|
Date |
Rank |
Name |
Unit, Aircraft & Comments |
|
12 Jan |
Flt Lt |
O'DOHERTY, FRANCIS JOSEPH |
He was killed
whilst flying an unidentified Atlas of No 208 Sqn in a flying accident at
Mena near the Pyramids. |
|
12 Jan |
AC1 |
O’ MALONEY,
DENIS JOHN MAURICE |
He was killed
whilst flying in an unidentified Atlas of No 208 Sqn in a flying accident at
Mena near the Pyramids. |
|
20 Jan |
Plt Off |
SHEARN, AUSTIN CHARLES |
He was
serving with No 17 Sqn when he collapsed and died from heart failure following a rugby
match at Upavon. |
|
21 Jan |
Gp Capt |
BRUCE, WILLIAM ROBERT |
A Stores
Officer, he was serving as Deputy Director of Equipment at the Air Ministry
and died, cause unknown at Netley Hospital, Hampshire. |
|
26 Jan |
Fg Off |
TOPPIN, HENRY CASTLEHOW
(Lt RN) |
He was killed
whilst serving aboard HM Submarine M2 as the pilot of Parnall Peto, N255
when the submarine was lost 3 miles of Portland Bill. |
|
26 Jan |
LAC |
GREGORY,
LESLIE |
He was killed
whilst serving aboard HM Submarine M2 when the submarine was lost 3 miles of
Portland Bill. |
|
26 Jan |
LAC |
HARMAN, FRANK
J |
He was killed
whilst serving aboard HM Submarine M2 when the submarine was lost 3 miles of
Portland Bill. |
|
2 Feb |
Fg Off |
GRANT, WILLIAM EDWARD |
He was taken ill whilst serving with No 502 Sqn at Aldergrove and was flown
over to the RAF Hospital at Halton where he died. In November 1931 he was
posted to No 99 Sqn but due to his condition never actually served on the
unit. |
|
15 Feb |
Fg Off |
HICKS, HERBERT GEORGE |
He was killed in a mid-air collision
with Avro 504N, J8509 near Leuchars, whilst flying Fairey IIIF, S1332 of the
RAF Training Base Leuchars. |
|
15 Feb |
AC1 |
BEATTIE,
RICHARD |
He was killed
in a mid-air collision with Avro 504N, J8509 near Leuchars, whilst flying as
the crewman in Fairey IIIF, S1332 of the RAF Training Base Leuchars. |
|
25 Feb |
Flt Lt |
DITTON, HUGH
(Lt Cdr RN) |
He was killed in a mid air collision
whilst flying Flycatcher, N9679 of 401 Flt, HMS Courageous and dived into
the sea. The other aircraft was S1273 flown by Fg Off R S Collins |
|
25 Feb |
Fg Off |
COLLINS, REGINALD STRADLING |
He was killed in a mid air collision
whilst flying Flycatcher, S1273 of 401 Flt, HMS Courageous and dived into
the sea, his body was not recovered. The other aircraft was N9679 flown by
Flt Lt H Ditton |
|
25 Feb |
Fg Off |
IEVERS. GEORGE MAURICE |
He was serving
with No 58 Sqn when he was killed in motorcycle accident near Bagshot. |
|
7 Mar |
A/Cdre |
PINK, RICHARD CHARLES MONTAGU |
Appointed
Senior Air Staff Officer, Air Defence of Great Britain in July 1931, he died
from cancer following a long illness. |
|
12 Mar |
Fg Off |
DEAN, GODFREY |
He was killed
whilst flying Junkers W.33fi CF-ASI of Canadian Airway, which crashed in a
snow storm near Kagianagami Lake, Ontario. |
|
17 Mar |
Sgt |
NICHOLLS, NOAH
WILLIAM |
He was killed
whilst flying in Avro 504N, J8568 of the CFS, which crashed at Pilsgate,
Barnack, near Wittering |
|
17 Mar |
Sgt |
RICHARDSON,
JOSEPH IVAN |
He was killed
whilst flying in Avro 504N, J8568 of the CFS, which crashed at Pilsgate,
Barnack, near Wittering |
|
2 Apr |
Fg Off |
TAYLOR, REGINALD READER HART
RAFO |
He died, cause
