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On 30 April 1948 RF474 an Avro Lincoln B.2 of No. 9 Squadron RAF broke up in cu-nim cloud and crashed at Verquires, Bouches-du-Rhone, France, 11 killed. [ 11 ] On 4 July 1948 MW428 an Avro York C.1 of No. 99 Squadron RAF collided with a Douglas DC-6 of Scandinavian Airlines System which was on approach to RAF Northolt , seven killed on the York ...
During the Second World War, when units from other air forces were attached to the RAF; such as the Article XV squadrons (also known as '400 series squadrons'), their squadron codes were often changed, to avoid confusion with RAF units.
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. Not all of the aircraft were in operation at the time. For more exhaustive lists, see the baaa-acro.com archives [1] or the aviation-safety.net database. [2]
The pilot ejected successfully but suffered serious injuries. 2 May 1999 United States Marine Corps: AV-8B Harrier II Crashed into the Adriatic Sea whilst returning to USS Kearsarge from a training mission, after the pilot ejected. [171] 9 July 1999 No. 4 Squadron RAF: Harrier GR7 ZD345 Crashed 5 miles SW of Boston, Lincolnshire.
The aircraft's landing gear collapsed and the X-15 flipped over on its back. McKay was promptly rescued by an Air Force medical team standing by near the launch site, and eventually recovered to fly the X-15 again. But his injuries, more serious than at first thought, eventually forced his retirement from NASA.
"Los Angeles, April 6 (AP) - Two Navy fliers were killed tonight when their two-engine dive bomber crashed in rain and heavy fog in the Palos Verdes hills. The bodies were burned." [234] The loss of a 100-piece Marine Corps art collection slated to become part of the permanent war record in a plane crash in New Mexico was announced in San ...
A Messerschmitt Bf 109F–2, Werk Nr. 12764, previously flown by Rolf Pingel (1 October 1913 – 4 April 2000), a German Luftwaffe experten and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, captured on 10 July 1941 when Pingel was forced to crash land in England near St Margaret's at Cliffe after being hit by fire from a British Short ...
These include Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed on 1 April 1918, during the First World War. Other squadrons of the RAF include those from Commonwealth air forces which have served within the RAF structure and squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm before it transferred to ...