These are the known fates of former military aircraft that were lost whilst in civilian ownership. They may not have necessarily been carrying their former military serial at the time of their demise. |
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1956 |
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17th January | WG274 | ZS-DIR | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Thabazimbi, South Africa. |
1st April | T9695 | G-AKGR | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Lympne, Kent. |
28th March | KN701 | G-AMRB | C-47B Dakota | Crashed near Largs, Ayr. |
5th May | N9367 | G-ANDJ | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Theale, Berkshire. |
17th May | DX240 | G-ALIT | Proctor III | Damaged beyond repair at Panshanger, Hertfordshire. |
26th May | W6419 | G-AOHC | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Holywell, Flintshire. |
30th May | XD667 | G-AMUN | York C1 | Crashed on an approach to Stansted, Essex. |
2nd June | WG282 | ZS-DIT | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. |
17th June | NP187 | G-ANVW | Proctor IV | Damaged beyond repair at Olivares de Jacur, Spain. |
2nd July | EM972 | G-ANPU | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Dyheld Down near Netheravon, Wiltshire. |
29th July | RH429 | G-ALAJ | Messenger 4A | Damaged beyond repair during gales at Christchurch, Dorset. |
5th August | XJ281 | G-ALDK | Hermes IVA | Damaged beyond repair landing on Drigh Road, Karachi, Pakistan. |
17th August | N6710 | G-ANOZ | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Yeovil, Somerset. |
19th August | T9698 | G-AJJI | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Elstree, Hertfordhsire. |
14th September | N4557 | G-ALIM | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Kerriemuir near Perth. |
16th September | XH379 | G-AMJI | Bristol 173 | Crashed at Filton, Bristol. |
23rd September | DE896 | G-ANSN | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Glan-y-Mor, Wales. |
4th October | WG277 | ZS-DIX | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Bloemfontein, South Africa. |
21st October | WG326 | CR-AEF | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed and burnt out at Vila Gouveia, Mozambique. |
24th October | WG276 | VP-KLU | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Chinsale, Northern Rhodesia. |
13th November | WG404 | VH-RCW | Chipmunk T10 | Stalled and struck a tree at Bull Creek, Western Australia. |
7th December | RT489 | G-AORI | Auster 5 | Crashed at Stagsden, Bedfordshire. |
1957 |
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3rd January | DE170 | G-ANRY | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Croydon, Greater London. |
16th March | NR806 | G-AKZP | Dragon Rapide | Crashed near Hammamet, Tunis. |
24th March | N5446 | G-AMNO | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Turnhouse, Edinburgh. |
24th March | DF154 | G-AHZH | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
6th April | R4905 | G-ANFJ | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Walsgrave near Coventry. |
12th April | DE149 | G-ANPI | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Mursley, Buckinghamshire. |
23rd April | DE280 | G-AMHP | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Thruxton. Hampshire. |
1st May | XG895 | G-AJBO | Viking 1B | Crashed on Star Hill, near Blackbushe, Hampshire. |
7th May | T9684 | G-AKAS | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Croydon, Greater London. |
27th May | R5954 | G-AKTZ | Dragon Rapide | Damaged beyond repair at Benghazi, Libya. |
2nd June | R1950 | G-AHNW | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Elstree, Hertfordshire. |
15th June | DE615 | G-ANSG | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Caen, France. |
24th July | N9431 | G-ANPB | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Fairoaks, Surrey. |
29th July | EM943 | G-ANMP | Tiger Moth | Crashed into Langstone Harbour, Portsmouth. |
22nd August | P2404 | G-AJZH | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Nuthamstead, Hertfordshire. |
27th August | T5371 | G-AKWY | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Petersfield, Hampshire. |
29th August | R5181 | G-AKCH | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Stirling, Scotland. |
1st September | XD632 | G-AKFP | Hermes 4 | Damaged beyond repair after colliding with DC3 VT-AUA on landing at Dum Dum, Calcutta, India. |
12th September | N6851 | G-ANRE | Tiger Moth | Crashed in the South Cameroons. |
18th September | T5491 | G-AIDD | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Roborough, Plymouth, Devon |
20th October | R5114 | G-AOFH | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Wolverhampton, West Midlands. |
3rd November | VS384 | G-AOPG | Prentice T1 | Damaged beyond repair during gales at Southend, Essex. |
15th November | NJ207 | G-AKNU | Solent 3 | Crashed at Chessel Down, Isle of Wight. |
24th November | N6587 | G-ANYX | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Thruxton, Hampshire. |
29th November | EM816 | G-ANRH | Tiger Moth | Crashed in the South Cameroons. |
30th December | RH422 | G-ALAG | Messenger 4A | Crashed at Gittelde Harz, West Germany. |
1958 |
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7th January | VS512 | G-ANWW | Anson T20 | Crashed at Maidenhead Thicket, Berkshire. |
31st January | WB712 | G-AOTC | Chipmunk T10 | Badly damaged in a heavy landing at Scone, Perthshire, Scotland. |
13th February | TW421 | G-ANID | Auster 5 | Crashed at Stonor, Oxfordshire. |
16th February | WG285 | VP-KLV | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed on landing at Nairobi Airport, Kenya. |
27th February | XF659 | G-AICS | Bristol 170 | Crashed into Winter Hill, Horwich, near Bolton, Lancashire. |
5th March | WD301 | G-AMXL | Chipmunk T10 | Spun into the ground at Datford Marshes, Kent. |
26th March | WG394 | VH-RNF | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed Ninimi, NSW Australia. |
30th March | T5826 | G-AOSD | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Syerston, Nottinghamshire. |
30th March | N6944 | G-ANSA | Tiger Moth | Crashed into the River Mersey near Speke,Liverpool. |
30th March | VN895 | G-ANAT | Proctor 5 | Damaged beyond repair at Elmdon Airport, Birmingham. |
20th April | N6547 | G-ANRD | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Palmers Farm, Coolham, Sussex. |
29th April | N9252 | G-APFX | Tiger Moth | Crashed into Langstone Harboure, Portsmouth. |
8th May | EM905 | G-APLB | Tiger Moth | Crashed into the sea off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. |
11th May | NL777 | G-ANLG | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Luton, Bedfordshire. |
17th May | N6772 | G-ANRU | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Morbiham, France. |
20th May | MW185 | G-AMUT | York C1 | Damaged beyond repair on landing at Luqa, Malta. |
25th May | XD623 | G-AMUV | York C1 | Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing at Badshahpur, near Delhi, India. |
4th June | R5140 | G-AKYR | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Stapleford, Essex. |
6th June | P2500 | G-ALIO | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Sevenoaks, Kent. |
19th June | HM342 | G-AKXK | Proctor III | Crashed at Beirut, Lebanon. |
29th June | T7456 | G-AHWC | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Old Warden, Bedfordshire. |