unknown, aged 33 at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. |
|
3 Apr |
Sgt |
HUDSON, HERBERT VICTOR |
He was hit in the lung by ground fire whilst carrying out a bombing mission
and died from his wounds later. |
|
14 Apr |
Plt Off |
WARFORD-MEIN, ADRIAN JOHN |
He was killed whilst flying Avro 504N,
K2352 of the No 2 FTS which crashed at East Winch in Lincolnshire. |
|
19 Apr |
LAC |
EAST, |
Serving with No 20 Sqn, he was wounded
by tribesman (on drugs) whilst travelling between Miranshah and Peshawar and
died later that day in hospital. |
|
21 Apr |
Fg Off |
CLARK, HENRY THOMAS |
He died of
injuries sustained whilst flying an Atlas of No 208 Sqn |
|
21 Apr |
AC1 |
BRANDON, VIC |
He was serving
with an Armoured Car Section in Iraq when he died in the RAF Hospital
Hinaidi from typhoid. |
|
25 Apr |
Fg Off |
IRVEN, PAUL LESLIE HYLDER DUNDAS
(Lt RN) |
He was drowned
whilst flying a Blackburn Ripon, S1265 of No 462 (Fleet Torpedo Bomber)
Flight, HMS Glorious, which came down in the sea off Malta.
Mid'n A Hamilton also drowned |
|
26 Apr |
Plt Off |
JOHNSTONE, ARCIBALD CAMPBELL |
He was killed
whilst flying Bulldog, K1673 of No 23 Sqn, which collided with K1675 of same
unit and spun into the ground. |
|
29 Apr |
Fg Off |
SUTTON, JOHN FREDERICK |
He was killed
whilst flying Avro 504N, K1253, No 502 Sqn, which crashed in fog on a
mountain top at Cloughcorr, Co Antrim. |
|
6 May |
Fg Off |
WHITE, NICHOLAS ERSKINE |
He was killed
whilst flying an Avro 504N (K1042 or K1050) of Central Flying School which
collided with each other as the machines were changing formation. |
|
6
May |
Fg Off |
McDOUGALL, DUNCAN SHIMWELL |
He was killed
whilst flying an Avro 504N (K1042 or K1050) of Central Flying School which
collided with each other as the machines were changing formation. |
|
10 May |
Flt Lt |
JONES, HUGH |
He had been
Supernumerary (Non-effective, Sick) since February, prior to which he had
been serving as a Stores Officer at RAF Tangmere and died at Princess Mary's
RAF Hospital, Halton. |
|
11 May |
Fg Off |
HEALING, JOHN WILLIAM MONTAGUE
(Lt Cdr RN) |
He had been a
patient at the Haslar RN Hospital suffering from nervous debility and was
found at the foot of the cliffs at Beachy Head. A verdict of suicide was
returned. |
|
21 May |
Flt Lt |
GIBBONS, FRANK GEORGE
DFC |
He was serving
with No 204 Sqn and was killed whilst flying Spartan, G-ABTT, on behalf of
the manufactures in an air race organised by the Morning Post when he flew
into a tree at Stanton, Norfolk. |
|
23 May |
Fg Off |
BRAMLEY, ERIC VICTOR NEWCOMEN |
He was killed
whilst flying Fairey IIIF Mk IVM, J9814 of No 14 Sqn having collected it
from the RAF Depot, Middle East when it entered a spin near Gaza, from which
it id not recover. |
|
23 May |
LAC |
MOORE, |
He was killed
whilst flying Fairey IIIF Mk IVM, J9814 of No 14 Sqn having collected it
from the RAF Depot, Middle East when it entered a spin near Gaza, from which
it id not recover. |
|
24 May |
LAC |
LANE, WILLIAM
PATRICK |
He was killed
whilst flying in an unidentified Siskin DC of No 5 FTS, which crashed and
burnt out near Barton, Manchester. Sgt J Treadwell was injured in the
accident, but died later. |
|
26 May |
