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Background imageCrashed Collection: French airship Capitaine Marchal gondola

French airship Capitaine Marchal gondola
The gondola of French airship Capitaine Marchal, built by Lebaudy Freres andnamed in honour of the deceased commander of La Republique, which had crashed in 1909. Date: circa 1910

Background imageCrashed Collection: Pigeon Scout

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

Background imageCrashed Collection: Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445

Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445 (msn 33477 - ex 44-78081) of Phenix Airlines. One of several irregular carriers which existed specifically for the purpose of transporting gamblers to

Background imageCrashed Collection: United States Navy - McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee 123307

United States Navy - McDonnell F2H-2N Banshee 123307 (msn 170, unit code NA:, call-sign 95) of VC-4. The F2H-2N was a single-seat night-fighter with an AN-APS-19 radar in the nose

Background imageCrashed Collection: Bellanca XSE-2 9186

Bellanca XSE-2 9186
Bellanca XSE-2 A-9186. The Bellanca SE was a Carrier-based scout, with 2 seats intended as a scout aircraft for the United States Navy (USN)

Background imageCrashed Collection: Grumman XA2F-1 Intruder 147864

Grumman XA2F-1 Intruder 147864. The first prototype of the A2F Intruder (later A-6), at around the time of its first flight

Background imageCrashed Collection: United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-111A 65-5701

United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-111A 65-5701
United States Air Force - General Dynamics F-111A-CF 65-5701 (msn A1-19-28, the 1st production aircraft), at RAF Wethersfield in Suffolk in transit to-from the 1967 Paris Air Show

Background imageCrashed Collection: Georges Van Damme in the cockpit of the Renard R. 35 airliner

Georges Van Damme in the cockpit of the Renard R. 35 airliner
Ex Warrant Officer Georges Van Damme sat in the cockpit of the ill-fated Renard R.35, a pressurised airliner developed in Belgium from 1936

Background imageCrashed Collection: Miles M. 14A Hawk Trainer Mk. III G-AJJI

Miles M. 14A Hawk Trainer Mk. III G-AJJI
Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer Mk.III G-AJJI (msn 1985, ex T9698). Registered after wartime use as G-AJJI, on 21 October 1947 and crashed at Elstree on 19 August 1956. Date: circa 1955

Background imageCrashed Collection: Heston Type 1 Phoenix G-AESV

Heston Type 1 Phoenix G-AESV, owned by Standard Telephonics at Brooklands. G-AESV was impressed into the Royal Air Force as X2891for No.24 Squadron; Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment at

Background imageCrashed Collection: de Havilland DH. 60 Moth G-ABYA

de Havilland DH. 60 Moth G-ABYA
de Havilland DH.60 Moth G-ABYA (msn 1906) at the Fifty Years of Flying Exhibition, held at RAF Hendon. First registered on 12 July 1932, BYA crashed near Biggin Hill on 21 May 1972. Date: 1951

Background imageCrashed Collection: United States Air Force - North American F-100C Super Sabre

United States Air Force - North American F-100C Super Sabre
United States Air Force - North American F-100C-25-NA Super Sabre 54-2110 (msn 217-371) of the 476th Fighter-Day Squadron / 479th Fighter-Day Wing at Palmdale

Background imageCrashed Collection: United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544

United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544 (msn 25), of Detachment 14, 42nd Aerospace Rescue Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base

Background imageCrashed Collection: United States Navy - Vought TF-8A Crusader 143710

United States Navy - Vought TF-8A Crusader 143710
United States Navy - Vought NTF-8A Crusader 143710, of the Test Pilot School, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, with a ground run intake guard fitted

Background imageCrashed Collection: United States Air Force - Lockheed TF-80C-1-LO Shooting Star

United States Air Force - Lockheed TF-80C-1-LO Shooting Star 49-0474 (msn 580-5107), Buzz Number FT-474, from the Air Proving Ground, seen at Detroit. MSN 580-5029/5156 1951: USAF 3200th PTG

Background imageCrashed Collection: de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-APAC

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-APAC (msn 0167 / ex RAF WB715). Crashed at Luton on 8 May 1962. Date: circa 1960

Background imageCrashed Collection: de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOJZ

