Pembroke Dock | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The crew departed Pembroke Dock on a training mission consisting of tests with the Flying Boat Blind Approach System. Weather conditions deteriorated and the crew was forced to ditch the airplane in the Bristol Channel off St Govan's Head. All five crew members took place in a dinghy and the aircraft sank 25 minutes later. All crew were rescued and the aircraft was lost.
Crew:
S/L Banks, pilot,
Eddie E. Briggs, copilot +3.

Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland I off Milford Haven: 10 killed

Date & Time: Sep 18, 1939

Type of aircraft:

Short S.25 Sunderland

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Registration:

L2165

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The crew was engaged in a maritime patrol flight. En route, the pilot encountered a hazardous situation with the simultaneous failure of all four engines. He attempted to ditch the float plane that stalled and crashed into the Milford Haven near Pembroke Dock. All 10 crewmen were killed.
Crew (210th Squadron):
F/Lt. Thomas Ivor Davies, pilot,
P/O Gordon William Sutton, copilot,
P/O Gordon William Brant, copilot,
Cpl Ronald Wesley Ewens,
AC1 Michael Murphy,
AC1 Frederick Jesse Soffe,
AC1 William Arthur Soanes, mechanic,
AC1 Frederick Ernest Hudson,
AC2 Jack Moss, wireless operator,
AC2 William Attrata O'Brien.

Probable cause:

Failure of all four engines caused by a fuel exhaustion.

Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland I off Pembroke Dock

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1939 at 1830 LT

Type of aircraft:

Short S.25 Sunderland

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N6135

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Birżebbuġa - Pembroke Dock

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Following an uneventful flight from Birżebbuġa (Kalafrana), the crew started the approach to Pembroke Dock in poor weather conditions. Upon landing downwind on Milford Haven off Pembroke Dock, the float plane lost its both wingtip floats and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of Supermarine Scapa off Felixstowe: 6 killed

Date & Time: Aug 13, 1938

Type of aircraft:

Supermarine Scapa

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Registration:

K7306

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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On approach to Felixstowe, the float plane crash in unknown circumstances into the sea some 5 km offshore. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
Sgt David Louis Bissett Cabuzet,
AC1 Peter E. Evans,
AC1 O. T. Edwards,
AC1 Thomas E. Griffiths,
AC1 Keith C. Sherwin.
Passenger:
Mr. Hunter Gray.

Crash of a Supermarine Stranraer off Ushant: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 28, 1938 at 0630 LT

Type of aircraft:

Supermarine Stranraer

Operator:

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K7288

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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The float plane departed Pembroke Dock on an exercice off Britain, carrying five crew members and one journalist who was covering the manoeuvres of the squadron. In the early morning, while flying in poor visibility due to mist, the aircraft descended too low, impacted the water surface, exploded and sank, less than a mile from the British cargo named 'Consett'. Quickly on site, approximately 20 NM southwest of Ushant (Ouessant Island), the crew of the cargo found few debris and the dead body of the passenger.
Crew:
F/Lt Reginald Henry Hobbs,
P/O John Philip Owens,
Cpl James Henry Audley,
AC1 Benjamin David Carysfort Lewis,
LAC Edward Weston Neale.
Passenger:
Arnold Edward Barlow.