Royal Danish Air Force - Flyvevåbnet

Gulfstream GIII

On final approach to Vágar Airport runway 12, the crew encountered extreme atmospheric turbulences. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed on the slope of a mountain located 2 km short of runway. All nine occupants were killed, among them Admiral Hans Jørgen Garde, Chief of the Danish Army, and his wife Anna garde. At the time of the accident, the visibility was good but severe turbulences were present in the approach path.

Canadian Vickers PBV-1 Canso (OA-10 Canso)

The seaplane aircraft departed Værløse AFB on a training flight with three passengers and a crew of five on board. After completing landings into the sea off Gilleleje, the crew prepared for a second landing when the airplane struck the water surface in a nose-down attitude, plunged into the sea and sank by a depth of 12 meters, some 4,6 km offshore. A crew member was killed while seven other occupants were rescued.

Douglas C-54 Skymaster

The crew was completing a training flight when an engine failed in flight. The captain decided to ditch the aircraft in the Kattegat, off Hesselø Island. All 20 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was lost.

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

The Catalina operated on a trip from Air Station Værløse via Keflavik, Reykjavik, Mestersvig, Station North, Thule, Sonderstrom and back to Værløse. The flyinbg boat departed Værløse, Denmark on 20 April 1964. On 3 May 1964, en route from Thule to Sonderstrom, the airplane suffered an no. 1 engine failure. Due to the Catalina’s single engine performance, the captain decided to make a precautionary landing when they discovered open water about 10 km south west from Upernavik. The crew was later rescued by a USAF SA-16 and brought to Sonderstrom. Two days later the Catalina was damaged beyond repair by the ice which had crushed the it.

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

While cruising in bad weather conditions on a flight from Narsarsuaq to Søndre Strømfjord, the seaplane struck the slope of a mountain and was destroyed upon impact. The wreckage was found few hours later in the region of Desolation Cape and all 13 occupants have been killed.

Percival P.66 Pembroke

Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Esbjerg while conducting a training mission. All four crew members were killed.

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

While descending to Rønne Airport, the twin engine aircraft went through a patch of fog when it struck tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located about nine km northeast of the airfield. Both crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt N. B. Larsen, Lt Bent Helge Stier Andersen.

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

On final approach to Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport, the pilot-in-command encountered foggy conditions and decided to reduce his altitude to establish a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft hit the mast of a boat. The aircraft flew dozen yards and crashed near the south harbor. Three crew members were killed while a fourth occupant was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. Crew: Lt Arne Schjødt Jensen, † Cpt Knud Frederik Mørkebjerg, † V. H. Ibsen, † K. B. Mogensen.

Airspeed AS.10 Oxford

The pilot was sole on board this twin engine aircraft to perform a local training sortie. Shortly after takeoff from Værløse AFB, while climbing to an altitude of 300 meters, the aircraft collided with a Danish Air Force North American Harvard. Registered 32-353, this second aircraft was carrying a crew of two who were also performing a local training sortie and were trying to land at the time of the collision. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed. All three crew members were killed. Crew Oxford: 2nd Lt Jørgen Gerhard Christensen, pilot. Crew Harvard: Lt Jørgen Hindse-Nielsen, pilot, Harry Smedegaard Marquart, passenger.

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

The crew was completing a training mission when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Hjarbæk Lake off Hjarbæk. Both crew members were rescued.

De Havilland DH.60 Moth

After takeoff from Avnø, the single engine airplane crashed for unknown reasons. Both crew members were injured.

Avro 504

Crashed in unknown circumstances. Occupant fate unknown.