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOJZ of Airwork Limited. (msn 0181) at Perth. Ex Royal Air Force serial WB732, number: 0181 crashed 7 miles south-West of Perth on 31 May 1966. Date: 1960s

Background imageCrashed Collection: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100 CF-AWC

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 100 CF-AWC (msn 108), of AirWest Airlines at Richmond, British Columbia. First flown on 4 March 1968, CF-AWC crashed and was destroyed by fire

Background imageCrashed Collection: Piper PA-23-250 Aztec B SE-ECA

Piper PA-23-250 Aztec B SE-ECA (msn 27-2199), operted by Nyge Aero, Se-ECA crashed into the Baltic Sea off Gotland, on approach to Visby Airport, with one fatality, the pilot, on 27 August 1965

Background imageCrashed Collection: United States Navy Grumman XFF-1 A8878

United States Navy Grumman XFF-1 A8878
United States Navy Grumman G-5 XFF-1 A8878, prototype of the Grumman FF-1 two-seat fighter first flown on 29 December 1931, redesignated FF-1 in 1936

Background imageCrashed Collection: Comando de Aviacion del Ejercito Grumman OV-1C Mohawk

Comando de Aviacion del Ejercito Grumman OV-1C Mohawk
(Argentine Army) Comando de Aviacion del Ejercito Grumman OV-1C Mohawk AE-024 Ex-US Army 68-15941 (msn 145C) to Argentine Army Aviation as AE-024

Background imageCrashed Collection: Miles M. 14A Hawk Trainer 3 G-AKRV

Miles M. 14A Hawk Trainer 3 G-AKRV
Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer 3 G-AKRV, at White Waltham, before export to Tanganyika, (Previously Magister T9896 with the Royal Air Force)

Background imageCrashed Collection: Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJVC

Miles M. 38 Messenger 2A G-AJVC
Miles M.38 Messenger 2A G-AJVC (msn 6371). After several UK based operators, G-AJVC was taken on by Tyrolean Travel Ltd. flying mostly in Germany

Background imageCrashed Collection: Croydon Airport - Fokker F. VIIb-3m OO-AID

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. VIIb-3m OO-AID
OO-AIDFokker F.VIIb-3mOO-AID (msn 5097) of SABENA, approaching to land at Croydon Airport First registered as PH-AEP on 20.09.29, later transferred to the Belgian register as OO-AID

Background imageCrashed Collection: Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N4877V

Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N4877V (msn 22442) of Capitol Airways. 44-78619, disposed of to the Foreign Liquidation commission on 20 August 1947 and bought by Claire L

Background imageCrashed Collection: Pilatus PC-6 Porter HB-FAZ

Pilatus PC-6 Porter HB-FAZ at the 1961 XXIVe Salon International de IAeronautique au Bourget. HB-FAZ was sold to Air Alpes on 19 July 1961

Background imageCrashed Collection: Hiller UH-12c G-AOZS

Hiller UH-12c G-AOZS (MSN 848) of British United Airways. (built1956). OZS was sold to Management Aviation on 8 January 1963 and crashed on 1 September 1966. Date: early 1960s

Background imageCrashed Collection: Armstrong-Whitworth AW. 52 TS363

Armstrong-Whitworth AW. 52 TS363
Armstrong-Whitworth AW.52 TS363, the Rolls-Royce Nene-powered example. First flown on 13 November 1947, TS363 crashed without loss of life on 30 May 1949

Background imageCrashed Collection: Mosscraft MA. 1 G-AEST

Mosscraft MA. 1 G-AEST
Mosscraft MA.1 G-AEST at Pendeford (wolverhampton airport) for the 1949 Kings Cup air race, flown by W.H. Moss, with race number 26. The M.A.1 was flown in several U.K

Background imageCrashed Collection: North American T-28A Nomad N7708C

North American T-28A Nomad N7708C at Paloima 49-1515 (MSN 159-27) Assigned to 3300th Pilot Training Group, Graham AFB, FL December 1955; To the Arizona Aircraft Storage Branch [aSB]

Background imageCrashed Collection: RNHF Firefly AS Mk. 5 WB271 - Culdrose

RNHF Firefly AS Mk. 5 WB271 - Culdrose
Royal Navy Historic Flight Fairey Firefly AS Mk.5 WB271 - seen at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose (WB271 tragically crashed with two fatalities at a Duxford airshow on 12 July 2003)

Background imageCrashed Collection: Stinson 108-2 Voyager - OY-EFV

Stinson 108-2 Voyager - OY-EFV
" Stinson 108-2 Voyager (msn 108-353) manufactured 1946 - previously registered N97353, HB-TRO, D-EFAD, OY-EFV. Crashed 6 April 1996 at Bjerremose, Horde, Denmark."

Background imageCrashed Collection: Phantom at Greenham Common

Phantom at Greenham Common
McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom II (6-6424) from 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing United States Air Force at RAF Alconbury - International Air Tattoo 1977, Greenham Common on 25 June 1977

Background imageCrashed Collection: Sleeping man Varanasi Junction railway

Sleeping man Varanasi Junction railway
An old man waits for a train and sleeps on a bench on the platform of Varanasi Junction railway station. He has a beard and wears a turban and white dhoti

Background imageCrashed Collection: Sleeping pensioners, Norfolk beach

Sleeping pensioners, Norfolk beach
An elderly couple sit in the shelter of a wooden groyne on a beach near Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, and snooze soundly. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Background imageCrashed Collection: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa Pilot Meets Ships Captain a?

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa Pilot Meets Ships Captain a?
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa Pilot Meets Ships Captain after an Accident / Crash Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) in the Far East During Korean War Date: 1951

Background imageCrashed Collection: German bomber crashes in Victoria Station, Blitz 1940

German bomber crashes in Victoria Station, Blitz 1940
Central Londons First Aeroplane - Blitz 1940. Page from The Sphere magazine reporting on German bombers brought down over the UK during the Blitz of September 1940

Background imageCrashed Collection: Scene inside London Underground tunnel after a crash

Scene inside London Underground tunnel after a crash
Scene inside a London Underground tunnel following an incident on 28 February 1975. A train had failed to stop at Moorgate station and had crashed into the wall at the end of the tunnel

Background imageCrashed Collection: Crashed German plane, WW2

Crashed German plane, WW2
A crashed German plane during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageCrashed Collection: Bus crash in Cannon Street, City of London

Bus crash in Cannon Street, City of London
LFB Special Services attending a bus crash in Cannon Street, City of London, on 21 April 1959. The bus, which was travelling eastwards (right to left)

Background imageCrashed Collection: LCC-LFB bus crash, Walworth Road SE17

LCC-LFB bus crash, Walworth Road SE17
London firefighters, London ambulance service and Metropolitan Police attend the scene of crash between two London Transport buses in South London near the Elephant and Castle

Background imageCrashed Collection: Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1

Crashed British fighter plane and dead airman, WW1
A crashed British single-seat fighter plane with a dead airman lying on the ground beside it, on the Siegfried Line in northern France during the First World War. Date: May-August 1917

Background imageCrashed Collection: Bus Crash 1960S

Bus Crash 1960S
An accident involving an upturned vehicle and an Eastbourne bus, which has crashed into the corner of a house. A good advert for Douglas Catt, Photographers ! Date: 1960s

Background imageCrashed Collection: Captured German Pilot at Dover; Second World War, 1940

Captured German Pilot at Dover; Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing Werner Voigt (centre in large coat), a captured German pilot, who had crashed his Messerschmitt 109 into the sea off Dover, seen with British soldiers, Summer 1940

Background imageCrashed Collection: Tram Crash, Woolwich, London

Tram Crash, Woolwich, London
Tram Crash in Woolwich, London. This incident took place in the early hours of Thursday, 18th April 1946. The tram was a no.72 workmens service for early commuters

Background imageCrashed Collection: German bomber crashed on house, Bromley, Kent, WW2

German bomber crashed on house, Bromley, Kent, WW2
The remains of a German bomber which crashed on house in Johnson Road, Bromley, Kent, during the Second World War (9 November 1940)

Background imageCrashed Collection: Firefighters attending crashed plane in field, WW2

Firefighters attending crashed plane in field, WW2
Firefighters and vehicles attending a crashed plane burning in field. Date: 1940s

Background imageCrashed Collection: Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash

Fire crews attend the aftermath of a plane crash at Heathrow Airport



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