3rd July | WB701 | VH-BWD | Chipmunk T10 | Caught fire in flight and abandoned near Sanderson, South Australia. |
22nd July | T7417 | G-ANEV | Tiger Moth | Crashed on Pengham Moors, Cardiff. |
27th July | WB680 | G-APMN | Chipmunk T10 | Written off at Foxes Farm, Hanworth Fen, near Lincoln. |
2nd August | RH421 | G-ALAE | Messenger 4A | Damaged beyond repair whilst landing at Epping Upland, Essex. |
18th August | N6548 | G-AHRM | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair at Fairoaks, Surrey. |
23rd August | DF123 | G-ANLP | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair during an engine failure at Neulandwischhhafen, West Germany. |
9th September | VL226 | G-AIJE | Viking 2 | Crashed at Southall, Middlesex. |
11th September | EM971 | G-ANKG | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Ipswich, Suffolk. |
17th September | NP281 | G-AJTP | Proctor IV | Ditched into the sea off Singapore. |
12th October | T5617 | G-AHVY | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Christchurch, Hampshire. |
22nd October | XF647 | G-AMVB | Dakota 4 | Caught fire at Masjid Sulaimen, Iran. |
23rd October | RM190 | G-ANYZ | Proctor 4 | Crashed into the English Channel. |
4th November | XF655 | G-AGVB | Bristol 170 | Crashed at Le Touquet, France. |
16th November | R7532 | G-AIKJ | Proctor III | Damaged beyond repair Tonbridge, Kent. |
4th December | WB610 | VH-BSM | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. |
24th December | WB608 | VH-BSN | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Kimberley, Australia. |
1959 |
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21st January | N6737 | G-AOAE | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Tadcaster, Yorkshire. |
1st February | WB618 | VH-RVQ | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed and burnt out at Scoresby, Victoria, Australia. |
30th March | WG358 | ZS-DJN | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed in fog at Swakopmund, South Africa. |
5th April | WB695 | VH-WFD | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed whilst performing aerobatics at Deniliquin, Australia. |
23rd April | TS871 | G-AGRH | Tudor 1 | Crashed into Mount Suphan Dag, Turkey. |
19th May | WG490 | D-EGAP | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair in a heavy landing at Bremen, West Germany. |
4th June | WB551 | VH-WFC | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Orange, Australia. |
11th June | WB582 | G-AOTB | Chipmunk T10 | Written off in a forced landing at Bushey Heath, Herts. |
16th June | DE402 | G-ANUH | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Kings Norton, Birmingham. |
23rd June | NL780 | G-ANOP | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Boxted, Essex. |
26th June | WB577 | VH-DDN | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed whilst low flying at Cambooya, Australia. |
6th July | T6388 | G-AOXY | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. |
7th July | DE676 | G-AITD | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Yeadon, Leeds. |
7th July | R9550 | G-AHPT | Dragon Rapide | Crashed at St. Albans, Hertfordshire. |
15th August | L8288 | G-AJRT | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Waltham, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
23rd August | WG281 | F-OAYJ | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged in a forced landing at Tamatave, Madagascar when the engine failed. |
6th September | N9402 | G-ANDG | Tiger Moth | Destroyed in a collision with D31 Turbulent G-APBZ at Fairoaks, Surrey. |
19th September | WB578 | VH-RFW | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Bull Creek, Australia. |
9th October | WZ840 | G-ALDC | Hermes 4 | Damaged beyond repair on landing at Southend, Essex. |
15th November | TJ506 | G-ANIN | Auster 5 | Damaged beyond repair at Great Ness, Ulveston, Shropshire. |
21st November | HN734 | G-AJXE | Consul | Damaged beyond repair at Elstree, Hertfordshire. |
20th December | DE206 | G-APAW | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Redhill, Surrey. |
1960 |
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9th January | WB630 | VH-BWE | Chipmunk T10 | Struck a pole and overturned at Parafield, Australia. |
30th January | T6567 | G-AOSM | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Fishcroft near Boston, Linconshire. |
30th January | WB674 | VH-RVR | Chipmunk T10 | Stalled and crashed at Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. |
7th February | TJ399 | G-AKTF | Auster 5 | Crashed into the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. |
10th February | T7749 | G-AKXD | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing in Lincolnshire. |
10th February | DX198 | G-ALUJ | Proctor III | Crashed at Roseberry Topping, Yorkshire. |
27th February | N6736 | G-ANJE | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Roborough, Plymouth, Devon. |
27th February | WG395 | ZS-DIP | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Wesselsbron, South Africa. |
28th February | DE417 | G-AOXS | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Reigate Heath, Surrey. |
5th March | XF646 | G-AMSF | C-47B Dakota | Crashed at Elmdon Airport, Birmingham. |
19th March | WB606 | VH-BSR | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Ralphs Bay, near Hobart, Tasmania. |
3rd April | T7692 | G-AIRR | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Newtonards, Northern Ireland. |
22nd April | T6051 | G-AOXJ | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Bawdsey, Suffolk. |
24th April | LB311 | G-AHVR | Taylorcraft Plus D | Crashed near Torrington, Devon. |
2nd May | P5989 | G-AHET | Vega Gull | Force landed at Kirby Trading Estate, near Liverpool. |
8th May | WB686 | G-AORP | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. |
12th May | T7369 | G-APDZ | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Little Snoring, Norfolk. |
29th May | XD637 | ZS-DNU | Viking 1A | Damaged beyond repair at Tarbes, France. |
13th June | N3954 | G-AKKV | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed at Hemswell, Lincolnshire. |
15th June | K4281 | G-APLC | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Sherbourne, Dorset. |
16th June | N6777 | G-ANER | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Staverton, Gloucestershire. |
11th July | WD374 | G-ARDF | Chipmunk T10 | Written off Thruxton, Wiltshire. |
29th July | T5714 | G-ANUD | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Fairoaks, Surrey. |
30th July | T6814 | G-ANYN | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Le Touquet, France. |
9th November | WB725 | G-AORV | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed Crowcombe, Somerset. |
1961 |
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1st January | PH321 | G-ALTP | Oxford I | Damaged beyond repair at Christchurch, Dorset. |
12th February | LB322 | G-AHXG | Taylorcraft Plus D | Damaged beyond repair during gales at Sleap, Shropshire. |
14th February | NL994 | G-AMBI | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair in a force landing at Stourpaine, Dorset. |
26th February | WB628 | G-AOSJ | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Kidlington, Oxfordshire. |
4th March | T7335 | G-ANSR | Tiger Moth | Crashed in Studland Bay, Dorset. |
