This accident list is the result of many years work, noting accidents reported in various sources. The accidents may be anything from a forced-landing to a total write off. I make no claims as to the accuracy of any item, but these notes may help if you wish to follow up any report. Any additions or corrections to this list would be welcome. You can email me at vicsmith@argonet.co.uk (or just click on this link)
A "?" in any column indicates that there is a definite doubt in my mind
Military serials are given in the Registration column where known, otherwise the nationality is followed by "-mil". A serial with no prefix indicates a RAF aircraft
The Type is as reported
The Location may be some distance from the accident site, particularly in more remote parts of the world. The country is assumed to be that of the registration, unless otherwise shown. Country names are those that existed at the time, e.g., Karachi would be in India, not Pakistan. Some place names are shortened, indicated by "/" to save space. All storm damage is generally described as "gale"
The Notes column gives alternate dates where sources differ, occasionally Squadron numbers, company, aircraft or pilot's names if I feel that this may be useful
Date | Registration | Type | Place | Notes |
Aug 1931 | G-CAOJ | Curtiss HS-2L | Fort Frances, Ont | |
Aug 1931 | NR10538 | Laird Solution | St Louis, MO | |
1 Aug | G-AASS | Avro 504K | Swansea Sands | |
2 Aug | G-EBQI | DH 50 | Eccleston, Lancs | |
2 Aug | G-AAML | Simmonds Spartan | damaged in flight | 2nd use of registration |
2 Aug | G-AAUL | Avro 504K | Dovercourt | |
2 Aug | N-45 | DH 60 | Kjeller | |
2 Aug | Nxx | East Hartford, CT | ||
2 Aug | Nxx | Imlay City, MI | ||
2 Aug | I- | Macchi MC.72 | Lake Garda | 3rd also reported |
2 Aug | YR-mil | Ploesti | ||
2 Aug | VH-mil | Westland Wapati | Colac, V | |
3 Aug | G- | Grafenschlag, Austria | pilots Peake/Atcherley | |
3 Aug | BGA | BAC.VII | Ditchling Beacon | |
3 Aug | BGA 142 | RRG Prufling | unknown | |
3 Aug | D-1894 | Junkers W 33 | Akureyri, Iceland | 1st also reported |
3 Aug | Nxx | Peekskill, NY | pilot Rizzo | |
3 Aug | Nxx | Northrop Alpha | Indianapolis, IN | |
3 Aug | Nxx glider | Elmira, NY | ||
3 Aug | OH-ILA | DH 60 | unknown | |
3 Aug | EC-mil | Seville | ||
3 Aug | USAAS | Oscoda, MI | ||
3 Aug | OK-mil | Olomouc | ||
4 Aug | Nxx | Roosevelt Field, NY | ||
4 Aug | Nxx | 2 aircraft | Burlington, VT | |
4 Aug | PH-AFK | Fokker F.IX | Waalhaven | 9th also reported |
4 Aug | F-mil | Bourges | ||
4 Aug | OK-mil | E Bohemia | ||
5 Aug | NC143M | Sikorsky S-38 | Roosevelt Field, NY | |
5 Aug | Nxx | Dallas, TX | ||
5 Aug | J9239 | Westland Wapiti | Lympne | 6th also reported |
5 Aug | S1283 | Fairey Flycatcher | off Malta | |
5 Aug | RAF | AW Atlas | Heliopolis, Egypt | 208 Sqn |
