Crashed Collection

UFO crashes at Aztec, New Mexico
A flying saucer which allegedly crashed near Aztec, New Mexico, reported by Frank Scully with spurious data from Dr G, but with possible basis in fact

Airship R38 built for the US Navy at Cardington and renamed ZR2. Completed in 1921. It crashed over the Humber in August 1921 while on a test flight with a mixed British and American crew. Date: 1921

Avro Lancaster G-AHJW formerly ED866
Avro Lancaster, G-AHJW, formerly ED866, was used by Flight Refuelling until it crashed near Andover on 22 November 1948. Date: 1948

Sopwith Camel biplane in forced landing, France, WW1
A British Sopwith Camel biplane after a forced landing in a field near Noyelles-sur-Escaut, northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 8 October 1918

The final flight of R 101, she crashed the next day

Ufos / Roswell Crash
At the Foster Ranch, New Mexico, debris supposed to be from a crashed UFO is found, alien bodies allegedly retrieved from second site on the Plains of San Agostin

Beagle A. 61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC
Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC (msn B.606, ex WE587), of the Airways Aero Club. Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B

Peggy Prince received an M.B.E. after making two journeys out to sea in a canoe in order to rescue the crew of a crashed bomber, saving the wireless operators life. 1940

The Roswell Incident
At the Foster Ranch in New Mexico, debris supposed to be from a crashed UFO is found, with alien bodies allegedly retrieved from a second site on the plains of San Agostin

WW1 - The King Stephen fishing boat and Zeppelin L19, 1916
WW1 - The zeppelin L19 (also known as the LZ 54), was a World War I airship of the of the Imperial German Navy. After its first bomb raid in the UK, the L19 crashed in the North Sea

The 24 hour race at Le Mans, France for the Rudge-Whitworth Cup: a huge collision at night. From front to back: Bentley car no.1 with Leslie Callingham (1888-1960) thrown clear

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

Firefighters at work in London Underground
Firefighters at work in the carriage of a London Underground train following an incident on 28 February 1975. The train had failed to stop at Moorgate station

Beagle A. 61 Terrier G-ASAC Airways Aero Club Rearsby
Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B. When the company became part of Beagle Aircraft in 1960 it was renamed the Beagle A.61 Terrier

First German plane to fall on British soil, 1939
Front cover of The Sphere with a photograph of the first German plane, a bomber, which crash-landed over the East Lothian hills in October 1939. Two of the crew were killed and one wounded

British Sopwith triplane crash, Passchendaele, WW1
A British Sopwith triplane brought down in flames at Passchendaele, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 23 August 1917

Army airship crash at Farnborough
An army airship, the Morning Star Lebaudy Dirigible, which crashed into Woodlands Cottage, the home of Captain and Lady Follett, at Farnborough, Hampshire, near the Farnborough to Farnham road

Crashed Me-110 fighter-bomber; Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing a German Messerschmitt Me-110 fighter-bomber, which crash-landed near Hastings after being shot up by a British fighter, during the summer of 1940

Behind the Flying Saucers, book cover
BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS, a book by Frank Scully, and the first to claim that a flying saucer had crashed in the American desert

Crashed biplane with crew resting in the desert, Iraq
A crashed biplane in the desert with resting crew, somewhere in Iraq

Messerschmitt Bf-110
Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf-110 During WW2 Date: 1940s

Queen Mary Reservoir plane crash, 1937
The wreckage of an airplane belonging to the Midland Bank Flying Club, which crashed into Queen Mary reservoir, near Staines, Middlesex in 1937

Boeing F4B-4 special NX9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce, (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina N610FF
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso (PBY-5A) N610FF (msn CV-399) of Barringer Research Limited, based in Toronto, Canada. The aircraft is seen at London Heathrow Airport for the 60 Years of Heathrow

Boeing B707 F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean
Boeing B707-328B F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean (msn 18459, line no.335), of Air France. First flown on 12 March 1963, delivered to Air France on 30 March 1963

Texas Ag-1 N222. The first of the specialised agricultural aircraft, designed and built at Texas A&M College Aircraft Research Center by Fred Weick

United States Navy - Douglas A3D-2P Skywarrior 144847 (msn 12093, unit code PP, call-sign 933 ), of VCP-63 144847, while flying with VAP-61, was hit by aA over Quang Binh Province

Boeing 727-64 XA-SEJ Azteca de Oro (msn 19255, line no. 331) of Mexicana. First flown on 26 October 1966, delivered to Mexicana on 8 November 1966, but written-off when it crashed into Lake Texcoco

Martin B-26C-T XB-LOX Ay Jijos ! of PEMEX Built as Martin B-26C-20-MO Marauder 41-35071 for the United States Army Air Force, 35071 was modified to AT-23B and later redesignated TB-26C

Boeing F4B-4 NR9846 (ex A9241 / NC-14). The second of two US Marine Corps F4B-4s stripped of military equipment for the Bureau of Commerce (later Fa), in 1940 and registered NC-14

Dornier Do 32E ultra-light helicopter D-HOPS
the Dornier Do 32E was a simple, collapsible one-man helicopter from Germany powered by a BMW 6012L gas turbine, driving a compressor which supplied compressed air to the rotor tip jets

The wreckage of the crashed British Airship R101 near Beauvais, France - whilst on a flight to India Date: 1930

Hawker Sea Fury Landing Accident / Crash Sequence Onto Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1952

British plane crash with dead pilot, WW1
A crashed British plane with the dead pilot lying on the ground during the First World War. German soldiers gather round to examine the wreckage. Date: 1914-1918

Cessna 402A OY-AGN (msn 402A0057), parked in front of the Blackpool & Fylde Gliding Club on Blackpool-Squires Gate Airport in June 1970. (crashed 8 May 1982 as SE-FZK) Date: 1970

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R. 1 XV249
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. A replacement R.1 modified for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft, to replace XW666

WW2 - British Railways
A photograph which shows the carnage of a crashed train in 1944, during WW2. Date: circa 1944

Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H
Transland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, Samuel Cody Archive
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: The Shell Motor Spirit Silver Trophy, 1912, by Mappin and Webb, hallmarked London 1912, with fine model of Cody?s Flyer, Type No

WW2, Hard Work
An illustration which shows a little boy helping out with the war effort, by working in the garden at home, unfortunately, a large rock has crashed on his foot! Date: circa 1940s

Curtiss H75 C. 1
A crashed Curtiss H75 C.1, being inspected by German forces. (The Curtiss H75 C.1, had the Curtiss designation Hawk 75A-1 and was roughly equivalent to the P-36A Mohawk)

Breguet Bre 270 A. 2
A pair of crashed Breguet Bre 270 A.2 observation / reconnaissance aircraft, after capture by German forces. Date: 1940

Caricature illustration of Father Christmas, having crashed his plane and dropped his toys in a child's room, by G E Studdy. Captioned, Held over from our Christmas issue'

McDonnell Douglas F - A-18B Hornet 160784
United States Marine Corps - McDonnell Douglas F/A-18B-3-MC Hornet 160784 (msn b002/10), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 31 August-7 September 1980

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 66-13525 - DD+233
Luftwaffe / United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed F-104G Starfighter 66-13525 / DD+233 (msn 683D-7132), operating from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona

Lockheed S-3A Viking 158864
United States Navy (USN) - Lockheed S-3A Viking 158864 (MSN 394A-1012), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for storage from June 1978 to March 1984

McDonnell F-4N Phantom 153034
United States Navy (USN) - McDonnell F-4N Phantom 153034 (MSN 1574), newly arrived at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, being prepared for storage

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