Military aircraft accidents UK | 1957 |
Date | Type | Serial No | Unit | Base | Fatalaties | Location | Details |
3 January | Meteor F.8 | WE974 | 74 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | 1 | Hales, Norfolk | Collided with WA879 during combat practice & abandoned. Pilot ejected through canopy but chute did not open properly. |
3 January | Meteor F.8 | WA879 | 74 Sqn | RAF Horsham St Faith | 1 | Hales, Norfolk | Collided with WE974 during combat practice & abandoned. Pilot automatically ejected & struck underside of WE974. |
3 January | Vampire FB.5 | WA417 | 7 FTS | RAF Valley | 1 | 4 miles S of Rhyl, Denbighshire | Dived into ground recovering from spin. |
4 January | Meteor F.8 | WK681 | 65 Sqn | RAF Duxford | 1 | 5 miles S of Framlingham, Suffolk | Hit tree on low level navex, climbed for abandonment but dived into ground. |
6 January | Auster AOP.6 | VF546 | 663 Sqdn | 2 | Dorfold Farm. 1m WSW of Nantwich Cheshire |
Lost outer wing in air and dived into ground | |
9 January | Vampire FB.5 | VZ860 | 4 FTS | RAF Worksop | 1 | Harby, Notts | Dived into house in centre of village - presumed anoxia of pilot. I killed on ground |
10 January | Vampire T.11 | WZ429 | 60 | RAF College | Instructor did not eject | near Gosberton, Lincs |
Spun into the ground after failing to recover from an intentional spin U/Off M. A. Hicks ejected |
14 January | Meteor F.8 | WE887 | 233 OCU | RAF Pembrey | 1 | 4 miles ENE of Worms Head, Glamorgan | Collided with WH459 in formation & abandoned. Pilot ejected through canopy, but chute failed to deploy. |
21 January | Vampire T.11 | XD390 | 5 FTS | RAF Oakington | 2 | 1/2 mile NW of Lavendon, Bucks | Dived into ground presumably after loss of control in turbulence |
24 January | Vampire FB.5 | VZ274 | 8 FTS | RAF Swinderby | 1 | 3 miles south of Scunthorpe, Lincs | Broke up in air. Cause unknown |
24 January | Venom NF.3 | WX904 | 24 Sqdn | RAF Horsham St Faith | 1 | Lost height after night take off & flew into ground | |
3 February | Vampire FB.9 | WR260 | 501 Sqdn | Filton | Flt Lt John Crossley |
1 1/2 miles NNW of Clifton Bridge, Bristol | Flew under bridge & rolled. Lost height & hit Bristol side of Avon Gorge |
19 February | Gannet AS4 | XA415 | 814 NAS | Seahawk (Culdrose) |
JOHNSON, Peter T, Sub Lieutenant |
off the Lizard, SW Cornwall | Presumed lost at sea during night navex. |
25 February | Venom FB.1 | WK499 | 28 Sqdn | Kai Tak | 1 | 7 miles WSW of Waglan Island | Flew into sea during practice attack on HMS Cockade |
4 February | Meteor NF.14 | WS753 | 25 Sqdn | RAF West Malling | 2 | 4 miles east of Oxford | Flew into high ground on night navex |
4 March | Venom FB.4 | WR557 | 22 MU | 1 | Croglin Fell ESE of Carlisle, Cumberland | Elevator jammed. Flew into hill on emergency approach | |
5 March | Beverley C.1 | XH117 | 53 Sqdn | RAF Abingdon | 15 + 2 | Sutton Wick, 2 miles south of Abingdon | Engine shut down, lost power on another. Hit cables on approach & cartwheeled into houses, |
7 March | Sea Hawk FB3 | WF298 | 764 NAS | Peregrine | TORRENS-BURTON, Ian A, Sub Lieutenant | Harrow Hill, NW of Worthing, Sussex | Contact lost during GCA approach to RNAS Ford. Crashed into high ground. |
8 March | Canberra B.2 | WH915 | 61 Sqn | RAF Upwood | 3 | 2 miles SSE of Tring, Hertfordshire | Flew into high ground in bad weather. |