6 Aug | J-army | Toyohama to Mura | query date | |
6 Aug | USAAS 27-179 | Boeing PW-9 | unknown (TX ?) | |
6 Aug | USAAS | Mount Clemens, MI | ||
6 Aug | USAAS | Selfridge Field, MI | ||
7 Aug | N687E | Bellanca | missing North Sea | 9th also reported |
7 Aug | VH-UBV | Farman Sport | dbf Melbourne, V | query date |
7 Aug | G-AUBW | DH 6 | dbf Melbourne, V | query date |
7 Aug | G-AUDL | Farman Sport | dbf Melbourne, V | query date |
7 Aug | VH-UFX | Farman Sport | dbf Melbourne, V | query date |
7 Aug | X-ABCR | Fokker F-10A | Miami, FL | possibly NC811H |
7 Aug | S1469 | Blackburn Ripon | Hal Far, Malta | |
7 Aug | RAF | AW Siskin | Hawkinge | 41 Sqn |
7 Aug | USAAS coll | 3 aircraft | Mount Clemens, MI | |
7 Aug | USAAS | Selfridge Field, MI | ||
8 Aug | G-AAGX | Handley Page HP 42 | Tonbridge, Kent | |
8 Aug | G- | Wadi Halfa, Egypt | Imperial A/w, query date | |
8 Aug | Nxx | Lynchburg, VA | ||
9 Aug | G-AASC | DH 9J | Hendon | |
9 Aug | NC9662 | Ford 5-AT | Cincinnati, OH | |
9 Aug | NR27E | Bellanca Pacemaker | Cape Lookout, NC | |
10 Aug | Nxx | Ponce, PR | ||
10 Aug | Nxx | glider | Elmira, NY | |
10 Aug | J9657 | Fairey IIIF | ground Amman, Jordan | collision |
10 Aug | RAF | ground Amman, Jordan | collision | |
10 Aug | USAAS 27-181 | Boeing PW-9 | unknown (HI ?) | |
10 Aug | USAAS | 2 a/c | Honolulu, HI | |
10 Aug | USAAS | Waianae Mountains, HI | ||
11 Aug | CF-ABZ | Curtiss Rambler | Montreal | |
11 Aug | Nxx | Peekskill, NY | ||
11 Aug | H9869 | Avro 504N | Khanka, Egypt | |
11 Aug | J9467 | AW Atlas | Oasby, Lincs | |
12 Aug | G-AAKE | DH 60 | Gathurst, Wigan | |
12 Aug | NC5933 | Sikorsky S-38A | San Juan, PR | |
12 Aug | NX963Y | Northrop Beta | Los Angeles, CA | |
12 Aug | VH- | 2 aircraft | Essendon, V | |
12 Aug | YL- 4 | DH 9A | Daugavpils | |
13 Aug | G-CYUS | DH 80 | Mount Chesney, Ont | |
13 Aug | D- (?) | Metz, France | query date | |
13 Aug | Nxx | Dothan, AL | ||
14 Aug | ZK-AKK | DH 60 | Katsuura, Japan | ex G-AAKK, 15th also reported |
14 Aug | G- | DH 60 | Lake Davy, Manchester | |
14 Aug | NC9647 | Ford 5-AT | Harrisburg, PA | 2 Feb also reported |
14 Aug | Nxx | Cortland, NY | ||
14 Aug | J-army coll | Tachikawa | ||
15 Aug | BGA | 2 gliders | Folkestone | |
15 Aug | CF- | missing, Ont | query date | |
15 Aug | HR- | North Atlantic | query date | |
16 Aug | VH-UEV | Curtiss JN-4 | Rainbow, V | |
17 Aug | Nxx | glider | Wyalusing, PA | query date |
17 Aug | USAAS | Mount Clemens, MI | ||
17 Aug | USAAS | Selfridge Field MI | ||
18 Aug | CF-CAC | DH 60 | Winnipeg | |
18 Aug | Nxx | Northrop Alpha | ground Camden, NJ | collision |
18 Aug | Nxx | ground Camden, NJ | collision, Eastern Air Transport | |
18 Aug | N247 | Supermarine S.6A | Calshot | |
18 Aug | RAF | Seahouses, Northumberland | ||