Plt Off |
JACKSON, NEVILLE HOWARD |
He was killed whilst flying Hawker Fury
I, K2064 of No 1 Sqn when he collided with another aircraft, K2036 of the
same squadron during a formation change. His aircraft caught fire and
crashed near Shoreham, the pilot of K2036 successfully abandoned the
aircraft. |
|
8 Jun |
Fg Off |
MARGETTS,
DENNIS JOHN (Lt - RN)
|
He was killed
whilst flying Blackburn Ripon, S1560 of No 466 Flt, HMS Furious near Portree,
Isle of Skye. He dived into the sea during a practice bombing run. His
observer, Lt J Newsham RN was also killed. |
|
8
Jun |
Sqn Ldr |
ELWORTHY, LEONARD MAURICE |
The CO of No
17 Sqn, he was killed whilst flying in a Sidestrand of No 101 Sqn, following
a collision of three Sidestrands. He abandoned the aircraft but his
parachute failed to open. |
|
9
Jun |
Plt Off |
LEGGATT, HARATIO BETHUNE |
He was killed whilst flying an Avro 504N
(F8812 or K1815) of the No 2 FTS which which collided with each other. |
|
9
Jun |
Plt Off |
BEST, JOHN DAVID |
He was killed whilst flying an Avro 504N
(F8812 or K1815) of the No 2 FTS which which collided with each other. |
|
10 Jun |
Sgt |
TREADWELL, JACK |
He died from
injuries sustained on 24 May 1932 whilst flying in a Siskin DC of No 5 FTS,
which spun in and caught fire at Barton, near Manchester. |
|
12 Jun |
Fg Off |
MAHON, LIONEL EDWARD PATRICK |
He was serving
with No 54 Sqn and died, cause unknown, in the RAF Officers Hospital,
Uxbridge |
|
17 Jun |
Plt Off |
WATSON, GEOFFREY DOUGLAS
RAFO |
He was in his
second year at Pembroke College when he was killed in an Atlas of the
Cambridge University Air Sqn at Netheravon. |
|
20 Jun |
Flt Lt |
ASHTON-JINKS, CLEMENT PHILIP |
He was
possibly undertaking the Officers' Aeronautical Engineering course at RAF
Henlow when he was transferred to the RAF Hospital, Halton with a severe
attack of pleurisy. Three after being admitted he was found on the ground
underneath the window of his ward, dying later that night from his injuries. |
|
8
Jul |
Fg Off |
MASSY, NORMAN BLENNERHASSETT
RAFO |
Killed, no further details. |
|
8
Jul |
Plt Off |
DRAPER, ALFRED JOHN |
He was serving
with No 54 Sqn when he was admitted to Uxbridge RAF Hospital suffering from
acute hepatitis. Following the pneumonic complications setting in, he died
from double pneumonia |
|
27 Jul |
Fg Off |
PHARAZYN, PETER WALTER JOHNSTON (SPECIAL
RESERVE) |
He was killed whilst flying Wapiti,
K1369? of No 501 Sqn, when the tail of which broke away following a
collision with a tree causing it to dive into the ground and burn out at 'Howletts',
Bekesbourne. |
|
4 Aug |
Plt Off |
SALT, WILLIAM HARVEY
RAFO |
He was killed
whilst flying Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-AATO of the Reserve School, Brough,
which crashed at Broomfield, near Brough. |
|
16 Aug |
Fg Off |
KAY, ANDREW BANKES
(Lt RN) |
He was killed
whilst flying Fairey IIIF, S1528 of the RAF Training Base, Leuchars, which
dived into ground near Leuchars. |
|
16 Aug |
AC2 |
FOREMAN,
WILLIAM ROBER |
He was killed
whilst flying in Fairey IIIF, S1528 of the RAF Training Base, Leuchars,
which dived into ground near Leuchars. |
|
20 Aug |
Plt Off |
WATKINS, HENRY GEORGE
RAFO |
He had been
