron office at Coltishall, Norfolk after the brake failure. The throttles were jammed and the aircraft proceeded to suck out the entire contents of the office paper trays. The local Rolls Royce representative crawled beneath the aircraft to shut down the engines and the pilot escaped by climbing onto the roof of the office |
| 26/06/1968 | XD236 | 038 | Scimitar F1 | Airwork FRU | The radio altimeter failed in bad weather during a sortie as a target for HMS Corrunna. It flew into high ground in cloud on St Catherines Down, Isle of Wight killing the pilot |
| 26/06/1968 | XF388 | C | Hunter FGA9 | 8 Sqn | The pilot ejected after the engine seized. It crashed in open desert 50 miles south east of Dubai |
| 28/06/1968 | XT196 | Sioux AH1 | 10th Royal Hussars | Struck the ground heavily at Dorbaum, West Germany and bounced forwards approximately 100ft during a practice engine off landing in high wind conditions. It was on a test flight from its base at Munster following major servicing at Detmold. The pilot and REME engineer escaped safely. Rebuilt and sold as HP-789 in Panama | |
| 01/07/1968 | XV335 | LM-656 | Buccaneer S2 | 736 NAS | Pilot lost control, during an ACT, aircraft entered a spin at 10,000ft forcing both crew to safely eject. The aircraft crashed into The North Minch, off Point of Stoe NW of Lochinver, Highland |
| 15/07/1968 | WV253 | 24 | Hunter T7A | ETPS | Crashed into Lyme Bay half a mile south of Eype, near Bridport, Dorset. The pilot had ejected after failing to recover from an intentional spin which had become inverted |
| 16/07/1968 | WD679 | T | Meteor TT20 | 3/4 CAACU | Overran the runway on landing at Exeter, Devon and was written off |
| 22/07/1968 | XJ674 | O | Hunter FGA9 | 20 Sqn | Only one undercarriage leg would lower due to hydraulic failure and the pilot overshot from his first approach to Tengah, Singapore. He then attempted a tight circuit in manual control but the aircraft rolled to port forcing him to eject at 800ft |
| 24/07/1968 | XJ489 | E-135 | Sea Vixen FAW2 | 899 NAS | The pilot was attempting a roller landing at Chivenor, Devon to try and release a jammed undercarriage leg. The turn onto the approach was too tight and the aircraft rolled onto its back and crashed onto marshland 1,000 yards off the runway near to Crow Point toll road on Braunton Burrows |
| 31/07/1968 | WJ783 | Canberra B16 | 249 Sqn | Ran into the barrier at Akrotiri, Cyprus and was badly damaged after take off was abandoned when the nose wheel tyre disintegrated. Later declared a write off | |
| 01/08/1968 | XT123 | Sioux AH1 | 13 Flt | Crashed at Sharjah, Oman. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair when it was inadvertently dropped by the Scout that was attempting a recovery | |
| 05/08/1968 | WH795 | Canberra PR7 | 81 Sqn | Landed too fast and burst a tyre at Kai Tak, Hong Kong. It swung off the wet runway onto the grass and came to rest in a sewage drain where it broke up | |
| 12/08/1968 | XT809 | Sioux AH1 | 2 Wing/5th IDG | During take off from a desert air strip at El Adem, Libya the aircraft was enveloped in a dust cloud. The main rotors struck the ground after the pilot became disorientated and it crashed after travelling forward for 50 yards | |
| 15/08/1968 | WG483 | 3 | Chipmunk T10 | BFWF | Force-landed in a field two miles SW of Middle Wallop, Hants after losing power after take off and hitting power lines |
| 15/08/1968 | XP286 | Auster AOP9 | West Raynham Station Flt | Crashed on landing at Leconfield, Yorkshire. Allocated to 8044M | |
| 16/08/1968 | WK567 | A | Chipmunk T10 | Queens UAS | Written off when it swung off the runway during take off from Sydenham, Northern Ireland and hit an obstruction |
| 19/08/1968 | WT325 | Canberra B(I)6 | 213 Sqn | Collided at 15,000 feet at night over Holt, Norfolk and crashed. The Victor was climbing out of Marham under radar control, which was affected by thunderstorms. The Canberra was returning to Bruggen and was not under radar control. The four Victor and three Canberra crew were all killed | |
| 19/08/1968 | XH646 | Victor K1A (K2P) | TTF | ||
| 26/08/1968 | WT369 | Canberra B(I)6 | 249 Sqn | Swung off the runway on landing at Luqa, Malta after the port undercarriage leg collapsed and came to rest in the dispersal area | |
| 12/09/1968 | XS896 | J | Lightning F6 | 74 Sqn | Suffered an engine fire when downwind to land at Tengah, Singapore. The fire burnt through the control rods causing the aircraft to pitch up and then enter a flat spin. The pilot ejected at low altitude but was killed |
| 13/09/1968 | XP115 | KE-401 | Wessex HAS1 | 829 NAS Kent Flt | Ditched into the English Channel 20 miles south of the Eddystone Lighthouse after a double fire warning whilst in the hover. The flotation bags failed to operate and it sank but the crew escaped safely |
| 16/09/1968 | XS124 | E-067 | Wessex HAS1 | 820 NAS | Ditched into the Atlantic Ocean near to HMS Eagle while operating off Iceland after a spurious fire warning in the sonar well. The crew were all rescued safely |
| 17/09/1968 | XT440 | CL-463 | Wasp HAS1 | 829 NAS, HMS Cleopatra Flt | Lost power and ditched into the North Sea three miles from the Texel Light Vessel off the Dutch coast and ten miles from HMS Cleopatra. Both crew were injured and the helicopter was recovered and sent to the AIU at Lee-on-Solent |
