|
Date |
Rank |
Name |
Unit, Aircraft & Comments |
|
xx Jan |
Cpl |
BARNABY,
CHARLES HECTOR ( 350625), age: 32 |
He was serving
at RAF South Farnborough and died in Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot,
from injuries when he struck his head against a bath when he apparently
tripped over a rug and fell at his home. |
|
9 Feb |
Fg Off |
CLARKSON, RODNEY THOMAS PLAYFORD |
He was serving
at RAF Gosport and died from injuries (paralysis of the intestines due to
shock) sustained on 5 February in a road accident at Gomer Lane, Gosport. |
|
11 Feb |
Flt Lt |
ALLEN, RALPH ERIC HERBERT
RAFO |
He
was employed as a technical officer at Scotland Yard but died of injuries
sustained when he was hit by a van as he ran out into the road from behind a
bus in Parliament Street, London. |
|
13 Feb |
LAC |
HOBBS, E |
He was killed in a accident aboard HMS
Furious, when he ran into the propeller of Fairey IIIF, S1339 as it was
being hoisted out. |
|
xx Feb |
AC |
SEDDON, EDWIN
H age: 18 |
His death was
registered in Uxbridge.. |
|
2
Mar |
LAC |
BEATTY, CYRIL DAVID |
He was serving
with No 502 (Ulster) Sqn when he died frm injuries
sustained in motor cycle accident. |
|
7 Mar |
Fg Off |
PATON, JOHN HUGH
MB, ChB, RAFO |
Working as a
doctor in Hull, he died of injuries sustained the previous day whilst flying
Blackburn Bluebird IV, G-AABV, which crashed at Hedon. |
|
8
Mar |
Flt Lt |
BEST, WILLIAM |
He was serving
as a Stores Officer at the RAF Depot, Middle East and died after an
operation. |
|
11 Mar |
AC2 |
GRIFFITHS,
CHARLES EDWARD |
He was flying as the crewman in Wallace, K3563 of No 501 Sqn when
the pilot abandoned the aircraft near Thornbury because he believed it to be on fire but
Griffiths did
not leave the aircraft. |
|
15 Mar |
Flt Lt |
ANDREWARTHA,
ERNEST VICTOR EMERSON |
He had been
serving as Stores Officer at the Aircraft Depot, Iraq but was taken ill
shortly after returning to the UK in April 1933, eventually dying in Granard
House, Fulham from cancer. |
|
15 Mar |
Sgt |
LOVETT, F |
He was killed whilst flying in Vildebeest II, K2919 of No 100
Sqn, which ditched in the South China Sea during an exercise with the 4th
Submarine Flotilla |
|
20 Mar |
AC1 |
McANDREWS,
RONALD PERRIEN |
He was serving
as a Driver (Petrol) with No 30 Sqn and is buried in Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF
Cemetery. |
|
21 Mar |
WO |
STONE,
FREDERICK |
He was serving
at the Aircraft Depot, Iraq and is buried in Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF
Cemetery. |
|
23 Mar |
Flt Cdt |
TREASURE,
STANLEY JEFFREYS |
He was killed
whilst flying an Atlas of te RAF College, Cranwell which spun into the
ground from 400 ft over North Rauceby. |
|
4 Apr |
Flt Lt |
BARNES, WILFRED EDWARD
RAFO |
He died
following a long illness, no further details. |
|
5
Apr |
Sqn Ldr |
SCRIVEN, VICTOR REGINALD
AFC |
He was serving
on Engineer duties at HQ Wessex Area when he died in the Princess Mary
Hospital, Halton, cause unknown. |
|
10 Apr |
Flt Lt |
SEARLE, EDMUND HENRY |
He was killed
near Khartoum whilst flying Gordon, K2624 of No 47 Sqn, which crashed at
Rumbeck, Sudan and is buried in Khartoum War Cemetery. |
|
11 Apr |
LAC |
WOOLLEY,
ARTHUR GEORGE |
He died from
injuries sustained the previous day whilst flying in Gordon, K2624 of No 47 Sqn, which crashed at Rumbeck,
near Khartoum, Sudan and is buried in Khartoum War Cemetery. |
|
23 Apr |
Flt Lt |
BROWN, RICHARD |
He was flying
Hawker Fury I, K2044 of No 1 Sqn when he collided with K2047 of the same