the leader of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930-31, and he was
presumed to have died after he went out alone on a seal-hunting trip in a
kayak, but failed to return, although his kayak was later found. |
|
23 Aug |
Plt Off |
SLOWEY, HENRY EDWARD |
He died in the RAF Hospital at Halton from injuries sustained some months
earlier in a car accident at Twickenham in Middlesex. |
|
27 Aug |
Fg Off |
SAWYER, ROBERT STANLEY |
He was serving
as a Stores Officer at the Aircraft Park, India and died at Lahore Catonment
Hospital from tetanus. |
|
29 Aug |
Fg Off |
WILLSHER, CECIL BRIAN |
He was a
Medical Quartermaster and died, cause unknown. |
|
9 Sep |
Fg Off |
HAWKINS, PETER JOHN WALTER |
He was killed
whilst flying Bulldog, J9581? of No 3 Sqn, which broke up in the air over
Upavon during a R/T test flight. |
|
11 Sep |
Act Gp Capt |
BAYLEY, RENE MAURICE
DFC |
He was serving
as the air adviser to the Greek Government and died in the Red Cross
Hospital in Athens of sleepy sickness. |
|
15 Sep |
LAC |
HINKIN, ROBERT
CECIL |
He died when he was trapped in the wreckage of Southampton, S1128 of No 205
Sqn, which
crashed on landing at Seletar, Singapore. |
|
15 Sep |
LAC |
DAVEY, LEONARD
STEPHEN |
He died when he was trapped in the wreckage of Southampton, S1128 of No 205
Sqn, which
crashed on landing at Seletar, Singapore. |
|
16 Sep |
Sgt |
CLARIDGE,
REGINALD EAVES |
He was killed whilst flying Fairey IIIF, J9792 of No 47 Sqn,
which crashed while landing on River Nile at Wau in the Sudan |
|
26 Sep |
Fg Off |
KING, HENRY MAITLAND
(Lt RN) |
He was serving
as an instructor at RAF Gosport when he was killed whilst flying a
Flycatcher, (N9929 or N9932), which both crashed on the range at Holbeach,
Lincolnshire. |
|
1 Oct |
Fg Off |
DOBSON, VERNON WILLIAM
(Sub-Lt RN) |
He was
undergoing training at the RAF Base, Leuchars when he was killed in a motor
accident as he was returning from St Andrews to Leuchars. The car he was
travelling in left the road and landed on its roof in a dyke. |
|
1
Oct |
Fg Off |
DICKSON, ROBERT DOUGLAS LINDSAY
(Lt RN) |
He was
undergoing training at the RAF Base, Leuchars when he was killed in a motor
accident as he was returning from St Andrews to Leuchars. The car he was
travelling in left the road and landed on its roof in a dyke. |
|
6
Oct |
Fg Off |
MAYER JOHN LEONARD
DFC, RAFO |
He died from
injuries sustained on 27 August 1932 whilst flying Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-AATM,
belonging to North Sea Aerial & General Transport Ltd., which crashed during
a flour-bombing display at Coal Aston, Sheffield . |
|
7
Oct |
Fg Off |
PAGE, ARTHUR WILFRID BRIAN |
He was killed whilst flying Virginia VII, J8237 of No 58 Sqn,
which crashed at Godalming, Surrey after wing failure. |
|
7
Oct |
Plt Off |
GULLY, BERNARD HENRY |
He was killed whilst flying Virginia VII, J8237 of No 58 Sqn,
which crashed at Godalming, Surrey after wing failure. |
|
12 Oct |
Flt Lt |
MARETT, HAROLD CLAUDE |
He was killed whilst flying in Tutor, K2509 of No 3 FTS which dived into the
ground at Great Ponton near Grantham. |
|
12 Oct |
APO |
WHITE, ADRIAN KINROSS |
He was killed whilst flying in Tutor,
K2509 of No 3 FTS which spun into the ground near Grantham. Although
