Crash of a Handley Page H.P.12 in Rome: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 17, 1919
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.12
Operator:
Registration:
D5439
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
London – Paris – Pisa – Rome – Cairo
Location:
Rome-Centocelle
Lazio
Country:
Italy
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed London on a flight to Cairo, carrying four crew members. In Paris, one passenger, Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (awa Lawrence of Arabia) embarked to fly to Cairo after taking part to the 1919 Peace Conference in Paris. While approaching Rome-Centocelle Airport at dusk, the pilot encountered limited visibility and attempted a go-around procedure when the aircraft clipped a tree and crashed upside down. Both pilots were killed and three other occupants were injured.
Crew:
2nd Lt Frederick George Prince, pilot, †
2nd Lt Sydney Spratt, pilot, †
Aircraftman F. J. Daw +1.
Passenger:
Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4A off Boulogne: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
H5894
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
London - Paris
Location:
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Pas-de-Calais
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed London on a flight to Paris, carrying one pilot and one passenger, the agronomist and botanist Aaron Aaronsohn. While flying over The Channel, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the sea off Boulogne-sur-Mer. Both occupants were killed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in Ellington AFB

Date & Time: May 6, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
AS-30985
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Ellington AFB - Ellington AFB
Location:
Ellington AFB (Houston)
Texas
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in Oklahoma City

Date & Time: May 3, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
AS-22853
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft crashed near Oklahoma City-West Wood Field Airport in unknown circumstances.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 at Ellington AFB

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
AS-29071
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Location:
Ellington AFB (Houston)
Texas
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Suffered an engine failure, entered a dive and crashed at Ellington Field.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in Latrecey-Ormoy-sur-Aube

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
A-31615
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Latrecey-Ormoy-sur-Aube
Haute-Marne
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The DH.4 collided with a Salmson aircraft over Latrecey-Ormoy-sur-Aube and crashed, killing the pilot Raymond B. Messer.

Crash of a Blackburn RT.1 Kangaroo in Seaton Carew AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 31, 1918
Type of aircraft:
Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo
Operator:
Registration:
B9983
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Seaton Carew AFB - Seaton Carew AFB
MSN:
B9983
YOM:
1918
Location:
Seaton Carew AFB
Durham
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While landing, aircraft bounced and crashed into flames. Both occupants were killed.
Exact date of crash unknown. Plane crashed some date in 1918.
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