unit during flight attack training and is buried in Tangmere (St Andrew)
Churchyard. |
|
23 Apr |
Fg Off |
TANNER, WILLIAM ERSKINE SNELL |
He was flying
Hawker Fury I, K2047 of No 1 Sqn when he collided with K2044 of the same
unit during flight attack training and despite managing to abandon the
aircraft was nevertheless killed. He is buried in Tangmere (St Andrew)
Churchyard. |
|
30 Apr |
AC |
READ, LEONARD
WILLIAM (526638), age: 19 |
He was killed
by a train two miles away from his home in Watford when he was struck by a
train on the LMS railway line whilst on his way to rejoin his unit at St
Albans. |
|
1 May |
Fg Off |
DOUTHWAITE, DENNIS JOHN |
He was killed whilst flying in Hart,
K3152 of the RAF College, Cranwell when it collided with Bulldog Trainer,
K3928 of the same unit and crashed near Digby. |
|
1
May |
Flt Lt |
TANNER, JOSEPH SEYMOUR |
He was killed whilst flying in Bulldog
Trainer, K3928 of the RAF College, Cranwell when it collided with Hart,
K3152 of the same unit and crashed near Digby. |
|
1
May |
Flt Cdt |
PLUGGE, JOHN AICKEN |
He was killed whilst flying in Bulldog
Trainer, K3928 of the RAF College, Cranwell when it collided with Hart,
K3152 of the same unit and crashed near Digby. |
|
1
May |
Flt Cdt |
ASKELL-RUTHERFORD, JOHN |
He was killed whilst flying in Hart,
K3152 of the RAF College, Cranwell when it collided with Bulldog Trainer,
K3928 of the same unit and crashed near Digby. |
|
7
May |
APO |
DREGHORN, ALEXANDER BURR |
He was killed
whilst flying an Atlas (K1505?) of No 4 FTS and is buried in Ismailia War
Memorial Cemetery. |
|
10 May |
LAC |
STICKLEN, REGINALD |
He was serving
with No 70 Sqn, probably as a Wireless Operator or Mechanic and is buried in
Ma'asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery. |
|
18 May |
Sgt |
BAKER, F |
He was serving
with No 41 Sqn, and was killed whilst flying Bulldog IIA, K2194, when he flew into
a flag target during an air firing exercise on the Hornchurch Ranges. |
|
24 May |
Fg Off |
WILLIAMS, GEORGE ELYTON SLOAN |
He was killed whilst flying Atlas TM,
K2533 of
the Station Flight, RAF Andover when it failed to recover from a spin,
crashing at Monxton, during
the Empire Air Day at the station. |
|
24 May |
Cpl |
BROWN, RO|BER FOLEY |
He was killed whilst flying in an Atlas
of the Station Flight, RAF Andover when it failed to recover from a spin,
crashing at Monxton,
during the Empire Air Day at the station. |
|
26 May |
|
McKAY, W J |
Khartoum War
Cemetery |
|
27 May |
Fg Off |
PARISH, GEOFFREY ELLIOT WOODBINE |
He was
undertaking a language course when he died at Hinaidi, Iraq from pneumonia. |
|
28 May |
Fg Off |
SUPPLE, JEFFREY HALE |
He was serving with No 84 Sqn when he died from malignant malaria in the
sick quarters in Makina and is buried in Basra (Makina) R.A.F. Cemetery. |
|
xx May |
? |
GREENWOOD,
WILFRED (510548), age: 28 |
He died in Ras El Tin, Alexandria, cause
unknown. |
|
6 Jun |
Plt Off |
PARISH, MARTIN JOHN OKES |
He was drowned
when Vildebeest II, K2920 of No 100 Sqn, which he was flying crashed into
the sea during an exercise in the Jahore Straits off Singapore. He is buried in Kranji Military
Cemetery. |
|
6
Jun |
AC |
GINELLO, IVOR
JAMES JOHN |
He was drowned
when Vildebeest II, K2920 of No 100 Sqn, in which he was flying crashed into
the sea during an exercise in the Jahore Straits off Singapore. He is buried in Kranji Military
Cemetery. |
|
13 Jun |
AC2 |
SPITTLE, D L |
Cairo New
British Protestant Cemetery |
|
18 Jun |
AC1 |
ATWELL, JOHN
FOSTER |
