Crash of a Supermarine Walrus I in Lee-on-Solent

Date & Time: May 19, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L2309
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On landing, the seaplane went out of control and hit the shore. All three crew members escaped uninjured.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Odiham: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L4836
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Odiham - Odiham
MSN:
8851
YOM:
1939
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot was completing a local solo training flight at RAF Odiham when an engine failed in flight. The aircraft crashed in a field near the airbase and was destroyed. The pilot Peter Francis Gordon Jameson was killed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth off Langstone

Date & Time: Jan 2, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-ABSH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Portsmouth - Portsmouth
MSN:
1885
YOM:
1932
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Portsmouth on a local training flight. In unclear circumstances, the airplane entered a dive and crashed into the Langstone Harbour. Both occupants were slightly injured.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley I in Farnborough: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 12, 1938
Operator:
Registration:
K7207
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Farnborough - Farnborough
MSN:
1195
YOM:
1937
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Farnborough Airport, while climbing to a height of 100 feet, the airplane entered a sharp turn then descended until it crashed in trees. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Maurice James Adam,
F/Lt Reginald Monks,
Mr. Benjamin Thomas Edwin Bond.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Kingsclere: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 24, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K6277
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Driffield - Greenham Common
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night training flight from RAF Driffield. On approach to RAF Greenham Common, the twin engine aircraft descended through the last cloud layer when it impacted tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located in Kingsclere, northwest of Basingstoke, Hampshire. A pilot was killed while three other occupants were injured.
Crew from 51st Squadron:
P/O David Lorraine Lloyd Morris, †
Sgt Donald William Mansbridge,
P/O Cecil Wardman Poulter,
AC2 Ronald Harry Price.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 Moth in Southampton

Date & Time: Jun 29, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AADB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Southampton – Portsmouth
MSN:
372
YOM:
1927
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from Southampton to Portsmouth. Shortly after takeoff from Southampton-Eastleigh Airport, the engine failed. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a field. The pilot Alan Cobham was slightly injured and his copilot was shocked. The aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Saro A.29 Cloud off RAF Calshot: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K2895
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Calshot - Calshot
MSN:
A-29/12
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training sortie out from RAF Calshot near Southampton. While taking off from the seaplane base, the float plane hit waves with its wings. Control was lost and the airplane overturned and partially sank. Three crew were killed and two others were seriously injured.
Crew:
P/O David Lewis Davies, pilot, †
P/O Stephen Patrick Crawley, †
P/O Ian Malcolm Brodie,
LAC Ronald Harold Phillips,
AC2 Douglas Frederick King. †

Crash of a Saro A.29 Cloud at RAF Calshot

Date & Time: Jan 8, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K2897
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
A-29/4
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While taxiing, the float plane hit a metallic structure adjacent to the takeoff and landing area and came to a halt. Nobody was injured but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Farlington Marshes

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAKN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Portsmouth - Portsmouth
MSN:
1136
YOM:
1930
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Portsmouth on a local pleasure flight. En route, it entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the Natural Reserve of Farlington Marshes. Both occupants were injured and the airplane was totally destroyed.

Crash of an Airspeed AS.5A Courier in Portsmouth: 1 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-ACVE
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
22
YOM:
1934
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Two employees of the British manufacturer Airspeed Ltd stole the aircraft at Portsmouth Airport in an attempt to fly to Spain to join the Spanish Nationalists in the civil war that started recently. Shortly after liftoff, the single engine aircraft hit a rocky wall and crashed north of the airfield, near a railway line. One occupant was killed while the second was injured.