Upavon

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Marham - Marham

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The airplane departed RAF Marham at 1520LT on an operation to Brest. The port engine caught fire while outbound, and the crew were ordered to bail out. The pilot diverted to RAF Upavon where the airplane crash landed and was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Sgt Brewerton,
Sgt Longmore,
Sgt Cox,
P/O Taylor,
Sgt Williamson,
Sgt McDonald.

Probable cause:

The left engine caught fire after takeoff.

Crash of an Avro 504N at RAF Alton Barnes

Date & Time: Mar 17, 1936

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K2350

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Upavon - Alton Barnes

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K2350

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The pilot was completing a solo training flight from Upavon to Alton Barnes. On final approach, the single engine aircraft was too low and impacted the ground short of runway. It lost its undercarriage, overturned and came to rest upside down. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was injured.

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Too low approach on part of the pilot.

Crash of an Avro 504N at RAF Woodborough

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1936

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K2346

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Upavon – Woodborough

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K2346

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The pilot, sole on board, departed RAF Upavon on a training flight to RAF Woodborough. On final approach, while performing touch & go, the pilot failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane collided with a hedge and crashed. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of an Avro 504N in Upavon

Date & Time: Jan 30, 1936

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K2375

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Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

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Upavon - Upavon

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K2375

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The pilot departed Upavon on a local solo training flight. Upon landing, the single engine aircraft was caught by strong winds and went out of control. The pilot was slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Probable cause:

Caught by strong winds upon landing.

Crash of a Vickers 139 Virginia X in Wexcombe: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1933 at 0830 LT

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Vickers Virginia

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J7129

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Upavon – Manston

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En route from RAF Upavon to Manston, the crew encountered foggy conditions. The pilot was apparently attempting an emergency landing when the airplane clipped a tree and crashed in a field, bursting into flames. A crew member was injured while four other occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Roy Allen, †
F/O Thorold Paul Pilcher, †
Cpl Cyril Smith, †
AC2 Edward Cecil Sholl, †
LAC John William Henry Hipwell.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth in Arborfield: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1931

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

Operator:

Philip Ernest Noble

Registration:

G-EBYK

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Flight

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Private

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Plain, Valley

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Heston – Upavon

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825

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1929

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While cruising over the region of Wokingham, the engine failed. The pilot lost control of the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in a field. Both occupants, Mr. Philip Ernest Noble and Mrs. Violet Baring, were killed.

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The cause of the engine failure could not be determined with certainty. Investigators were unable to know who was at control at the time of the accident as both occupants were qualified pilots.

Crash of a Fokker F7a in the Atlantic Ocean: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 31, 1927

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Fokker F7

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G-EBTQ

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Flight

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Upavon - Ottawa

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5023

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1927

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The Princess Anne Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was engaged in a transatlantic flight from Upavon to Ottawa, Canada, and provided this aircraft named 'Saint Raphael' that was piloted by an Imperial Airways crew. The airplane departed Upavon Airport, Wiltshire, at 0732LT and continued its route to the west. It was spotted over Ireland and later by the crew of a tanker cruising in the North Atlantic ocean. As the single engine aircraft never arrived in Ottawa, SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor its occupants was ever found. It is believed that the aircraft crashed in the ocean off Newfoundland.
Crew:
Frederick Minchin, pilot,
Leslie Hamilton, radio.
Passenger:
Princess Anne Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.

Crash of an Avro 504K in Upavon: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1924

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E6671

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