Royal Air Force - RAF

A dual engine failure forced the crew to ditch the aircraft into the Thames off the Canvey Island, Essex. Both crew members were rescued while the aircraft was lost.

En route, the engine number four lost power. Ten minutes later, the engine number two suffered a similar issue. The crew attempted an emergency landing off Tsushima Island. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was completing a training flight from RAF St Mawgan to RAF St Eval. On final approach, the aircraft was too low and hit approach lights. The crew attempted to make a go around when the airplane crashed short of runway. There were no casualties but the aircraft was written off.

Shortly after takeoff from Luqa Airport on a local training flight, while climbing to a height of 50 feet, the right engine oversped. The pilot elected to shut down the engine and to feather the propeller but was unable to do so. The crew decided to return for a safe landing but was eventually forced to attempt an emergency landing. The aircraft crash landed in a field located 8 km north of the airport and came to rest in flames. The navigator was killed while four other crew members were injured.

The aircraft departed RAF Ballykelly to conduct radar homings on a submarine in the Lough Foyle - Rathlin Island area; this exercise was to be followed by a navigation exercise. The crew completed the anti-submarine procedures and made its last radio call at 1715LT. At 1730LT several civilians on the Isle of Mull heard a low-flying aircraft and an explosion. Wreckage was found on the Isle of Mull and the nearby mainland, although it is not clear whether this wreckage was found on the coastline or further inland. All 10 crew died in the accident. The condition of some of the wreckage indicated an extremely violent impact, but the cause of the accident was never established. In March 1954, further wreckage was found in the Sound of Mull which led experts to conclude that the aircraft appeared to have struck the water whilst turning to starboard in a nose down attitude. A search of the high ground on the Isle of Mull did not reveal any evidence of a glancing impact. Contemporary press cuttings indicate that it crashed in the Sound of Mull with the wreckage being found by the frigate HMS Volage on 13th December 1953. A month later a further cutting reports two bodies being found.
Crew:
F/Lt Fielding Chevallier, pilot,
F/Sgt Arthur Gordon McReavy, pilot,
F/O Horace Alexander Brown, navigator,
P/O Alfred Brinkman, navigator,
Sgt Maurice Wilfred Richard Griffin, flight engineer,
Sgt Patrick William Harrington, flight engineer,
Sgt Lewis Ralph Allen, air signaller,
Sgt Michael Barron Bern, air signaller,
Sgt John Dodd, air signaller,
Sgt Maurice James Griffin, air signaller.
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The crew was performing a local training flight at RAF Newton. On final approach, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and sighted the runway after passing the last cloud layer at a height of 200 feet. Due to few patches of fog, he lost the runway and decided to make a go around. The aircraft slightly climbed then stalled and crashed in a huge explosion. Six crew members were killed while a seventh was seriously injured. It was reported that the total weight of the aircraft was above the max landing weight, which was considered as a contributory factor.

While taxiing, the brakes failed. The aircraft went out of control and collided with concrete blocs. Both pilots were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew (three pilots and four engineers) was conducting a post maintenance test flight. Shortly after takeoff from Singapore-Changi Airport, the pilot requested the permission to climb to 4,000 feet. Few seconds later, the contact was lost when the airplane crashed into the sea about 8 km south of the airfield. Few debris were found in water and all seven occupants were killed.

While completing a mission over the region of Aqaba, an engine failed in flight. The captain decided to divert to Aqaba for a safe landing but landed on the wrong runway (too short) referring to the wind component. After touchdown, the aircraft encountered difficulties to stop. The captain raised the landing gear, causing the aircraft to sink on its belly. It slid for several yards, overran and came to rest in a sandy area past the runway end. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew was performing a local training sortie at RAF Abingdon. The final approach was completed in low visibility due to the night and foggy conditions when the aircraft hit the ground, lost its left wing and came to rest in a field located few hundred yards short of runway threshold. All four crew members were injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.