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Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford I in RAF Finningley

Date & Time: Oct 22, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PH399
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a local training sortie. On landing, the undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft came to rest on its belly. Both pilots, among them an instructor, were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in RAF Lindholme

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1948
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PA442
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training sortie in RAF Lindholme. On final approach with one engine voluntarily inoperative, the pilot was unable to lower the undercarriage. The crew decided to go around when the aircraft stalled and hit the runway surface, crashing on its belly. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Vickers 440 Wellington X in RAF Finningley: 1 killed

Date & Time: Nov 10, 1947 at 1500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
MF557
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Finningley - Finningley
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a test flight at RAF Finningley. Enroute, both engines failed simultaneously. The captain elected to return to the airbase but on approach, the aircraft stalled and crashed in a field located five miles from the runway threshold. On ground, the aircraft hit an embankment located near a railway, sheared off some road signs and came to rest in flames. The pilot was killed while both other occupants were injured.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the dual engine failure was caused by a momentarily jam on the fuel transfer system.

Crash of a Vickers 619 Wellington X in RAF Finningley

Date & Time: May 22, 1947
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PG124
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The aircraft lost power during takeoff roll. The captain decided to abandon the takeoff procedure and raised the undercarriage. The aircraft sank on its belly and skidded for several yards before coming to rest. There were no casualties.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow II at RAF Finningley

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K7012
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown at RAF Finningley, the aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining runway, overran and came to rest in a ravine. There were no casualties. Crew from the 271st Squadron.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC in Broomhead Moor

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DV810
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Edgehill - Edgehill
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
During a night training mission, the aircraft hit a hill in Broomhead Moor, northwest of Sheffield. All six occupants were injured while the aircraft was destroyed. At the time, weather conditions were poor with low clouds, rain falls and strong winds.
Crew (21st OTU):
P/O Stanley Baker, pilot,
F/Sgt Anthony St Clair Turner, pilot,
F/Sgt Donald Norman Dawson, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Douglas Weeks, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Walter Samuel Sinclair, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Alan Gordon Allwright, wireless operator.

Crash of a Vickers 416 Wellington IC on Rud Hill

Date & Time: Jul 17, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8980
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Schedule:
Lichfield - Lichfield
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a night training flight. Few minutes after its departure from RAF Lichfield, the aircraft hit the slope of Rud Hill located near Sheffield. While all five occupants were injured, the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (27th OTU):
Sgt Thomas Frank Thompson, pilot,
P/O John William Moore, navigator,
Sgt Joseph Howe Levett, navigator,
Sgt Kennington John Hythe Harris, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Jacob Henry Roden, wireless operator and air gunner.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide at RAF Finningley: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 11, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
Z7263
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
6293
YOM:
1935
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after take off from RAF Finningley (Doncaster Airport), while in initial climb, the twin engine aircraft stalled and crashed in flames in a wooded area. Three passengers were killed while both other occupants were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.
Crew (4th Squadron):
S/L Edward Claude Inglefield,
P/O Charles John Roger Boyce,
AC2 William Giblin.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster III at RAF Finningley

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1942 at 2307 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
R5486
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Woodhall Spa - Woodhall Spa
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Woodhall Spa at 1935LT on a night cross country exercise and bomb load test. En route, he encountered poor visibility and decided to divert to RAF Finningley. On approach, the airplane crashed, lost its undercarriage and came to rest, bursting into flames. One crew member was slightly injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt G. H. Hartley,
Sgt M. Griffiths +5.

Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II at RAF Lindholme: 5 killed

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
Z8438
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lindholme - Lindholme
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lindholme at 1922LT on an operation to Cologne. It was hit by the German Flak over the target area but was able to return to base. Upon landing, the airplane overshot and crashed on a building belonging to the airfield's rifle range. Five crew members were killed and a sixth was injured.
Crew:
F/O Czesław Rymkiewicz, pilot, †
P/O Mieczysław Kazimierz Dranicki, pilot, †
F/O Stansław Marian Ostaszewski, navigator, †
Sgt Eugeniusz Bala, wireless operator, †
Sgt Wacław Sasin, air gunner, †
Sgt Mieczysław Kazimierz Galas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Hit by the German Flak.