27th March | WG271 | F-OAOO | Chipmunk T10 | All were three written off when their hangar collapsed during a cyclone at Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. |
WG275 | F-OAOS | Chipmunk T10 | ||
WG312 | F-OASK | Chipmunk T10 | ||
WG331 | F-OBIK | Chipmunk T10 | Both were parked outside at Fort Dauphin, Madagascar and were destroyed by a cyclone. | |
WG355 | F-OAOK | Chipmunk T10 | ||
10th April | WG426 | VH-RSR | Chipmunk T10 | Ditched into Lake Macquare near Swansea, Australia. |
16th April | DE582 | G-ANEO | Tiger Moth | Crashed Keston, Kent. |
1st May | NR774 | G-AGOJ | Dragon Rapide | Crashed near Lympne, Kent. |
16th May | TW389 | G-AOUL | Auster 5D | Crashed at Baldock, Hertfordshire. |
24th May | RH368 | G-ALAP | Messenger 4A | Crashed at Bark Island gliding strip near Halifax, Yorkshire. |
24th May | XD670 | OD-ACO | York C1 | Crashed during an emergency landing at Azabia, Muscat. |
28th May | T7391 | G-APJR | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Princethorpe, Warwickshire. |
16th June | WB625 | VH-ICC | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed and burst into flames after crashing on take-off from Moree, Australia. |
27th June | T7750 | G-ANIV | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Doncaster, Yorkshire. |
3rd July | R5130 | G-APOV | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Staplehurst, Kent. |
16th July | XL961 | G-AMTS | Heron 2 | Crashed at Biggin Hill, Kent. |
30th July | VS374 | G-AOLR | Prentice T1 | Crashed at Kilsythe, Glasgow, Scotland. |
7th August | T7932 | EI-AGR | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Maynooth, Ireland. |
9th August | XG349 | G-AHPM | Viking 3B | Crashed into Mount Holteheia, Stavanger, Norway whilst on a flight from London to Stavanger. |
12th August | LB342 | G-AHVS | Taylorcraft Plus D | Crashed near Sleap, Shropshire. |
14th August | PH368 | G-ALTR | Oxford I | Damaged beyond repair on take-off from Bordeaux, France. |
3rd September | WD323 | VH-MOR | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. |
6th September | WG411 | VH-RVX | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Ferntree near Scoresby, Australia. |
17th October | XF645 | G-AMVC | Dakota 4 | Crashed on Coglin Fell, near Kirkoswald, Cumberland, Scotland. |
18th November | DF206 | G-ANUJ | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Aslacton, Norfolk. |
9th December | WB639 | VH-RNF | Chipmunk T10 | Lost power and crashed on take-off from West Maitland, Australia. |
10th December | WB714 | VH-RVG | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Scoresby, Victoria, Australia. |
12th December | NR691 | G-AKZB | Dragon Rapide | Crashed at St. Justs Airport, Lands End, Cornwall. |
1962 |
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7th January | T7247 | G-ANUE | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Stapleford, Essex. |
13th February | NP354 | G-ANWA | Proctor 4 | Crashed onto the beach at Propriano, Corsica. |
4th March | TJ657 | G-ANIK | Auster 5 | Crashed near Guiseley, Yorkshire. |
17th March | T7453 | G-ANLB | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair at Southam, Warwickshire. |
8th April | WB713 | G-AOPZ | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair at Netherthorpe, Nottinghamshire. |
15th April | WB672 | VH-DBI | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed and burnt out in Australia. |
19th April | T5373 | G-AOGB | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Uffington, Shropshire. |
22nd April | N9244 | G-AHXN | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Caxton, Cambridgeshire. |
6th May | FZ624 | G-AGZB | C-47A Dakota | Crashed near Ventor, Isle of Wight. |
8th May | WB715 | G-APAC | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed whilst landing at Luton, Bedfordshire. |
21st May | VZ353 | D-CABU | Sea Fury T20 | No details known. |
24th May | N6459 | G-AOUY | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Nelson, Glamorganshire. |
29th May | XJ320 | G-ANDY | Sea Devon C20 | Suffered an engine failure on take-off from Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh and struck some power cables and crashed, both crew escaped safely. |
27th June | WB632 | G-APMW | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Bishophall Farm, Stanley, Perthshire. |
30th June | XF657 | G-AGVC | Bristol 170 | Damaged beyond repair on landing at Ronaldsway, Isle of Man. |
5th August | T6297 | G-AMJF | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair at Dunstable, Bedfordshire. |
16th September | DF194 | G-AOFD | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Tewin, Hertfordshire. |
29th September | N6865 | G-AOFO | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. |
7th October | WB678 | VH-UET | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Whyalla, Australia. |
14th October | WB662 | VH-RGW | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair when landing on Kattanning Racecourse, Australia. |
4th November | WE606 | G-ASAE | Auster T7 | Collided mid-air with Chipmunk T10 WP906 near Reading. WP906 landed safely. |
1963 |
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30th January | VZ372 | D-CAME | Sea Fury T20 | Crashed at Hannover, Germany. |
2nd February | WB622 | VH-BSP | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Turmby Bay, Australia. |
3rd February | NP250 | G-ANYS | Proctor 3 | Crashed near Enniskellen, Northern Ireland. |
5th February | VX127 | VH-RCT | Auster AOP6 | Crashed in Tasmania, Australia. |
19th March | HM358 | G-AOEJ | Proctor 3 | Crashed at Denham, Buckinghamshire. |
9th April | W1731 | G-ALXH | Anson XI | Suffered an engine failure and crashed near Guiseley, Yorkshire. |
14th April | KN273 | G-ANTB | C-47B Dakota | Crashed near Jersey Airport, Channel Islands. |
30th April | WB613 | VR-SDW | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Singapore Airport. |
10th May | LZ570 | G-AMGE | Proctor III | Damaged beyond repair at Woolsington near Newcastle airport. |
17th June | WB669 | VH-RSJ | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Bringelly, near Camden, Australia. |
28th July | T5843 | G-APIP | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Hayes Common, Kent. |
17th August | R4851 | G-APTI | Tiger Moth | Crashed whilst landing at Dinon, France. |
18th August | WE611 | G-ARUX | Terrier A61 | Damaged beyond repair at Luton, Bedfordshire. |
24th September | XF650 | G-AMWA | Bristol 170 | Crashed in Guernsey, Channel Islands. |
7th October | TW388 | G-AOTJ | Auster 5 | Crashed near Dumfries, Scotland. |
10th November | T7191 | G-AMGC | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair near Hawarden, Chester. |
30th December | X7412 | G-ALBC | Dragon Rapide | Crashed into high ground near Edale, Derbyshire. |
1964 |
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1st January | TW524 | G-ARDX | Auster 6A | Destroyed by fire at Lasham, Hampshire. |
27th January | WB651 | VH-BAW | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Wingdee Station, Australia. |
20th February | NM142 | G-ANLE | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Tillington, Essex. |
21st February | T7169 | G-AIZF | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Oldfield Farm, Gaydon. |
18th March | VX280 | D-CACI | Sea Fury T20 | Crashed at Buschutten near Siegen, West Germany. |
8th April | DE978 | G-APAI | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair at Chilbolton, Hampshire. |
