Glasgow

The descent to Glasgow-Renfrew Airport was started in poor weather conditions with a visibility of 3 km in drizzle. The crew passed over the airport at 1320LT without seeing the airfield and continued to the northwest. Three minutes later, the contact between the crew and local ATC was interrupted by a distress call from another DH.89 of Railway Air Services registered G-ADAJ. His copilot sent a mayday message and obtained the priority to land as he was short of fuel. As G-AFFF failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted and its wreckage was found on the slope of Mt Craighton, near Milngavie, north of Glasgow. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 7 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fredrick Stephens, pilot,
Alexander M. Calvert, navigator.
Passengers:
Alexander Jamieson,
James Crombie,
John McKay,
George Beattie,
Derek Miles.

The aircraft was being flown on a transport flight from airfield B.44 at Poix, to the SW of Amiens, in France to Renfrew. It had stopped at Leicester East and took off from there during the morning of the 24th July and failed to arrive at its destination. On the 26th July the wreckage was discovered by a member of the RAF, who was on leave, when he and his girlfriend were walking on Bleaklow. The crash site was attended by the Mountain Rescue Team from No.28 MU at Hapur Hill and initially they struggled to track down the parent unit of the crew to report the crash to. The USAAF accident report recorded that the crash probably occurred around 0900 on the 24th while the aircraft was flying in cloud, which at the time varied between 500 and 1500ft.
Crew:
1st Lt George L. Johnson, pilot,
1st Lt Earl W. Burns, copilot,
1st Lt Beverly W. Izlar, navigator,
Sgt Theodore R. McCrocklin, crew chief,
Sgt Francis M. Maloney, radio operator,
Passengers:
Cpl Grover R. Alexander,
LAC John Dunlop Main.

En route, the four-engine aircraft caught fire and crashed into the Loch Tarbert, some 300 yards off shore. All 20 occupants were killed.

During the take off run, the aircraft swerved and went out of control. It veered off runway and collided with a fence before coming to rest. All six occupants were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The airplane was ferried from RAF Lossiemouth to Glasgow. The pilot, sole on board, encountered poor weather conditions and got lost when he attempted an emergency landing. The airplane collided with a wall and crashed. The pilot was unhurt and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

The twin engine airplane departed Glasgow-Renfrew Airport on a schedule service to Wick with an intermediate stop in Inverness, carrying five passengers and one pilot. En route, the airplane suffered a double engine failure and the pilot attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a pasture located near Dunbeath. All six occupants were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Nine days later, on May 30, the pilot died from injuries sustained.

The crew was completing a test flight out from Glasgow-Renfrew Airport. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances near the airfield, causing the death of both crew members.
Crew:
P/O Cecil T. Locke,
AC2 Frank R. Haines.

Following an uneventful flight from Glasgow, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances while on approach to RAF Hatston near Kirkwall. The aircraft was destroyed and all 9 occupants were uninjured.

While approaching Kirkwall Airport, the twin engine aircraft hit a hill in Wideford, some 5 miles northwest of the airfield. All six occupants were injured while the aircraft was wrecked. For unknown reason, the pilot was performing the approach at a too low altitude and did not sea the hill.

The crew was completing a flight from HMS Raven cruising off Scotland to HMS Norfolk cruising south of England. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in Bishopbriggs, in the north suburb of Glasgow. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Edward Frank Pope, pilot,
LAC John Baxter.