Crash of an Avro 652 Anson C.19 in Aylesbury: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1950
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TX187
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Halton - Halton
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training sortie in RAF Halton. While approaching the airbase from the northwest with one engine inoperative, the aircraft stalled from a height of 50 feet and crashed in a near vertical attitude in a field located one mile northwest of Aylesbury. All six occupants were killed.
W/Cdr Richard James Millet Bangay, pilot,
Cpl Cyril Alan Parfett,
AC1 G. A. Richardson,
AC1 J. Montgomery,
AC1 M. G. Prince,
AC2 J. Hendry.

Crash of an Avro 652 Anson I near Aylesbury: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 27, 1947
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
LV209
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Halton - Halton
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training sortie from RAF Halton. While cruising in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a hill located 12 miles south of Aylesbury. All three crew members were killed and the aircraft was destroyed. It appears that the crew did not prepare the mission properly and failed to ask about meteorological conditions prior to the flight. The crew did not take advantage of their radio systems and at the time of the accident, radio contacts with local ATC based at RAF Halton were difficult.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I near RAF Halton: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1940
Operator:
Registration:
L4188
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Halton - Halton
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Halton on a local training flight. While cruising at night, the airplane exploded and crashed in Manor Farm, near the airbase. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Lewis Ernest Ashforth, pilot,
Sgt Alexander Duncan, pilot,
Sgt Robert Capeling, wireless operator,
Sgt Charles Henry George Knight, wireless operator.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV at RAF Halton

Date & Time: Jan 5, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L8741
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Halton - Halton
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
An engine failed just after takeoff. The pilot attempted an emergency landing in a field where the airplane crashed before coming to rest in a hedge. All three occupants were slightly injured.
Crew:
P/O Ian Stapledon +2.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of an Avro 504N at RAF Halton

Date & Time: Aug 26, 1932
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K1816
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Halton - Halton
MSN:
K1816
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight out from RAF Halton. On approach, the airplane was too low, hit a fence and crashed, coming to rest upside down. Both pilots were injured.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.60 Moth at RAF Halton: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-EBPR
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Halton – Hanworth
MSN:
358
YOM:
1927
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from RAF Halton, while in initial climb, the single engine aircraft stalled and crashed. Both occupants were killed.