18th April | WE609 | G-ASRL | Beagle Terrier 2 | Crashed at Kota, Malawi. |
30th April | WB614 | VH-BWB | Chipmunk T10 | Spun into the ground at Osbourne, Australia. |
19th May | MT169 | G-ANHO | Auster 5 | Crashed at Biggin Hill, Kent. |
23rd May | VX942 | G-ASFM | Terrier 2 | Crashed on take-off from Rearsby, Leicestershire. |
10th June | WB751 | D-EFOL | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Mariensiel near Wilhelmshavan, West Germany. |
27th July | TA719 | G-ASKC | Mosquito TT35 | Crashed at Staverton, Gloucestershire. |
8th August | WB658 | VH-RVK | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Bangholme near Moorabin, Australia. |
16th August | WZ853 | G-ASFE | Chipmunk T10 | Struck by Chipmunk T10 G-AOST at Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. |
16th August | DE957 | G-AMEZ | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Verden-Scharnhorst, West Germany. |
18th August | WE611 | G-ARUX | Auster T7 | Crashed at Luton, Bedfordshire. |
22nd August | NL989 | G-APKE | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Rearsby, Leicestershire. |
4th September | WE587 | G-ASAC | Auster T7 | Crashed on landing at Roborough, Plymouth, Devon. |
20th September | WB655 | VH-RND | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Williamstown Air Base, Australia. |
27th October | XS684 | G-ASBL | Hughes 269A | Crashed Redmoor House Farm, Fairlop, Essex. |
3rd November | WG462 | G-AOSX | Chipmunk T10 | Suffered a wire strike and crashed at Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk. |
8th November | WG314 | VH-WRW | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed 35 miles north of Carnaervon, Australia. |
1965 |
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16th May | DE638 | G-ANEJ | Tiger Moth | Damaged beyond repair at Owstwick, Yorkshire. |
16th June | NL898 | G-AOUR | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Newtonards, Northern Ireland. |
20th July | WE551 | G-ASOY | Terrier 2 | Crashed at Traben-Trabach, West Germany. |
24th July | RH424 | G-AKZX | Messenger 4A | Crashed on take off from Rochester, Kent. |
10th August | VX291 | D-CACI | Sea Fury T20 | Crashed at Dreis, Eiffel Mountains, West Germany. |
10th August | DF117 | G-ANKU | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Kilpadder, County Wicklow, Ireland. |
2nd September | WG351 | VH-SJD | Chipmunk T10 | Ran out of fuel and crashed at Goulburn, Australia. |
4th September | N6660 | G-AOIN | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Wattisham, Suffolk. |
26th September | T9768 | G-AIUA | Hawk Trainer III | Crashed on landing at Roborough, Plymouth, Devon. |
3rd October | WG353 | G-APTG | Chipmunk T10 | Crash landed at Elstree, Hertfordshire. |
27th Dec | VF575 | G-ATKJ | Terrier 2 | Crashed on take-off from Rearsby, Leicestershire. |
1966 |
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19th March | WB719 | D-EFUS | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair whilst taxiing at Fliensburg, West Germany. |
29th March | WD381 | G-ARME | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed near Sandown, Isle of Wight. |
8th April | T6913 | G-AHNC | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Biggin Hill, Kent. |
23rd April | N6856 | G-ANLR | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Syderstone, Norfolk. |
30th April | LB376 | G-AIRE | Taylorcraft Plus D | Crashed into the North Sea off Spurn Head, East Riding. |
16th May | WB735 | EI-AHR | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair at Shannon airport, Ireland when the River Shannon burst its banks. |
31st May | WB732 | G-AOJZ | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed south west of Perth, Scotland. |
5th June | T7272 | G-ANDV | Tiger Moth | Crashed on take-off from Wisley, Surrey. |
24th June | WB631 | G-AOJY | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair after colliding with a road roller at Lulsgate, Bristol. |
18th July | WB736 | G-ARGH | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Skegness, Lincolnshire. |
4th August | XB477 | G-ASVJ | Hillier HT1 | Crashed on a training flight at Middle Wallop, Hampshire. |
11th September | WF550 | G-ASAG | Terrier 2 | Crashed at Kidlington, Oxfordshire. |
4th December | WD348 | G-AOSA | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Coupar Angus, Fife, Scotland. |
1967 |
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2nd January | R4950 | G-ANPC | Tiger Moth | Crashed into the hillside at Scotlandwell, near Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross. |
3rd May | XF748 | TF-AIO | Dakota 4 | Crashed into hill during bad weather at Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. |
10th June | HB612 | G-AJSN | Argus II | Damaged in a heavy landing at Cork, Ireland. |
1st July | WB746 | G-ASPW | Chipmunk T10 | Struck overhead power lines and crashed at Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. |
13th August | VX147 | G-AKFC | Ercoupe | During a practice emergency landing at Halfpenny Green, Wolverhampton the aircraft struck a tree and crashed. |
12th December | WB691 | HB-TUF | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed in a forced landing at Birrfield, Switzerland. |
27th December | R7486 | G-AHNA | Proctor I | Force landed in a ploughed field at High Hall Farm, Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex. |
1968 |
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27th January | WG425 | VH-FTA | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Cobbity near Camden, Australia. |
1st April | VF544 | G-ASPD | Terrier 2 | Crashed into trees during a snow storm near Leuchars, Fife. |
11th May | WP982 | G-ARDW | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair at Netherthorpe, Nottinghamshire. |
16th May | DE578 | G-AMEY | Tiger Moth | The aircraft had been stolen but crashed on take-off at Little Snoring, Norfolk. |
8th June | WB570 | HB-TUC | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Spreitenbach Airfield, Switzerland. |
5th July | N6847 | G-APAL | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Wilhampstead, Bedfordshire. |
21st July | WB648 | G-AORF | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed on take off at White Waltham, Berkshire. |
21st July | DE873 | G-APVP | Tiger Moth | Crashed near Ellingham, Essex. |
8th September | WT959 | SE-EBH | Skyraider AEW1 | Destroyed by fire in landing accident at Lulea, Sweden. |
8th December | WG416 | VH-TUG | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair Cunderdin, Australia. |
1969 |
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22nd May | DE634 | G-ANMZ | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Challock, Kent. |
20th June | TX227 | G-AWMH | Anson C19 | Ditched into the sea off the Liberian coast. |
2nd September | XM797 | G-ARTU | EP-9 Prospector | Crashed at Old Warden, Bedfordshire. |
15th September | T5495 | G-AMIU | Tiger Moth | Cartwheeled on landing at Booker, Buckinghamshire. |
28th September | TJ373 | G-APJX | Auster 5 | Destroyed in gales at Inverness, Scotland. |
5th November | T7799 | G-ALTW | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Panshanger, Hertfordshire. |
18th December | XS681 | G-ASHK | Brantley B2 | Crashed at Wood Farm, Newport Pagnall, Buckinghamshire. |
1970 |
