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On 13 October KL595 a Consolidated Liberator C.6 of 206 Squadron RAF failed to gain speed on takeoff from Melsbroek, Belgium and sank back into ground, 31 killed. [ 1 ][ 4 ] On 15 October NJ277 a Short Sunderland GR.5 of No. 230 Squadron RAF crashed into a hill in bad visibility near Tuas, Johore, Malaya., 22 killed.
Nachtjagdgeschwader 3, was the last Axis aircraft to crash on British soil during World War II. Confused by auto headlights, the fighter hit a tree while attacking the airfield at RAF Elvington and crashed at Sutton upon Derwent, Yorkshire; all four crew members were killed. Two other Ju 88s crashed in separate incidents at 1:37 and 1:45 am.
0–9. 1942 Herefordshire TRE Halifax crash. 1943 RAF Hudson crash. 1944 Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash. 1944 Montreal RAF Liberator VI crash. 1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash. 1956 London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash. 1982 Royal Air Force Jaguar shootdown incident. 1989 Germany mid-air collision.
1942 Ruislip Wellington accident. The 1942 Ruislip Wellington accident occurred on 18 October 1942 when a Vickers Wellington 1C medium bomber of No. 311 Squadron RAF crashed near South Ruislip station, Middlesex, on approach to RAF Northolt. The crash killed all 15 people aboard the aircraft, and six civilians on the ground including four children.
On 15 September 1949 two RAF De Havilland Mosquitos of 109 Squadron collide during a Battle of Britain flypast at RAF Snettisham in Lincolnshire, both crash land. On 26 September 1949 two RAF Avro Lincolns on a night exercise collide with a loss of seven crew on each aircraft. On 20 October 1949 a RAF de Havilland Tiger Moth was hit from behind ...
Report Forres Gazette. 8 December 1965 Shackleton MR.3 XF704 crashed into the Moray Firth Scotland on a local training flight from RAF Kinloss , all 7 201 Sqn crew on board killed. 17 May 1967 Shackleton T.4 WB831 of the Maritime Operational Training Unit, RAF sank back onto runway following premature landing gear retractions on take off from ...
52°50′50″N01°43′50″W / 52.84722°N 1.73056°W. The RAF Fauld explosion was a military accident which occurred at 11:11 am on Monday, 27 November 1944 at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot in Staffordshire, England. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history and the largest on UK soil.
Ground injuries. 2. The 1952 Luqa Avro Lancaster crash was a military aviation accident that occurred in Malta on 30 December 1952 when an Avro Lancaster bomber crashed shortly after takeoff from RAF Luqa into a residential area in Luqa. Three of the four crew members on board the aircraft and a civilian on the ground were killed.