Southampton

On approach to Cowes Airfield, the twin engine aircraft overshot, hit tree tops and the roof of a house before crashing in a garden. The aircraft was written off and all seven occupants were slightly injured.

While on a cargo service from Southampton to Guernsey, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 24 km southwest of Niton, Isle of Wight. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Shephard, pilot,
Mr. Prim, radio operator.

During the takeoff roll from Luqa Airfield, the twin engine aircraft swung on runway, went out of control and eventually came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The reason of the occurrence remains unknown.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances off Southampton, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Lindhorst, pilot,
Fw Hermann Radtke, observer,
Gefr Erwin Krause, radio operator,
Gefr Paul Karzel, mechanic,
Gefr Werner Enslin, mechanic.

The pilot was completing a solo training flight out from RNAS Lee-on-Solent. Upon landing on the Solent, the float plane overturned and crashed. The pilot Midshipman Peter Lewis Atkinson was killed.

While on a training flight over the coast of Hampshire, the float plane collided with the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed in the Bitterne Village, east of Southampton. All four crew members were killed while there were no casualties on the ground.
Crew:
Lt Richard Herriot Mackay Herriot-Hill,
F/O Michael Fortnum,
LAC Michael M’Loughlin,
Louis Moorhead, mechanic.

En route from Southampton to Sydney and while flying over Iraq at night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with a sandstorm. Apparently in an attempt to maintain a visual contact with the ground, the crew reduced his altitude when the float plane named 'Calpurnia' hit the ground at full power and crashed. All four crew members were killed.

Less than a minute after takeoff from Jersey-States Airport, while climbing to a height of 120 feet, the twin engine aircraft named 'Saint Catherines Bay' entered clouds when the pilot initiated a turn to the left. The aircraft slid then stalled and crashed in an open field located 500 yards from the airport, bursting into flames. All 13 occupants were killed as well as a farmer who was working his field.

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.

The float plane departed Southampton at 1150LT on a flight to Durban with intermediate stops in Brindisi, Mirabella and Alexandria. On board were one passenger, five crew members and a load of mail, four boxes with 160 kg of gold, one box of gemstone et tree bags of bank notes from the National British and Egyptian Banks. While overflying the Morvan Mountain Range, the radio navigator contacted ground control in Lyon-Bron to obtain a position briefing. While flying in snow falls, the four engine aircraft named 'Capricornus' deviated from the flight plan then impacted two pine trees and crashed near Ouroux, some 20 km southwest of Mâcon. The radio navigator survived and walked few km to find help. When he returned to the aircraft, he found that all five other occupants were killed.
Crew:
A. Paterson, pilot,
G. E. Klein, copilot,
Denis R. O'Brien, flight clerk,
James L. Cooper, radio navigator,
F. A. E. Jeffcoate, steward.
Passenger:
Beatrix 'Betty' Mercy Coats.