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6th February | WB611 | G-AOTH | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Fawley Green, near Henley, Berkshire. |
28th March | TJ320 | G-ANHW | Auster 5D | Force landed at Carton Manor, Norfolk. |
5th April | T7868 | G-AHUE | Tiger Moth | Collided mid-air with Olympia glider BGA1305 near Meir, Staffordshire. |
28th May | WE536 | G-ARTM | Terrier 1 | Damaged beyond repair at Priory Farm, Turvey, Bedfordshire. |
5th July | R5041 | G-AODS | Tiger Moth | Damaged on landing at Sherburn, Yorkshire. |
6th July | WE555 | G-ARXL | Terrier 1 | Damaged beyond repair at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. |
30th August | WE559 | G-ASAD | Terrier 2 | Ditched into the sea off Dungeness, Kent. |
6th October | XF746 | ZS-DKR | Dakota 4 | Crashed at Germiston, Johannesburg, South Africa. |
1971 |
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6th May | WT849 | SE-EBN | Skyraider AEW1 | Made a wheels up landing at Madlanta Airport, Sweden. |
9th May | WB759 | HB-TUI | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Schaffhausen-Neukirch Airfield, West Germany. |
30th May | LB341 | G-AHNG | Taylorcraft Plus D | Crashed in Dorset. |
12th June | VF492 | G-ARKC | Auster 6A | Crashed at Bidford-on-Avon. Warwickshire. |
15th August | TW513 | G-AKJU | Auster J/1N Alpha | Whilst towing a glider the undercarriage caught onto some corn causing the aircraft to crash into the ground near Wattisham, Suffolk. |
23rd August | T6064 | G-AHRC | Tiger Moth | Ditched into the sea 8 miles north of Anglesey, North Wales. |
9th October | WG334 | 9Q-CNT | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Kolwazi, Zaire. |
12th December | EM929 | G-AHVV | Tiger Moth | Dived into the ground during aerobatics at Lympne, Kent. |
1972 |
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28th July | WB605 | HB-TUK | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed in Switzerland. |
8th October | WB717 | VP-WDV | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Prince Charles Airport Airshow, Rhodesia. |
1973 |
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7th May | VF608 | G-ASIP | Auster 6A | Destroyed by fire at Nympsfield, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. |
15th August | WE604 | G-ARZT | Auster T7 | Crashed at Holme Farm, Kent. |
29th September | K4254 | G-APVT | Tiger Moth | Collided mid-air with Luton Beta G-ATLY near Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. |
17th December | WD371 | G-BBMP | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Felthorpe, Norfolk. |
1974 |
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14th March | N6978 | G-AOAC | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Lessay, France. |
20th October | WE572 | G-AVCR | Terrier I | Damaged beyond repair in a hangar collapse at Enstone, Oxfordshire. |
25th December | WB698 | VH-KJM | Chipmunk T10 | Destroyed by Cyclone Tracy at Darwin, Australia. |
1975 |
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February | XS768 | ZP-PJQ | Basset CC1 | Crashed in Greenland whilst on a delivery flight to Paraguay. |
16th February | NJ625 | G-AJAK | Auster AOP5 | Struck trees on landing at Ramsgate, Kent. |
1976 |
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2nd January | VF519 | G-ASYN | Terrier T2 | Damaged beyond repair in a gale at Netherthorpe, Derbyshire. |
20th October | XV321 | G-BCZK | Sioux HT2 | Crashed on return to base in Australia. Date also quoted as 14/04/1964.Crashed heavily at Baginton, Coventry when the tail rotor drive failed. The two crew were seriously injured. |
23rd October | WB553 | HB-TUL | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed into some trees at Buttwell, Switzerland. |
1977 |
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19th February | WB574 | G-AOSN | Chipmunk T10 | Written off in a crash at Church Hill, Harefield, Uxbridge, Greater London. |
25th July | XV323 | G-BCZL | Sioux HT2 | Crashed at Bishops Norton, Lincolnshire. |
2nd September | WD901 | CF-BDH | Firefly AS6 | Crashed into Lake Ontario, Canada. |
30th September | XL658 | EI-BBY | Britannia C1 | Crash landed and caught fire at Shannon Airport, Ireland. |
22nd December | XS777 | G-BCIV | Basset CC1 | Written off in landing accident at Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire. |
1978 |
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5th March | WD301 | G-AMXL | Chipmunk T10 | Spun into Dartford Marshes, Kent. |
30th May | XT120 | D-HAFC | Sioux AH1 | Crashed at Beckum-Werse, West Germany. |
11th July | XT245 | D-HHRK | Sioux AH1 | Crashed at Wintringen, Luxemburg. |
31st July | XS705 | EI-BCA | Hiller HT1 | Crashed at Tallagh, Ireland. |
17th August | KN274 | G-AMSM | C-47B Dakota | Ground looped on take-off from Lydd Airport, Kent. Nose section preserved Brenzett Museum, Kent. |
1979 |
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29th March | WB718 | HB-TUD | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed into the River Aare at Bettlach, Switzerland. |
26th May | XT160 | G-BGAM | Sioux AH1 | Crashed in Loch Nevis, Inverness. |
1st June | XP446 | 9Q-COE | Argosy C1 | Damaged beyond repair in a heavy landing at Lubumbashi, Zaire. |
22nd June | WH589 | G-AGHB | Sea Fury FB11 | Crashed shortly after take-off on a test flight in West Germany. |
23rd June | XT501 | G-BEHO | Sioux AH1 | Crashed Warren Farm, near Swindon, Wiltshire. |
9th July | XT180 | G-BFEG | Sioux AH1 | Written off whilst crop spraying at Market Drayton, Shropshire. |
26th July | XW183 | D-HMNI | Sioux AH1 | Crashed near Ibbenburen, West Germany. |
1980 |
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27th April | XT834 | G-BHBW | Sioux AH1 | Crashed whilst crop spraying at Back Doath, near Carmyllie, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. |
16th May | XT107 | 9M-AUN | Sioux AH1 | Caught fire and burnt out in Malaysia. |
13th June | XT206 | D-HAFQ | Sioux AH1 | Crashed in West Germany. |
28th June | XW184 | G-BEHP | Sioux AH1 | Destroyed whilst crop spraying at Charisworth Farm, near Blandford Forum, Dorset. |
12th August | WE570 | G-ASBU | Terrier 2 | Damaged beyond repair at Netherley, Liverpool, Merseyside. |
6th December | WG301 | N65237 | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Ocean City, New Jersey, USA when the pilot lost control on take-off. |
1981 |
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23rd May | WP778 | G-BBNF | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed on landing at Chase Farm, Botley Hill, Little Burstead, Essex. |
17th June | XT102 | G-BGHN | Sioux AH1 | Crashed when the aircraft's boom struck the ground whilst crop spraying at Dumnagir, near Montrose, Scotland. |
18th June | XT545 | G-BGOZ | Sioux AH1 | Suffered a loss of cyclic control and crashed whilst crop spraying near Myton-upon-Swale, Yorkshire. |
15th July | XT212 | D-HAFG | Sioux AH1 | Crashed at Schweppenhausen, West Germany. |
1st August | XS685 | G-ASBD | Hughes 269A | Crashed at South Driffield, Yorkshire. |
17th August | WP789 | G-BCOS | Chipmunk T10 | Destroyed when the aircraft spun into the sea of Ancona, Italy. |
7th December | XT153 | ZS-HJB | Sioux AH1 | Crashed in South Africa. |
22nd December | XS767 | G-BCIS | Basset CC1 | Crashed near Freetown, Sierra Leone. |
1982 |
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17th May | KG632 | C-FQHF | Dakota III | Crashed at Calgary Alta, Canada. |