Ma'asker Al
Raschid RAF Cemetery |
|
18 Jun |
? |
BUCHANAN,
RICHARD (563067), age: 20 |
His unit and
cause of death are unknown but he was buried in Elswick Cemetery. |
|
20 Jun |
Cpl |
BROWN, SYDNEY
(363860), age: 26 |
He was serving
at RAF Turnhouse and died in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary from a cerebral
laceration and fractured skull sustained when he was knocked down by a motor
car. |
|
23 Jun |
Wg Cdr |
WILLIAMS, ARTHUR TRAFALGAR
OBE |
He was serving
as a Staff Officer within the Directorate of Operations and Intelligence
when he died in St. Mary’s Hospital, London, following an operation. A
post-mortem found that he had pieces of bone embedded in his lungs as a
result of wounds sustained during WW1. |
|
25 Jun |
Fg Off |
SHAW, CYRIL RAYMOND LAURENCE
RAFO |
He was killed
whilst flying in DH 82A Tiger Moth, G-ACBE which collided with DH 82A Tiger
Moth, G-ACBB both from the Bristol Reserve Flying School (Filton), which
crashed at Nibley Farm, near Yate and burnt out. |
|
25 Jun |
Fg Off |
DARROCH, JOHN MACPHEE
RAFO |
He was killed
whilst flying in DH 82A Tiger Moth, G-ACBE which collided with DH 82A Tiger
Moth, G-ACBB both from the Bristol Reserve Flying School (Filton), which
crashed at Nibley Farm, near Yate and burnt out. |
|
25 Jun |
Fg Off |
HILLS, GEOFFREY PAULET FRENCH
RAFO |
He was killed
whilst flying in DH 82A Tiger Moth, G-ACBB, which collided with DH 82A Tiger
Moth, G-ACBE, both from the Bristol Reserve Flying School (Filton) and
crashed at Nibley Farm, near Yate. He had attempted to bale out but was too
low for his parachute to deploy fully. |
|
30 Jun |
Sqn Ldr |
COLLETT, STANLEY BERESFORD
AuxAF |
He was killed
in an air accident at Hendon whilst flying as the observer to Fg Off Robert
Lea in Hart, K2983 of No 600 Sqn. The aircraft suffered an engine failure
on take off and Lea turned back to the airfield, but stalled the aircraft
and crashed. Sqn Ldr Collett was knocked unconscious and died in the
subsequent fire. |
|
xx Jun |
AC2 |
REDMAN, JOHN
(565126), age: 20 |
His death is
registered in Sleaford. |
|
4 Jul |
Flt Lt |
HAYES, PATRICK JOSEPH
MBE, AFC |
He was serving
as a Signals Officer at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment when
he died, cause unknown. |
|
5
Jul |
Sgt |
LIGHT, HENRY THOMAS |
He was killed
whilst flying as the crewman in an Hart, K2432 of No 18 Sqn, which crashed
at Northolt during a dive bombing demonstration. His crewman, LAC
W St G Dowsing was also killed. |
|
5
Jul |
LAC |
DOWSING, WILLIAM ST GEORGE |
He was killed
whilst flying as the crewman in an Hart, K2432 of No 18 Sqn, which crashed
at Northolt during a dive bombing demonstration, being flown by Sgt H T
Light. |
|
6
Jul |
Sgt |
ROBINSON,
GEORGE |
He was killed whilst flying in
Heyford, K3497 'N' of No 99 Sqn when it tipped up after hitting a hedge on landing at Upper
Heyford, having taken part in a searchlight exercise. |
|
8
Jul |
LAC |
DENNIS, E |
He was
serving with No 14 Sqn and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery. |
|
8
Jul |
AC2 |
JONES, FRANK |
He was
serving with No 6 Sqn and is buried in
Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery |
|
19 Jul |
LAC |
MARSHALL, W |
Ma'asker Al
Raschid RAF Cemetery |
|
21 Jul |
Flt Lt |
PERRY-KEENE, THOMAS HENRY |
He was
seriously injured whilst flying Fairey IIIF, S1860 of RAF Hal Far Station
Flt on 19 Jul 1934. He made a heavy landing, causing the undercarriage to
break, the aircraft veered off the runway, hit a flare and burst into
