Dunbartonshire | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The descent to Glasgow-Renfrew Airport was started in poor weather conditions with a visibility of 3 km in drizzle. The crew passed over the airport at 1320LT without seeing the airfield and continued to the northwest. Three minutes later, the contact between the crew and local ATC was interrupted by a distress call from another DH.89 of Railway Air Services registered G-ADAJ. His copilot sent a mayday message and obtained the priority to land as he was short of fuel. As G-AFFF failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted and its wreckage was found on the slope of Mt Craighton, near Milngavie, north of Glasgow. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 7 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fredrick Stephens, pilot,
Alexander M. Calvert, navigator.
Passengers:
Alexander Jamieson,
James Crombie,
John McKay,
George Beattie,
Derek Miles.

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The crew probably lost his orientation on approach to Renfrew Airfield and continued to the northwest without making any visual contact with the airport. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor with low visibility. However, it was determined that the distress call from the copilot of the second aircraft was unfounded as there was sufficient fuel in the tanks for at least one hour flight. The captain of G-ADAJ asked his copilot to cancel the distress call but he failed to do so and obtained the priority to land. In the meantime, as the radio contact was lost with the first aircraft, it is believed that his crew misinterpreted some instructions transmitted from ATC to the second aircraft and continued to the north without knowing his real position.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 near Lennoxtown: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 6, 1941 at 0200 LT

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Junkers JU.88

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M2+CK

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Dinard - Dinard

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The airplane departed Dinard Airport to attack the docks in Glasgow. While flying north of Glasgow at an altitude between 10,000 and 12,000 feet, it was shot down by the crew of a Defiant and crashed in Blairskaith Muir, southwest of Lennoxtown. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Werner Coenen, pilot, †
Cpt Gerd Hansmann, observer, †
Ofw Ernst Langanki, radio operator,
Fw Willi Müller, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra in Loch Lomond: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1940

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Lockheed 14 Super Electra

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G-AFKD

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Flight

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Mountains

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Stockholm – Perth – Heston

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1484

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1939

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The twin engine aircraft named 'Loch Invar' departed Stockholm-Bromma Airport at 0042LT bound for Heston via Perth, Scotland. After the stop in Perth, the aircraft deviated from the prescribed course by 10 miles to the west. At night, the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain located near Loch Lomond. All five occupants were killed.
Crew:
Douglas S. King, pilot,
D. E. Eveleigh, copilot,
J. W. Elliot, radio operator.

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Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I in Torrance: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 18, 1939

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Avro 652 Anson

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K6321

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Flight

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Training

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Plain, Valley

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Abbotsinch - Abbotsinch

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The crew was performing a training exercise out from RAF Abbotsinch on behalf of the 269th Squadron. En route, the twin engine aircraft entered a thick layer of cloud, went out of control and crashed in a field. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Hugh Lynn McPhee, pilot,
Sgt George Charles MacDonald,
AC1 William George Reid,
AC2 Donald MacDonald.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60X Moth in Lenzie

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1929

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De Havilland DH.60 Moth

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G-EBVT

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Glasgow - Glasgow

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The crew was completing a local training flight out from Glasgow-Renfrew Aerodrome. The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, injuring both occupants.