Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II at RAF Welbourn

Date & Time: Jun 1, 1940 at 1145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4583
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Cranwell - Welbourn
MSN:
50
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight from RAF Cranwell to RAF Welbourn. Following a wrong approach configuration, the aircraft landed too far down the runway. After touchdown, it was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran, hit a hedge and came to rest. Both pilots were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Wrong approach configuration on part of the crew.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I at RAF Cranwell

Date & Time: Oct 10, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4627
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
MSN:
94
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training exercice out from RAF Cranwell. On final, the airplane was too high when the right wing stalled and impacted the runway surface. The airplane went out of control and crashed. All three crew members escaped uninjured.

Crash of an Avro 504N in Ruskington

Date & Time: May 13, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K1054
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight out from RAF Cranwell. En route, while completing aerobatics manoeuvres, control was lost and the single engine spiraled to the ground. During the fall, both pilots abandoned the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed while both pilots were uninjured.

Crash of an Avro 504N near RAF Cranwell: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J8751
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot departed RAF Cranwell on a local solo training flight. En route, he lost control of the airplane that dove in the ground and crashed in Fulbeck, some 6 km west of the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot Flt Cadet Hugh Leslie James Bertram was killed.
Probable cause:
Evidence in this case leads to the conclusion that Bertram, a promising pupil in his first term, stalled his aeroplane either through inattention or in a deliberate attempt to execute a manoeuvre for which he had not the height, being well below the altitude at which aerobatics are permitted.

Crash of an Avro 504N at RAF Cranwell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 6, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J8709
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Cranwell for a local training flight. While approaching the airfield, the airplane collided with a second RAF Avro 504 registered J9693 with one pilot on board. While the pilot of J9693 was able to land without further problems, the crew of J8709 lost control of the airplane that crashed on the ground. A crew member was killed and the second was injured.
Crew:
F/Lt Henry Leonard Drake, †
F/Cdt Francis de la Poer Beresford-Peirse.

Crash of an Avro 504N at RAF Cranwell: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 25, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K1242
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training mission at RAF Cranwell. On final approach, the single engine airplane went out of control and crashed. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Henry Fearn,
AC1 Leslie Edward Charlton.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9 at RAF Cranwell: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 1, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J8159
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training flight out from RAF Cranwell. While flying in the vicinity of the airfield, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot William Henry Hodgkinson was killed.

Crash of a Fairey Long Range in the Djebel Zaghouan: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 17, 1929 at 2240 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J9479
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cape Town
MSN:
01
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a nonstop flight from England to South Africa and the Royal Air Force ordered this Fairey Long Range Monoplane to establish a new record. The aircraft departed RAF Cranwell in the morning bound to the south. While overflying Tunisia by night, the crew did not realize his altitude was too low and was unable to distinguish the mountains (Djebel Zaghouan). Around 2240LT, the single engine airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located southwest of Zaghouan. The wreckage was found the following morning. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Arthur Gordon Jones-Williams,
Norman Hugh Jenkins.

Crash of a Stinson SM-1 Detroiter in the Atlantic Ocean: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1928 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC4183
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cranwell – Long Island
MSN:
M223
YOM:
1928
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The pilot Raymond Hinchliffe and the British actress Elsie Mackay were engaged in a nonstop transatlantic flight from UK to Long Island. The aircraft named 'Endeavour' departed RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, at 0845LT bound to the US. The single engine was spotted over Crookhaven, in the Cork county, and later by the crew of the French steamer 'Josiah Macy'. As the aircraft failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were undertaken for several days but eventually suspended as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. On December 1928, a wheel from the aircraft (with a serial number proving it was from this aircraft) was found on a beach in the Donegal county, Ireland. This was the only trace ever found. According to authorities, it is believed that the aircraft probably crashed into the ocean around 1400LT.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.9A in Ailsworth: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 12, 1926
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
J7354
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cranwell - Cranwell
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Sole on board, the pilot was completing a training flight from RAF Cranwell. En route, the airplane went of control and crashed in Ailsworth, bursting into flames. The pilot was killed.
Crew:
F/Cdt David Gam Harcourt Wood.