North Sea Aerial %26 General Transport

Blackburn B-2

The pilot, sole aboard, was performing a mail flight. En route, the single engine aircraft went out of control for unknown reasons and crashed in Ellerton, near Selby. The pilot was killed.

Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo

Upon landing at Brough Aerodrome, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. All three occupants evacuated safely and and the aircraft christened 'Pip' was damaged beyond repair.

De Havilland DH.50

The aircraft departed London on a mail flight to Nairobi with intermediate stops in Cairo, Khartoum and Kisumu. While taking off from the Bay of Kisumu, the seaplane collided with floating obstacles (jetsam) and came to rest. The pilot was uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Fairey III

Upon landing on Lake Victoria off Kisumu, one float was sheared off and the aircraft sank. All three occupants evacuated with minor injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.

Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo

Following a local flight, the aircraft was returning to Brough Aerodrome when it crashed on landing and overturned. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were injured. The pilot, F/O Hugh Crichton McDonald, died few hours later from his injuries.