flames. He died of his injuries two days later. His crew member, LAC L C Tite was only slightly injured. He is buried in Malta (Capuccini) Naval
Cemetery. |
|
31 Jul |
Flt Lt |
STEVENSON, RICHARD WILLIAM |
Died |
|
9 Aug |
Fg Off |
MURPHY, GEORGE ROBERT |
He was serving
as the Adjutant at RAF Kai Tak and was found in his room with two gun shot
wounds to the chest, which were believed to have been self inflicted. |
|
15 Aug |
|
CANNON, F W |
Basra (Makina)
RAF Cemetery |
|
19 Aug |
LAC |
FLETCHER, D L |
He was serving
in Palestine and drowned whilst bathing at Jaffa, he is buried in Ramleh War
Cemetery. |
|
28 Aug |
Plt Off |
SIMONDS, PETER HILARY POMEROY |
He was serving
with No 207 Sqn at Bircham Newton but died from injuries sustained whilst
flying as a passenger in Miles M2 Hawk, G-ACKI, which dived into the ground
at Morston, North Norfolk. |
|
29 Aug |
Flt Lt |
PILKINGTON, CHRISTOPHER
AFC, RAFO |
He died in the
Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Hospital from pneumonia. |
|
3 Sep |
Fg Off |
BIGELOW, JOHN GRAHAM |
He died in
Shorncliffe Military Hospital from
injuries sustained whilst flying Bulldog, K2866 of No 29 Sqn, which hit a
transmission cable at Ashford in Kent while flying in formation as part of
army manoeuvres. |
|
14 Sep |
? |
POLLARD,
SYDNEY |
He died at
Wendover, Buckinghamshire (RAF Hospital, Halton?). |
|
22 Sep |
Fg Off |
BREMBRIDGE, CHARLES HENRY GODWIN
RAFO |
He was killed
in Handley-Page W10, G-EBMM “Youth of New Zealand” of Sir Alan Cobham’s
National Aviation Day Display which had been used in flight refueling
experiment. While flying over a field near Aston Clinton, a few miles from
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, the W10 suddenly went into a very steep climb
and then went on its back. In that position some part broke away and on
crashing the machine immediately caught fire. Rescue work was impossible and
the bodies were burned beyond recognition. |
|
29 Sep |
Fg Off |
SMITH, RONALD MAXWELL
RAFO |
He was killed
whilst flying Airspeed Courier G-ACSY of London Scottish and Provincial
Airways which crashed at Shoreham en-route to Paris from Heston. |
|
1 Oct |
Flt Lt |
LITTLEJOHN, CYRIL
MM |
He was serving
as a Stores Officer in the Directorate of Equipment when he died, cause
unknown, in Charing Cross Hospital. |
|
2
Oct |
Fg Off |
BANNISTER, WALTER ROBERT
RAFO |
He was killed
whilst flying De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide, G-ACPM of Hillman Airways,
which hit the sea 4 miles off Folkestone in bad visibility and
disintegrated. Six passengers were also killed. |
|
2
Oct |
AC |
TONE, WILLIAM
GREEN |
He was serving
at RAF Leuchars and was involved in a motorcycle accident on 15 Sep 1934,
dying in King's Cross Hospital, Dundee cerebro-spinal meningitis. |
|
5
Oct |
Fg Off |
ELSNER, LEONARD NICHOLAS |
He was flying Baffin, K4075 '05' of No. 810
(Fleet Torpedo-Bomber) Sqn, when he was came down in the Firth of Forth
off the Isle of May during an attempt to land on HMS Courageous, and is believed to have drowned. His crew member Sgt
Harry Brett Bexley was injured. |
|
22 Oct |
Fg Off |
GILLMAN, HAROLD DARWIN |
A member of No
XV Squadron, he was killed whilst flying Fairey Fox, G-ACXX (Race No 62)
which crashed and burst into flames near Foggia between Rome and Athens on the third day
of the Mildenhall-Melbourne air race. The
civilian owner of the aircraft was also killed. |
|
26 Oct |
APO |
HALL, ERIC GODWIN |
He was killed whilst flying an unidentified Atlas of No.