6th June | XV318 | G-BCYY | Sioux HT2 | Crashed when the engine failed on take-off from Paxford, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. |
1983 |
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4th June | XT508 | G-BGAI | Sioux AH1 | Crashed and burnt out whilst crop spraying in a field at Wappenham, near Towcester, Northamptonshire. |
6th July | XV319 | G-BCYZ | Sioux HT2 | Overpitched on take-off at Stownor, Oxfordshire and struck the ground. |
9th July | XJ322 | G-AMYP | Sea Devon C20 | Suffered engine problems on take-off from Shoreham, West Sussex and dived into the ground killing the pilot. |
30th July | XT848 | G-BHKD | Sioux AH1 | Crashed at Ledstone, near Castleford, Yorkshire after striking a building. |
12th August | XS172 | G-BDRY | Hiller HT2 | Struck power lines whilst crop spraying at Bickerton, Cheshire. |
14th September | XS784 | N206TB | Basset CC1 | Crashed at Davenport, California, USA. |
1984 |
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17th February | WB566 | ZK-TNR | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed doing aerobatics during at the Wanaka Airshow, New Zealand. |
18th April | XT143 | G-BFEJ | Sioux AH1 | Written off after running out of fuel and force landing into a field at High Eldwick near Bingley, Yorkshire. |
9th June | R7524 | G-AIWA | Proctor I | Crashed at Le Ferte Alais, France. |
19th August | WJ897 | G-BDFT | Varsity T1 | Crashed at Marchington, near Uttoxeter. Staffordshire after both engines failed. Of the fourteen on board only three survived. |
12th November | WB744 | N9HP | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Elmdale Air Park, Abilene, Texas, USA. |
1985 |
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24th August | XS941 | G-APLK | M100 Student | Crashed at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. |
04th September | XT249 | G-SMRI | Sioux AH1 | Struck power lines whilst crop spraying in Lancashire. |
1986 |
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26th January | T6774 | G-ALNA | Tiger Moth | Force landed into a gravel pit near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex and sank. |
4th June | T7471 | G-AJHU | Tiger Moth | Failed to become airborne on takeoff and struck a tree at Thatcham, Berkshire. |
1987 |
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6th September | WK622 | G-BCZH | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed on take-off from Pentney, Norfolk. |
16th October | TJ343 | G-AJXC | Auster 5 | Damaged by gales at Hook, Hampshire. |
19th November | XT811 | G-BFOI | Sioux AH1 | Struck the ground whilst crop spraying at Church Hall Farm, near Paglesham, Essex. |
1988 |
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22nd August | XP328 | G-BKHC | Whirlwind HAR10 | Crashed on landing at Whatfield, Suffolk. |
1989 |
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5th February | NR747 | G-AJHO | Dragon Rapide | Force landed into a field 5 miles south of Oxford caught fire and burnt out. |
26th July | MT197 | G-ANHS | Auster 4 | Crashed at Talgarth, Brecon, Powys, Wales. |
9th September | XT553 | HB-XLX | Sioux AH1 | Crashed at Val Mulix, Switzerland. |
1990 |
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19th May | N6616 | G-AOZB | Tiger Moth | Suffered a mid-air collision with PA28 G-BNNP and crashed at Gatton Bridge near Reigate, Surrey. |
1991 |
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19th January | XR993 | N3XR | Gnat T1 | Ran out of fuel and crashed at Shreveland, Louisiana, USA. |
15th June | XS160 | D-HTIM | Hiller HT2 | Crashed at Minheim, Germany. |
16th June | XR216 | C-GJKA | Beaver AL1 | Crashed into Sandridge Lake, Ontario, Canada. |
7th July | XT162 | G-BFJN | Sioux AH1 | Struck the crop whilst spraying and crashed near Spilsby, Lincolnshire. |
8th August | XT144 | HB-HOJ | Sioux AH1 | Crashed at at Tavannes, Switzerland. |
1st September | XR269 | G-BDXY | Auster AOP9 | Force landed at Southend Hill, Cheddington, Buckinghamshire. |
9th September | XS165 | SX-HEC | Hiller HT2 | Crashed in Greece. |
26th November | WZ868 | G-BCIW | Chipmunk T10 | Badly damaged when the port wing struck a fence on landing at Hulcote Farm, Bedfordshire. |
1992 |
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3rd May | XR240 | G-BDFH | Auster AOP9 | Crashed near Milton, Cambridgeshire. |
27th June | RM689 | G-ALGT | Spitfire XIV | Struck the runway at the bottom of a loop during an air display at Woodford, Greater Manchester. It burst into flames killing the pilot. |
9th October | XS169 | SX-HCV | Hiller HT2 | Crashed in Greece. |
1993 |
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9th May | XS779 | N163S | Basset CC1 | Crashed near Freeport International Airport, Bahamas. |
13th June | XL595 | G-BTYL | Hunter T7 | Crashed in the Ladybower reservoir area of the Peak District, Derbyshire during a thunderstorm. The pilot/owner was killed. He had taken off from Coltishall despite warnings of bad weather in the Peak District area. |
10th October | TW517 | G-BDFX | Auster 5 | Damaged beyond repair on landing at Oaksey Park, Wiltshire. |
1995 |
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4th March | EX280 | G-TEAC | Harvard IIA | Crashed near Woodham Walter, Essex. |
7th April | XW791 | N41953 | HS.125 CC1 | Damaged beyond repair during a hard landing at Herrera International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. |
20th July | N6986 | G-AIXD | Tiger Moth | Crashed at Rendcomb near Cirencester, Gloucestershire after the aircraft struck low voltage cables. |
1996 |
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25th February | WZ876 | G-BBWN | Chipmunk T10 | The engine failed immediately after take off from Netherthorpe, Nottinghamshire due to the carburettor icing up. The aircraft belly flopped onto a hedge which contained a small stone wall that effectively destroyed the aircraft. The fuselage came to rest on its left hand side almost inverted but with little damage to the cockpit and engine areas. The two crew received minor injuries. |
14th July | WG363 | G-BDIM | Chipmunk T10 | Damaged beyond repair after being struck by the debris from P-38J NX3145X when it crashed at Duxford, Cambridgeshire. |
21st July | RR299 | G-ASKH | Mosquito TIII | Entered a spin during a wing over manoeuvre during its display at Barton Airfield, Manchester. The aircraft was recovering from the spin at low level when it crashed into dense woodland one mile from the airfield. Both crew were killed. |
29th July | XT134 | HB-XIH | Sioux AH | When the pilot lost control of the aircraft and crashed whilst attempting to land in high winds at Coazhutte, Switzerland killing one passenger. |
18th August | L6936 | G-ANPK | Tiger Moth | Badly damaged in a forced landing on Jaywick Sands, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. |
2nd October | XP282 | G-BGTC | Auster AOP9 | The aircraft landed a long way down the runway at South Lodge Farm airstrip, Nottinghamshire and the pilot decided to go round again. The aircraft failed to climb sufficiently to clear cars which were parked on the western end of the strip and the left wing struck the roof of one of the cars. The pilot was unable to maintain control and it stalled and crashed into the adjoining field. The two crew escaped without injury. |
1998 |