13 March | Hunter F.6 | XF427 | 54 Sqdn | RAF Odiham | 1 | 2 miles east of Yarmouth IoW | Dived into ground, cause unknown |
25 March | Hunter F.4 | WV388 | 222 Sqdn | RAF Leuchars | 1 | 11 Miles E of Leuchars | Crashed in sea on GCA let-down at night |
28 March | Wyvern S.4 | WP343 |
831 NAS | Peregrine | HUNT, Reginald C, Lieutenant |
Off Bracklesham Bay, Sussex | Took off with WL887 from Ford for 1 hour excercise & disappeared. Suspected mid-air collision. |
28 March | Wyvern S.4 | WL887 | 831 NAS | Peregrine | MAGGS, Maurice L, Sub Lieutenant | Off Bracklesham Bay, Sussex | Took off with WP343 from Ford for 1 hour excercise & disappeared. Suspected mid-air collision. |
5 April | Hunter F4 | WV384 | 71 Sqn | RAF Bruggen | 1 | on approach to Bruggen, W Germany | The pilot ejected but his seat gun drogue failed and he was killed |
12 April | Chipmunk T.10 | WK582 | Leeds UAS | Yeadon ? | 1 | 25 mile E of Harwood, Yorkshire | Spun into ground during aerobatics. |
12 April | Meteor T.7 | WL410 | FWS | RAF Leconfield | 2 | 1 miles SW of Leconfield | Dived into ground in circuit during single engine practice |
13 May | Vampire FB.5 | WA250 | 8 FTS | RAF Swinderby | 1 | 2 miles E of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire | Broke up in dive out of cloud. |
27 June | Meteor T.7 | WG961 | SF | RAF Odiham | Flt Lt Brian Thomas | Hog's Back, 2 miles SE of Aldershot, Hampshire | Stalled on asymmetric approach & dived into ground. |
24 July | Canberra B.2 | WE114 | 231 OCU | RAF Bassingbourn | 3 | 2.5 miles WSW of Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire | Dived into ground after overshooting night BABS approach. |
3 August | Sea Venom FAW.21/22 | XG619 | 891 NAS | HMS Bulwark | BURT, Brian W, Lieutenant |
NK | Engine failure during cat launch. Ditched over bows. |
14 August | Anson C.19 | TX222 | 19 Gp CF | NK | 2 | Botley Hill, Kent | Flew into trees on high ground in low cloud |
14 August | Canberra B.2 | WH865 | 231 OCU | RAF Bassingbourn | 1 | 1 mile ENE of Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire | Stalled on BABS approach & flew into ground |
20 August | Gannet AS.4 | XA416 | 814 NAS | HMS Eagle | LLEWELLYN, Raymond K, Act/Leading Telegraphist (Aircrew), |
Moray Firth | Parked aft end flight deck prior to free take off. Port wing lifted & aircraft slipped over stern inverted. Lt TMB Seymour rescued. |
11 October | Meteor F.8 | WA794 | 5 CAACU | 1 | Eifl Granite Quarry, nr Trefor, Anglesey | Flew into quarry in bad visibility. | |
18 October | Meteor T.7 | WL368 | 7 CFE | RAF West Raynham | Flt Lt Michael John Withey SAC Daniel McLoughlin |
Nr. Dunnikier House Hotel, 2 miles N of Kirkcaldy, Fife | Diverted from Turnhouse to Leuchars due to bad weather. The pilot had informed Leuchars flying control that he was in difficulty just after 3pm but no more was heard before the crash at 3.15. |
7 November | Hunter F6 | XG162 | DFLS | 1 | one mile south of West Raynham, Norfolk |
The pilot ejected and was killed | |
9 December | Canberra B.2 | WK129 | Radar Research Establishment | 2 | Ffynnon, Llyfant, Carnedd Llewelyn, Caernarvonshire | Flew into high ground. | |
4 February | Hunter F.5 | WP115 | 56 Sqdn | 1 ? | 3 miles WNW of Soham, Cambs | Engine flamed out during QCA |