Crash of a Bristol Type 25 Braemar II in Martlesham Heath: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 16, 1921
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C4297
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Martlesham Heath - Martlesham Heath
MSN:
3752
YOM:
1919
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local test flight out from Martlesham Heath Aerodrome. During the takeoff roll, the pilot-in-command lost control of the airplane that collided with a hangar and came to rest. Two crew members were killed, one was seriously injured and the fourth escaped unhurt.
Crew:
Flt Lt Oliver Manners Sutton, †
2nd Class Charles J. Sheridan, †
Cpl Cecil Stanley Ellison,
AC2 F. T. Barman.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.10A Amiens IIIA in Hasketon: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1921 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F8423
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Martlesham Heath - Martlesham Heath
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, departed RAF Martlesham Heath on a local test flight. En route, while flying at a relative low altitude, the aircraft stalled and entered an uncontrolled descent before crashing in an open field located in Hasketon, Suffolk. The pilot F/o Harold William Gardner was killed.
Probable cause:
The aeroplane stalled after coming out of a left handed spin: there not being sufficient height for the Pilot to get control again. There is no evidence to show why the aeroplane got into a spin. The purpose of the flight was to practice on this type of machine which was new to the pilot.