26
Mar
Avro Shackleton MR.3 – WR970
The aircraft spiralled to the ground and crashed. The Shackleton was being maintained at Woodford for stall-warning development.
26
Mar
Lockheed Neptune MR.1 – WX546
The Neptune belly landed in error at night at RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire.
26
Mar
Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA – G-ALDJ
The Britavia Hermes was on a flight from Blackbushe to Tripoli and back with intermediate stops on the way to Tripoli at Malta, for a c...
26
Mar
Short Sunderland MR.5 – EJ153
Hit a submerged rock while taxiing. Beached but not repaired.
26
Mar
Lockheed Neptune MR.1 – WX545
Flew into high ground at night at Beinn Ne Lice, 1 mile northeast of the Mull of Kintyre, Argyll during an anti-submarine exercise.
26
Mar
26
Mar
Avro 685 York C.1 – G-AMUL
The Avro York was being used to carry RAF personnel and their families to Habbaniyah (Iraq) via Malta. The main runway at Stansted was ...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) – G-AMRB
The Starways DC-3 was on a positioning flight to Glasgow because it had to fly to Lourdes the day after. While on an instrument approac...
26
Mar
Vickers Varsity T.1 – WF388
The airplane undershot the runway on landing, causing the wheels to separate from the undercarriage legs. The Varsity was serving with ...
26
Mar
Vickers 701 Viscount – G-AMOM
The Vickers Viscount had just arrived from London when it was to take off again for a training flight. Takeoff was commenced at 0850 GM...