Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in Tongaporutu: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NZ1251
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hobsonville – Ohakea
MSN:
562
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Hobsonville to Ohakea, the twin engine aircraft crashed in an uninhabited area. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but eventually abandoned as no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was found. In March 1941, walkers found the wreckage in an isolated zone. According to the RNZAF, the aircraft have been built in Hobsonville and was on its way to be delivered at Ohakea Airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Harry Nalder Major,
F/Sgt Sheldon Smith,
Cpl Raymond Smith.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth in Conisborough

Date & Time: Aug 8, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
X9384
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Conisborough - Kirton in Lindsey
MSN:
7067
YOM:
1934
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed Conisborough on a delivery flight to Kirton in Lindsey. After takeoff, the airplane crash landed in a field and came to rest. All three crew members evacuated safely.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV into the North Sea: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jan 18, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BL-127
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Perth – Stavanger
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew took deliver of the airplane at Perth Airfield and was supposed to fly to Stavanger, Norway. En route, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Lt Rudolf Gottschalk, pilot,
Sgt Pekka Kallakari, radio operator.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.310 in Casablanca: 2 killed

Date & Time: Aug 2, 1939 at 0635 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
14-22-1
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Rome - Casablanca - Lima
MSN:
435
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Rome to be delivered to the Cuerpo Aeronaútico del Perú in Lima. Following a fuel stop at Casablanca Airport, the airplane took off when then it went out of control and crashed seven km from the airfield. One crew member was seriously injured while both other occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Pedro Canga Rodríguez, pilot,
Mr. Icaca, mechanic,
Mr. Villanueva, radio operator. †

Crash of a Caproni Ca.135 into the Mediterranean Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
A group of seven Caproni Ca.135 departed Sardinia to be delivered to the Spanish Air Force in Palma de Mallorca. En route, the group encountered stormy weather. Two crew returned to Sardinia, two crew were able to reach Mallorca and three aircraft crashed into the sea. No trace of them nor the 15 crew members (five in each airplane) was found.
Crew:
Cpt Alfredo di Aichelburg, pilot,
Br Vincenzo Lotto, pilot,
Sgt Almerico Landuzzi, mechanic,
Av Giuseppe Mortellaro, radio operator,
Sgt Guido Pasini, gunner.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.135 into the Mediterranean Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
A group of seven Caproni Ca.135 departed Sardinia to be delivered to the Spanish Air Force in Palma de Mallorca. En route, the group encountered stormy weather. Two crew returned to Sardinia, two crew were able to reach Mallorca and three aircraft crashed into the sea. No trace of them nor the 15 crew members (five in each airplane) was found.
Crew:
Cpt Luigi Scagliotti, pilot,
2nd Lt Guelfo Aldrovandi, pilot,
Sgt Luciano Cenerelli, mechanic,
Sgt Piero Gabrielli, radio operator,
Sgt Nicola Indrizzi, gunner.

Crash of a Caproni Ca.135 into the Mediterranean Sea: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 9, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
A group of seven Caproni Ca.135 departed Sardinia to be delivered to the Spanish Air Force in Palma de Mallorca. En route, the group encountered stormy weather. Two crew returned to Sardinia, two crew were able to reach Mallorca and three aircraft crashed into the sea. No trace of them nor the 15 crew members (five in each airplane) was found.
Crew:
Lt Pietro Berardi, pilot,
Br Bruno Pallotta, pilot,
Sgt Ferruccio Orgia, radio operator,
Av Giovanni De Rosa, mechanic,
Av Camillo Di Pasquantonio, gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.86K-4 off Trelleborg: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
154
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
154
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The aircraft was on its delivery flight to the Swedish Air Force and departed Dessau with a crew of three. While approaching Trelleborg, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into the Baltic Sea. All three crew members were killed.

Crash of a Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero near Pokljuka: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 18, 1938
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Vergiate Airport, north of Milan, on a delivery flight to Romania, carrying three crew members. While cruising over Slovenia, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. The airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Pokljuka, north of Slovenia. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Adriano Bacula,
Lt Luigi Morizzi,
Cpt Dimitriescu.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain while cruising in heavy snow falls.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Ismailia

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1938
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K7108
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
8061
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a delivery flight from UK to the 30th Squadron based in Ismailia. After landing, the airplane overran and came to rest upside down. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed.