Air Transport Auxiliary

Avro 652 Anson

Pilot was performing a positioning flight from RAF Sherburn-in-Elmet to RAF Kirkbride. En route, while cruising at low altitude in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Buckles Heath located near South Stainmore. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. Crew (ATS): F/O William Johnston Elliott.

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

The famous pilot Amy Johnson was completing a ferry flight from Prestwick to Kidlington to deliver the aircraft. She left Prestwick on January 4 but should divert to RAF Squires Gate due to poor weather conditions. She spent a night at Squires Gate, near Blackpool, and left on January 5 on a flight which should take some 90 minutes. After 4 hours and a half, she was unable to locate the airport of Kidlington due to poor visibility and decided to abandon the aircraft which crashed later on. Amy Johnson fall into the Thames and the captain of a fishing boat plunged into the very cold water. As the captain died of hypothermia, the body of Amy Johnson was never recovered.