he managed to bale out, his parachute failed to deploy fully. |
|
27 Oct |
Fg Off |
THOMPSON, NEVILLE HERBERT
(Lt Sherwood Foresters) |
He was killed whilst piloting Audax,
K2007 of No 4 Sqn when it collided with K2000 of the same squadron and spun
in near Farnborough. The gunner was also killed but K2000 was able to land
safely. |
|
27 Oct |
|
HARVEY, GEORGE
HENRY |
He was killed whilst flying in Audax,
K2007 of No 4 Sqn when it collided with K2000 of the same squadron and spun
in near Farnborough. The pilot was also killed but K2000 was able to land
safely. |
|
18 Nov |
Fg Off |
DENNIS, GERALD WESLEY
(Lt RN) |
He was been serving with No 405 (Fleet
Fighter) Flight in the Mediterranean but shortly after returning to the UK
he was taken ill and died, his body then being conveyed to the Royal Naval
Hospital, Stonehouse, Plymouth. |
|
2 Dec |
Plt Off |
FORMAN, DONALD EDWARD |
He was killed whilst flying Horsley II,
S1449 of No 36 Sqn which dived into the sea during a practice torpedo attack |
|
4
Dec |
Fg Off |
BUCHANAN, JAMES OSMAN
AuxAF |
He was serving
as an Accountant Officer with No 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn, AuxAF and died
from pneumonia |
|
4
Dec |
Plt Off |
BERENS, RICHARD JAMES |
A member of No
7 Sqn, he was killed whilst flying in De Havilland DH60X Moth, G-AAYS of the
Hampshire Aeroplane Club which crashed into Southampton Water. |
|
5
Dec |
Fg Off |
BISHOP, ERIC DOUGLAS |
A
member of No 7 Sqn, he died from injuries sustained whilst flying in an
aircraft of the Hampshire Aeroplane Club which crashed into Southampton
Water. |
|
6
Dec |
Flt Sgt |
BARRAS, JOHN
CHRISTOPHER (2723) |
He was serving
with No 11 Sqn at RAF Risalpur when he died from a self inflicted gun shot
wound |
|
10 Dec |
Plt Off |
LONG, RICHARD |
He was killed
whilst travelling as the passenger in a Riley car entered and driven by
Arthur Jeffrey Wincott in the London-Gloucester Reliability Trial, when it
collided with a tree at Evesham. |
|
12 Dec |
Flt Lt |
MASON, CYRIL RUTHERFORD |
He died of
injuries sustained whilst flying Wapiti, J9503 of No 27 Sqn, which crashed
at Kohat. |
|
15 Dec |
APO |
MOERAN, BRIAN RADCLIFFE |
He was killed
whilst flying an unidentified 504N of No 4 FTS and is buried in Ismailia
Military Cemetery. |
|
21 Dec |
Flt Lt |
HAYNES, DOUGLAS JAMES THOMAS |
He was
undertaking the Officers' Engineering course at the Home Aircraft Depot,
Henlow when he died suddenly, cause unknown, in the RAF Hospital, Halton. |
|
22 Dec |
Fg Off |
CLELAND, ALBERT GWILLIM |
He was killed whilst flying a Fairey
IIIF of No 47 Sqn which crashed in the Gedaref, Kassala Province in the
Sudan during a co-operation with the Eastern Arab Corps. |
|
22 Dec |
Fg Off |
LOVELL, ALBERT
HENRY |
He was killed
whilst flying in a Fairey IIIF of No 47 Sqn which crashed during a
co-operation exercise with the Eastern Arab Corps at Gedaref in the Sudan. |
|
late 1932 |
? |
Unknown airmen |
He was serving
with No 2 Armoured Car Company and was killed in a road accident |
|
late 1932 |
? |
Unknown airmen |
He was serving
with No 2 Armoured Car Company and was killed in a road accident |
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