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Crash of a Saro A.29 Cloud in Walsgrave

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Saro A.29 Cloud
Operator:
Registration:
K3723
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
A-26/7
Location:
Coventry
West Midlands
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was conducting a training mission when an engine failed. The pilot attempted an emergency in a field located in Walsgrave, in the suburb of Coventry. All three crew escaped unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

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

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1937
Type of aircraft:
Saro A.29 Cloud
Operator:
Registration:
K2895
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Calshot - Calshot
MSN:
A-29/12
Location:
Calshot AFB
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
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:
Saro A.29 Cloud
Operator:
Registration:
K2897
Flight Phase:
Taxiing
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
A-29/4
Location:
Calshot AFB
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
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.
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