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28th March | WV666 | G-BTDH | Provost T1 | Force landed in a field at Herriard near Lasham, Hampshire. |
5th June | XE677 | G-HHUN | Hunter F4 | Two Hunters had taken off from Dunsfold to fly to Biggin Hill Air Show, Kent for a practice display for the Air Show there which was on the following day. Due to poor weather they returned to Dunsfold and carried out two practice displays. When on approach to land G-HHUN suffered an engine failure and crashed heavily onto the airfield killing the pilot. |
18th June | WT745 | N745WT | Hunter T8 | Crashed at Manchester, NH, USA during an airworthiness test flight after a twelve year rebuild. Thirty seven minutes into the flight, and while on approach to the airport, the pilot reported that he would have to eject as the engine had flamed out. He stayed with aircraft until it had cleared a crowded car park and did not survive the low level ejection. The flame out was due to running out of fuel because of faulty fuel gauges which indicated sufficient fuel remaining. |
24th December | XW431 | G-BWBS | Jet Provost T5 | Crashed into the North sea one mile off Bradwell On Sea, Essex. The pilot ejected after loss of control during aerobatics but was killed. The aircraft had been operating from North Weald and was owned by McCarthy Aviation. |
1999 |
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14th February | XS794 | 9L-LBG | Andover CC2 | Crashed at Foxtrot Airstrip 100 miles NNW of Malakal, Sudan and overshot the runway and struck some tree stumps. |
April | XS640 | P4-TBL | Andover E3 | Damaged beyond repair during a landing on a brush strip in Katanga, Congo. |
1st August | XR674 | G-TOMG | Jet Provost T4 | Crashed at Woolaston, Gloucestershire killing both crew. It was operating out of Staverton and was giving pleasure flights to local pilots. |
29th August | WD321 | G-BDCC | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Husbands Bosworth Airfield, Leicestershire. |
30th September | XV128 | ZK-HUD | Scout AH1 | Crashed at New Plymouth, New Zealand when the engine failed due to fuel starvation. |
16th October | XT630 | G-BXRL | Scout AH1 | Suffered engine failure and ditched into a water filled quarry at Tarmac Quarry, Hearts Hill, Mancetter, near Atherstone, Warwickshire. It became inverted but the three occupants were able to swim to safety before the aircraft sank. It remained submerged for about a month before being recovered. To Thruxton for spares. |
17th November | XL576 | N576NL | Hunter T7 | Crashed on take-off at Williams Gateway AZ, USA due to an engine failure. The remains were stored Chino. |
2000 |
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4th March | WP899 | G-BCSB | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed on take-off at Cosford, Shropshire. |
8th April | PV202 | G-TRIX | Spitfire T9 | During the final approach following a successful overshoot at Goodwood, West Sussex the aircraft clipped a tree on the airfield boundary. Control was lost and it struck a bank, skidded across Goodwood race circuit, came to rest inverted approximately 60 yards from the runway and caught fire. Both occupants were killed. |
19th August | WG420 | ZS-URX | Chipmunk T10 | Crashed at Hectorspruit, South Africa. |
23rd August | XT632 | G-BZBD | Scout AH1 | Crashed at Streatly, South Oxfordshire. All occupants escaped. |
24th September | XW281 | G-BYNZ | Scout AH1 | Whilst on flight from Thruxton to Gloucestershire in poor weather, the pilot decided to return to base, but whilst turning hard to the right a loss of yaw control occurred and the tail and skid struck the ground resulting in the aircraft crashing onto its side at Upper Chute near Andover, Hampshire, both crew were unhurt |
16th October | XM378 | G-BWZE | Jet Provost T3A | Abandoned take-off shortly after getting airborne from Lelystad, Netherlands after suffering engine problems. The undercarriage collapsed and the cockpit area suffered damage. |
2001 |
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12th February | XS509 | ZK-HVK | Wessex HC2 | During heli-logging operations, the helicopter picked up a log and almost immediately placed it back on the ground. The helicopter then adopted a steep nose-down attitude and descended parallel to the terrain, colliding with the ground some 400 feet below the pick-up site. |
12th February | XW302 | G-BYED | Jet Provost T5 | The pilot was forced to make a forced landing short of the airfield at Eglington, Londonderry, Northern Ireland after the engine failed at 700ft while in the circuit. It came down in shallow water on the mud flats of Lough Foyle, the pilot escaped without injury. An RAF Chinook performed the recovery and set down the intact airframe on the grass at Eglington. |
12th May | WH588 | G-EEMV | Sea Fury FB11 | Crashed onto the airfield at Sywell, Northamptonshire and came to rest inverted. The pilot was killed. |
3rd September | XW910 | G-BXZE | Gazelle HT3 | When the aircraft crashed at the Hickstead Showground, West Sussex when control was lost in a turn to left due to loss of fenestron control, the skid hit the ground and the aircraft struck the ground hard and was damaged beyond repair. |
19th November | XW799 | G-BXSL | Scout AH1 | Crashed at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire shortly after take off from Cambridge Airport. The helicopter was written off but the occupants escaped safely. |
2002 |
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14th July | XW894 | G-BZOS | Gazelle HT2 | Whilst taking off from Gaydon, Warwickshire for a flight to Elstree, Hertfordshire the aircraft rolled to the left, the pilot applied right cyclic causing the aircraft to roll to the right during which the rotor blades struck the ground. The aircraft came to rest on its side with extensive damage to the tail boom and cabin area. |
8th November | XW911 | N911XW | Gazelle AH1 | Flew into the sea off East Hampton, New York State, USA during a flight on a moonless night. |
26th November | ZB626 | G-BZDW | Gazelle HT3 | Whilst landing at Hadleigh, Essex a control restriction was felt, the pilot attempted a run-on landing but the skids dug into the water-logged ground and the aircraft rolled over onto its right hand side. |
2003 |
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18th February | WZ858 | G-DHCI | Chipmunk T10 | Destroyed in a hangar fire at Felthorpe airfield, Norfolk. |
March | XS602 | 3C-KKB | Andover C1 | Crashed at Rumbek, Sudan after suffering an engine failure. |
1st June | XF516 | G-BVVC | Hunter F6 | Plunged into the Dyfi Estuary near Aberdovey, mid Wales after the pilot had ejected while retuning to Exeter from Northern Ireland. He was rescued from the water after 30 minutes by a Sea King helicopter and was taken to hospital in Aberystwyth having suffered two broken vertebrae. |
22nd July | XL614 | N614XL | Hunter T7 | Crashed on take-off from Scanton-Wilkes International Airport, USA. |
18th November | XW887 | G-CBFD | Gazelle HT2 | Whilst on a maintenance test flight near Doncaster the cyclic control became jammed by the pilots five point harness, which the pilot failed to wear before take-off, the pilot attempted to turn the aircraft with his yaw pedal and in doing so the tail of the aircraft struck the ground and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. |
