Desoutter I/II

National Flying Services

Crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Sheroham Airport. Both occupants were injured.

Lawrence Alfred Mervyn Dundas

Shortly after takeoff from Hanworth Airfield, the airplane stalled, hit a fence and came to rest against a house, almost upside down. Both occupants were injured.

Maidstone Airport

The single engine airplane departed Bristol-Filton Airport on a flight to Maidstone, carrying two female passengers and one pilot. En route, the pilot encountered poor visibility and was unable to fix his bearings. He reduced his altitude and attempted to land in a pasture when, from a height of 30 feet, the airplane nosed down and crashed. All three occupants were injured and the airplane was destroyed.

Personal Flying Services

En route from Londonderry to Croydon, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog. While flying too low, the airplane impacted a knoll and crashed in a pasture. The aircraft was destroyed and both occupants Irwin Napier Colin Clarke (pilot) and Ernest Victor Barton were killed.

Dominion Airways - New Zealand

The aircraft departed Gisborne at 1245LT bound for Hastings, carrying two passengers, one pilot and several mail bags. While cruising over the area of Wairoa, the pilot drop a mail bag when the aircraft stalled and crashed onto the side of a road. All three occupants were killed. It appears the aircraft stalled while the pilot was trying to gain altitude after dropping the mail bag. Crew: Ivan Louis Kight. Passengers: Walter Findlay, Mr. W.C. Strand.

Winifred Spooner

The crew (Winifred Spooner and Edward C. T. Edwards) departed Croydon on a flight to South Africa. After a flight of 16 hours, while cruising along the Italian coast, the airplane crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Amantea. The crew was rescued.