Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Schleswig AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 21, 1949
Operator:
Registration:
G-AJZZ
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Northolt – Schleswig
MSN:
1396
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
On final approach to Schleswig AFB, the four engine aircraft was too low and crashed few hundred yards short of runway. Three crew members were killed while the fourth occupant was injured. The aircraft was destroyed.
Crew:
Cpt Robert John Freight, †
James Patrick Lewin Sharp, navigator, †
Henry Patterson. †

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax Met.6 in La Línea de la Concepción: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1949
Operator:
Registration:
RG850
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
On approach to Gibraltar Airport, one of the left engine failed. The captain elected to make a go around when control was lost. The aircraft stalled and crashed in La Línea de la Concepción, north of the airport. Five crew members were killed while two others, among them the pilot, were injured.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Berlin

Date & Time: Feb 15, 1949
Operator:
Registration:
G-AIOI
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1327
YOM:
1946
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown at Tegel Airport, the left main gear partially collapsed. The aircraft veered off runway and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Schleswig AFB

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1949
Registration:
G-AKBB
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Schleswig – Berlin
MSN:
1321
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Schleswig AFB, while taking part to the Berlin Airlift, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the captain decided to return for a safe landing. Upon touchdown, a landing gear collapsed and the aircraft went out of control before coming to rest. While all three crew members were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Lyon: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 1, 1948 at 1430 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-BCJS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lyon – Casablanca
MSN:
1360
YOM:
1945
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff, while climbing in foggy conditions, the four engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located 1,200 meters past the runway end. Three passengers (members of the same family) were killed.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Berlin

Date & Time: Oct 8, 1948
Operator:
Registration:
G-AKGZ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Berlin – Blackpool
MSN:
1400
YOM:
1947
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff at Berlin-Gatow, while on a cargo flight to Blackpool, taking part to the Berlin Airlift. The accident occurred in unknown circumstances and while the aircraft christened 'North Wind' was damaged beyond repair, all five crew members were injured.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII near Port Erin: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 28, 1948 at 0959 LT
Operator:
Registration:
G-AJNZ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Belfast – Liverpool
MSN:
1385
YOM:
1947
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The aircraft was flying the last of six round trips from Speke, Liverpool, to Nutts Corner, Northern Ireland, it was scheduled to make during the 27th/28th September. The aircraft had been carrying nearly 1150 gallons of milk on each flight from Northern Ireland back to Liverpool to help make up a shortage being experienced at the time in some areas of the UK. The aircraft left Nutts Corner at 09:30 and had been in contact with Nutts Corner by radio until passing into the Northern Flight Information Region where contact was made with the Northern area controller. This was followed by further contact at 09:59 which ended abruptly mid-sentence with "I am over or abeam I O", both the northern area controller, Ronaldsway and Speke attempted to contact the aircraft with no response. A search for the aircraft was begun immediately and at about 12:30 the commandant of Ronaldway airport located the wreckage of the aircraft. It had struck the very summit of Cronk ny Arrey Laa slid off the summit and landed about 200 yards down hill on the eastern side of the hill where the aircraft broke up killing the crew.
Crew:
John Frederick George Savage, pilot,
Richard Lansdowne Miller, navigator,
Oswald Harold Guppy Hiscock, radio operator,
Albert Harry Noon, flight engineer.
Source:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/isleofman/iomg-ajnz.htm
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Blackpool

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1948
Operator:
Registration:
G-AIHX
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1367
YOM:
1946
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown, the four engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond economical repair.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax VIII in Aubervilliers

Date & Time: Jul 27, 1948
Registration:
F-BCJQ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
1392
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Paris-Le Bourget Airport, the four engine aircraft christened 'Keroual' crashed in unknown circumstances in Aubervilliers, south of the airport. All three crew members were slightly injured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.