Cranwell AFB

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.

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.

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training sortie at RAF Cranwell. On approach, the aircraft collided with a second RAF Avro 504K registered F8747. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed. The pilot Cadet Francis Gerald Cator was seriously injured while the pilot Cadet Vyvian Osborne Gillmore on board F8747 was killed.

The pilot, sole on board, was completing a local training sortie at RAF Cranwell. On approach, the aircraft collided with a second RAF Avro 504K registered H2364. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed. The pilot Cadet Vyvian Osborne Gillmore was killed while the pilot Cadet Francis Gerald Cator on board H2364 was seriously injured.

The crew was completing a training mission out from RAF Cranwell. En route, the pilot lost his orientation then control of the airplane that dove into the ground. Crew fate unknown.

The crew was completing a local training mission at RAF Cranwell. On final approach, at low height, the single engine airplane stalled and crashed. Both pilots were injured.