| 20/09/1968 | WT313 | Canberra B(I)6 | 213 Sqn | Declared a write off after severe damage was discovered during routine maintenance at Bruggen, West Germany | |
| 25/09/1968 | XL736 | Skeeter AOP12 | 5 Regt RA | Both damaged while en-route to the Larzac training area, Southern France by road. With | |
| XM530 | Skeeter AOP12 | 5 Regt RA | the impending withdrawal of the type they were not repaired | ||
| 01/10/1968 | WH715 | Canberra B2 | ETPS | Dived into the ground near Crewkerne, Somerset after the solo French Air Force pilot lost control during an asymetric exercise. The recovery was hampered when the aircraft entered cloud and the pilot ejected too late and was killed when he struck the ground still in his seat. A civilian suffered a heart attack and died when trying to find the pilot and two other civilians were injured by debris | |
| 07/10/1968 | XT832 | Sioux AH1 | 5th RTR | The aircraft entered fog shortly after take off from Fromhausen, West Germany. While attempting to return to base it struck power lines and crashed. The pilot received major injuries | |
| 08/10/1968 | XL739 | Skeeter AOP12 | BAOR | Crashed in West Germany. Allocated to the gate guard at Hobart Barracks, Detmold | |
| 09/10/1968 | XM665 | PO-512 | Whirlwind HAS7 | 771 NAS | Force landed into a field near Weymouth, Dorset after the rotor blades went out of control, To Fleetlands for repair but never flew again. After storage at Culdrose and Wroughton it was displayed at Egham, Chelsfield and Booker before being sent to the Royal Australian Naval Air Museum at Nowra |
| 10/10/1968 | XM687 | PO-515 | Whirlwind HAS7 | 771 NAS | The hydraulic selector switch shorted out due to ingress of moisture which caused a violent reversion to manual control. It force landed into a field and rolled onto its starboard side west of Osmington near Weymouth, Dorset breaking off the tail cone. The three crew escaped safely. Stripped for spares at Fleetlands |
| 10/10/1968 | XT175 | Sioux AH1 | Infantry Air Platoon Sharjah | Badly damaged when it landed heavily at Sharjah, Oman due to the left pedal being jammed down. Later declared a write off. Preserved at Kidlington, Oxfordshire | |
| 18/10/1968 | WN925 | Cadet TX1 | 631 GS | Written off in a flying accident at Sealand, Flint. The fuselage was used as a static exhibit marked as WL925 and based at Cosford | |
| 01/11/1968 | XM920 | E-143 | Wessex HAS3 | 826 NAS | Made a forced landing at Maenporth, Cornwall after a spurious engine fire warning. The starboard undercarriage leg collapsed in the heavy landing after narrowly missing high tension cables. Allocated to A2594 at Lee-on-Solent |
| 04/11/1968 | XS874 | LO-405 | Wessex HAS1 | 819 NAS | Crashed into the English Channel 22 miles off Portland, Dorset. An attempt was made by HMS Rothesay to tow the helicopter ashore but it capsized en-route. It was recovered and later issued to BRNC at Dartmouth for ground instruction |
| 05/11/1968 | XR456 | M | Whirlwind HAR10 | 103 Sqn | Force-landed into the jungle at seven miles west of Mersing, Malaysia after engine failure |
| 06/11/1968 | XF942 | BY-801 | Hunter T8C | 759 NAS | Shortly after take off from Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, the pilot carried out some aerobatics during which the aircraft crashed into the sea 2 miles south of St. Davids |
| 14/11/1968 | XP510 | 10 | Gnat T1 | 4 FTS | Crashed into the Irish Sea off Nefyn, Caernarvon after the crew ejected following loss of control in a dive |
| 15/11/1968 | XS533 | 456 | Wasp HAS1 | 829 NAS, HMS Yarmouth Flt | Suffered a loss of power followed by a catastrophic engine failure while in the turn at 400ft. It crashed into the English Channel 26 miles west of Portland Bill, Dorset killing one of the crew. The wreckage was salvaged and taken to the AIU at Le-on-Solent |
| 18/11/1968 | WB964 | Sedbergh TX1 | 661 VGS | Destroyed in a hangar fire at the Slingsby factory at Kirbymoorside. The aircraft had suffered CAT 4 damage on 5th July and was on repair | |
| 20/11/1968 | WJ988 | Canberra T17 | 360 Sqn | The undercarriage was raised to stop after the port engine ingested a large bird on take off from Watton, Norfolk | |
| 22/11/1968 | XL451 | H-260 | Gannet AEW3 | 849 NAS | Ditched into the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa, Japan while operating off HMS Hermes |
| 25/11/1968 | XL455 | H-262 | Gannet AEW3 | 849 NAS | Crashed into the sea off forty miles east of Okinawa, Japan after launch from HMS Hermes when the port wing folded |
| 29/11/1968 | XM174 | 174 | Lightning F1A | Leuchars TTF | Crashed into Ballmullo Quarry near Leuchars, Fife. The pilot had ejected due to a fire warning |
| 30/11/1968 | WB573 | Z | Chipmunk T10 | 3 AEF | Struck a hill three miles south of Porlok, Somerset in bad weather |
| 06/12/1968 | XR663 | Jet Provost T4 | 6 FTS | Declared a write off after the airframe was over stressed | |
| 06/12/1968 | XE611 | Hunter FGA9 | 5 MU Kemble | Overran the runway on landing at Lyneham, Wiltshire while on delivery to the MEAF. Rebuilt and sold to the Swiss AF as J4103 | |
| 20/12/1968 | WH778 | Canberra PR7 | 81 Sqn | Swung off the runway on landing at Tengah, Singapore after the nose wheel collapsed |