22nd November | ZB629 | G-CBZL | Gazelle HT3 | During a landing at Mouswald, southeast of Dumfries, Scotland, the aircraft struck a power cable to an engineering workshop, the main rotor severed the boom and the aircraft fell to the ground, the pilot was slightly injured. |
2004 |
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4th July | XV140 | G-KAXL | Scout AH1 | Crashed due to loss of power possibly because of lack of fuel. The pilot received serious injuries. To Sierra Leone, West Africa in April 2006 but crashed there soon afterwards before taking up any new marks. |
2005 |
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21st February | XX507 | N21SA | HS.125 CC2 | When the aircraft landed 300 feet left of runway 05L and hit a 4 foot deep ditch ripping off the undercarriage during a night landing at Bromont Airport, Canada. The runway edge lights had been turned off, but the runway was not closed. |
February | XS792 | 9XR-AB | Andover CC2 | Damaged beyond repair on landing at Old Fangak, Sudan. |
June | XS610 | 9Q-CVK | Andover E3 | Engine failed shortly after take-off from Kapoeta, Sudan and crashed. |
18th June | FS826 | OY-IIB | Harvard IIB | Stalled and crashed during a practice for the Karup Air Show, Denmark. |
2006 |
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27th August | XK636 | F-AZKF | Vampire T11 | Crashed at Angers, France. |
2007 |
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24th May | XV639 | N612VH | Wasp HAS1 | Operated by the Classic Rotors Museum based at Ramona California USA. The pilot reported that during the flight a severe vibration began throughout the helicopter. The pilot was attempting to make a precautionary landing when the tail rotor stuck a tree. Maintenance personnel for the operator indicated that the vibration was due to a failure of one of the snubber dampeners on a main rotor blade. Due to the age of the helicopter it was written off. |
12th October | ZB503 | G-CHES | Islander | Crashed in the Sierra Norte de Sevilla Mountains, Spain. |
2008 |
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1st November | XW898 | G-CBXT | Gazelle HT2 | Crashed into a field while flying in misty conditions about 800-900 feet at one of the highest spots in Gloucestershire at Langley Hill Farm, Winchcombe, near Cheltenham. All three on board were killed. |
2009 |
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8th July | XF877 | G-AWVF | Provost | Crashed one mile east of Bishop Norton, Lincolnshire after an engine failure followed by a fire. The pilot was killed. |
14th November | XS451 | ZU-BEX | Lightning T5 | During the take off run for a display at Overberg Air Force Base, South Africa fuel was seen emitting from the rear fuselage and evidence of a small fire was noted in post crash photographs. During the display the fire intensified and the pilot reported handling difficulties which would be due to loss of hydraulics. The pilot attempted to eject but the canopy failed to release so preventing the ejection sequence to commence. He was killed when the aircraft struck the ground and exploded. |
2010 |
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23rd June | WK639 | N6540C | Chipmunk T10 | Force landed due to engine failure shortly after take off from Vaughan Ranch Airfield in Port Orchard, Washington, USA after undergoing extensive maintenance. |
26th December | XZ940 | UR-MANN | Gazelle HT2 | Crashed near Butavischevka, Ukraine killing the occupants. |
2011 |
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5th March | XT793 | G-BZPP | Wasp HAS1 | Whilst hovering and preparing to land at Yeovilton, Somerset it was struck from behind by biplane G-STDO and crashed onto the runway. The biplane had been carrying out touch and goes and its female passenger was taken away by air ambulance. There was no one on duty in the tower and it took approximately 20 minutes for the emergency services to arrive. |
15th May | XL716 | G-AOIL | Tiger Moth | While operating from Compton Abbas airfield Dorset it suffered engine failure during aerobatics and crashed Witchampton, between Wimborne Minster and Blandford Forum. One of the two occupants died from their injuries and the other was seriously injured. |
2012 |
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5th January | WP808 | G-BDEU | Chipmunk T10 | Whilst parked at Prestwick Airport it was blown over by 85 mph winds and collided with a Cessna 150 and a fence. |
5th January | ZA631 | G-BFUN | Venture | Picked up by high winds at Compton Abbas, Dorset and was flipped into the car park. It suffered a broken wing, twisted fuselage frame and smashed tail plane. |
29th January | WP805 | VH-QOZ | Chipmunk T10 | Crash landed into a field shortly after take from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia after suffering engine problems. The undercarriage collapsed and the engine was ripped from its mountings. Both crew were injured. |
24th March | XW612 | G-BXRR | Scout AH1 | Written of in a very heavy landing at the Hilton Hotel, Northampton after the pilot mishandled the helicopter and was unable to correct the rapid rate of descent. |
24th July | Z7252 | G-ALJF | Proctor IV | Bounced on touchdown at an airstrip twelve miles south west of Ashford, Kent. The pilot attempted an overshoot but it veered to the right and struck a tree and hedgerow seriously injuring the pilot. |
5th December | KG767 | SAAF 6840 | Dakota C-47TP | Crashed in a remote
area of the eastern Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa during a flight
from Waterkloof Air Base, Pretoria to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. All
four 35 squadron, two 44 squadron personal and five passengers were
killed. |
2013 |
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5th December | WB682 | G-AORW | Chipmunk T10 | Whilst parked at Prestwick Airport it was flipped over during 100mph+ gales. See also WP908 on 5th January 2012. |
2014 |
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29th June | WB659 | VH-UPD | Chipmunk T10 | Control was lost during aerobatics and it crashed 1 km SE of Coff Harbour Regional Airport, NSW, Australia. |
2015 |
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1st August | XP504 | G-TIMM | Gnat T1 | Crashed during a paired Gnat display at Oulton Park, Cheshire killing the pilot. |
22nd August | WV372 | G-BXFI | Hunter T7 | Entered a dive from the inverted while carrying out a wingover manoeuvre during a display at Shoreham, West Sussex. The pilot was unable to pull out of the dive and it crashed onto the A27 road where it struck cars and exploded. The pilot was flown to hospital by air ambulance with critical injuries and eleven members of the public were killed with more injured. |
10th November | XS606 | TL-AEW | Andover C1 | Lost height immediately after take-off from Malakal Airport, South Sudan and force-landed into a field approximately two kilometres from the airfield and close to the River Nile. It burnt out but the four crew escaped safely. It was on a positioning flight to Wau, South Sudan after delivering food to Malakal. |
29th December | XT634 | G-BYRX | Scout AH1 | Suffered a loss of control at 30ft and made a hard landing near Barn Farm, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire. |
2016 |
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17th July | XP967 | HA-PPC | Alouette AH2 | Crashed onto the airfield at Breighton east of Selby, Yorkshire injuring the five occupants. |