5 FTS, which dived into the ground at Rake Farm, Sandycroft, near Chester. |
|
xx Oct |
? |
PARSONS,
ALBERT ERIC (511836), age: 24 |
His death is
registered in Ipswich. |
|
3 Nov |
Fg Off |
ROOK, PHILIP SPENCER (Special Reserve) |
A member of No
504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn, he was killed whilst flying in DH60X Moth,
G-EBXG, hired from the Nottingham Airports Ltd, which crashed at Chilwell on
his way to drop confetti over a friend's wedding he had attended earlier. |
|
3
Nov |
Plt Off |
GRANT-DALTON, ALAN CUYLER (Special
Reserve) |
A member of No
504 (County of Nottingham) Sqn, he was killed whilst flying in DH60X Moth,
G-EBXG, hired from the Nottingham Airports Ltd, which crashed at Chilwell on
his way to drop confetti over a friend's wedding he had attended earlier. |
|
6
Nov |
LAC |
PATERSON, G F |
He was serving
with No 56 Sqn when he was found in the Station Armoury at RAF North Weald
with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and was buried in North Weald Cemetery. |
|
15 Nov |
Flt Lt |
PRENDERGAST, ARCHER ROBERT
RAFO |
He was killed
whilst flying De Havilland DH86, VH-USG 'Adelaide' of Qantas, which crashed
at Barsdale, 6 miles from llfracombe, Queensland, during a delivery flight. |
|
18 Nov |
Plt Off |
EDELSTEN, ROLAND FRANKLIN ARTHUR |
He was serving
at RAF Cranwell and was killed in a midnight car crash near Ashby Lane End
as he was returning to the camp from Lincoln. |
|
18 Nov |
Fg Off |
BINLEY, ALLAN KEITH HILTON
RAFO |
He was
employed as an instructor of the Bombay Flying Club, and died in hospital
from injuries sustained in a crash at Juha Aerodrome. |
|
20 Nov |
LAC |
BURNS, WILLIAM STEWART |
He was killed in a flying accident at
Abu Sueir, Egypt flying Atlas, K1014 of No. 4 FTS. He is buried in Ismailia
War Memorial Cemetery. |
|
21 Nov |
Flt Lt |
LAING, CHARLES McMENAMEN
MC, AFC |
He was serving
as the Adjutant of No 58 Sqn and died in the King Edward VII's Hospital for
Officers following an operation. |
|
2 Dec |
LAC |
BONE, JAMES
|
Ma'asker Al
Raschid RAF Cemetery |
|
4
Dec |
AC1 |
WARBURTON,
JOHN CALVIN |
Ma'asker Al
Raschid RAF Cemetery |
|
9
Dec |
Fg Off |
BARNABY, WALTER COLLINSON
AuxAF |
He was killed
whilst flying Hart, K3887 of No 605 Sqn AuxAF when he collided with DH60G
Moth, G-ACOH during the approach to Castle Bromwich. |
|
9
Dec |
|
HARDIE,
FREDERICK JAMES MACDONALD |
He was killed
whilst flying in Hart, K3887 of No 605 Sqn AuxAF when he collided with Moth
G-ACOH during the approach to Castle Bromwich. |
|
20 Dec |
LAC |
RACKHAM, MARTIN WALES |
He was climbing aboard Hawker Osprey,
K3630 of No 406 Flt, which being readied for catapulting from HMS Emerald,
when he was struck by the propeller and seriously injured, dying later that
day from his wounds. He is buried in Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery. |
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