19 Aug | CF- | Rainy Lake, Ont | ||
19 Aug | J8817 | DH 60 | ground unknown | |
19 Aug | EC-mil ? | Melilla, Morocco | ||
19 Aug | F- (mil?) | Neuilly | ||
19 Aug | NC9665 | Ford 5-AT | Pittsburgh, PA | |
19 Aug | Nxx | Avatcha, Siberia | pilot Lindbergh, query date | |
19 Aug | RCAF 61 | Millville, NB | ||
19 Aug | USAAS 30800 | DH 4 | Kelly Field, TX | |
19 Aug | SP-mil | Swiecz | ||
20 Aug | G-CANO | Avro Avian | Yorton | |
20 Aug | Nxx | Travel Air | Mattituck, LI | |
20 Aug | Nxx | Whitefield, NH | ||
20 Aug | R188 | BFW M23 | Salta | |
20 Aug | LN-mil | Gardenmoen | ||
20 Aug | LV-mil | Savoia S.59 | Puerto Belgrano | |
21 Aug | G-AARY | DH 66 | Linga, Persia | |
21 Aug | USAAS | Brazos River, TX | ||
22 Aug | NR965Y | Lockheed Vega 5C | Garden City, NY | |
22 Aug | Nxx | Northrop Alpha | ground Kansas City | |
23 Aug | G-AAEU | DH 60 | Rishton Golf Club, Lancs | 24th also reported |
23 Aug | USAAS | Detroit, MI | ||
23 Aug | USAAS | Wayne, MI | ||
24 Aug | Nxx | Waco | Queens, NY | |
24 Aug | VH- | Styx River, Q | pilot Broadbent, query date | |
24 Aug | USMC | Corinto, Nicaragua | ||
25 Aug | G-AADP | DH 60 | Alexandretta, Syria | or Turkey |
25 Aug | CF-AMG | H-G Gadfly | dbf Kitchener, Ont | ex G-AARJ |
25 Aug | YR- | glider | Brasov | |
25 Aug | RAF | Port Meadow, Oxford | 58 Sqn | |
26 Aug | F- | Farman | Croydon | |
26 Aug | R143 | BFW M23 | Cruz del Eye | |
26 Aug | Nxx | Syracuse, NY | ||
26 Aug | J-navy | Komatsushima | ||
27 Aug | G-AAWW | Klemm L.27 | Croydon | |
27 Aug | F-AITT | Morane MS.191 | unknown | |
27 Aug | F- | Croydon | ||
27 Aug | Nxx | Block Island, RI | ||
27 Aug | Nxx | Exeter, NB | ||
27 Aug | K1951 | Hawker Demon | Kenley | collision |
27 Aug | K1954 | Hawker Demon | Kenley | collision |
27 Aug | S1492 | Fairey IIIF | Hawnby, Yorks | |
28 Aug | G-EBVO | Blackburn Lincock | Cleveland, OH, USA | |
28 Aug | NC71V | Sikorsky S.41 | off Marblehead, MA | 27th also reported |
28 Aug | I-mil | 3 aircraft | Italy | |
28 Aug | J-army | Japan | ||
28 Aug | YL- 11 | Martinsyde ADC-1 | Daugavpils | (G-EBMH), 29th also reported |
29 Aug | NR614K | Travel Air | Terre Haute, IN | |
29 Aug | Nxx | Westcliffe, CO | ||
29 Aug | PK-AFF | Fokker F.VIIb/3m | Tjililitan | |
29 Aug | I-mil | 2 aircraft | Italy | |
30 Aug | F- | Bernard | Etang de Berre | 30 July also reported |
30 Aug | NC620K | Travel Air E4000 | Falconer, NY | |
30 Aug | Nxx | Nassau County, LI | ||
30 Aug | Nxx | Schererville, IN | ||
30 Aug | USMC | 2 aircraft | Cleveland, OH | collision |
31 Aug | EC- | Cuatro Vientos | ||
31 Aug | EI-AAF | DH 60 | Bundoran, Co Donegal | ex G-ABAH |
31 Aug | VR-BAA | Curtiss H.S.2L | Great Sound | |
31 Aug | K1138 | Westland Wapiti | Stoke Castle, Peebles | |
31 Aug | F-mil | St Didier | ||
31 Aug | USMC | Cleveland, OH |