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Crash of a De Havilland DH.6 in Stanford Rivers

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1923
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAWD
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stag Lane - Stag Lane
MSN:
649
YOM:
1921
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 training sortie out from Stag Lane. En route, he lost his bearings and elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a prairie. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.6 on the Isle of Wight

Date & Time: Mar 31, 1922
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAWU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
F3439
YOM:
1921
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft was completing a plaisance flight over the Isle of Wight when it crashed for unknown reasons. Both occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.6 in Croydon

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1921
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAAB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Croydon - Croydon
MSN:
K100
YOM:
1919
Location:
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 local radio test flight on behalf of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company. Shortly after takeoff, aircraft stalled and crashed. The pilot was slightly injured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.6 in Aldeburgh: 1 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1919
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C6861
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Aldeburgh. At a height of about 300 feet, the single engine airplane collided with a second RAF DH.6 registered C7829 and also carrying two pilots. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. Both pilots on board C7829 were killed while both pilots on board C6861 were seriously injured. One of them died two days later.
Crew (1st MOS):
Lt A. G. Wyatt, †
Sgt L. D. Adock.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.6 in Aldeburgh: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 24, 1919
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
C7829
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Aldeburgh - Aldeburgh
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Aldeburgh. At a height of about 300 feet, the single engine airplane collided with a second RAF DH.6 registered C6861 and also carrying two pilots. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. Both pilots on board C7829 were killed while both pilots on board C6861 were seriously injured. One of them died two days later.
Crew (1st MOS):
Lt Cyril Victor Clarence Wright,
Lt Edward William Sydney Jacobi.

Crash of an Airco DH.6 at RAF Seaton Carew: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 18, 1918
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
B3087
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Seaton Carew - Seaton Carew
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Seaton Carew when the aircraft entered a spin and crashed in a field, bursting into flames. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Charles David Danby, pilot,
1st Class E. A. Bannister, mechanic.