Miles M.60 Marathon

Royal Air Force - RAF

Following an uneventful training flight, the crew landed at RAF Topcliffe and started the braking procedure when the undercarriage were mistakenly raised by the crew. The aircraft sank on its belly and slid for several yards before coming to rest. All four crew members were uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Crash landed at RAF Topcliffe for unknown reason. There were no casualties.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a local training sortie at RAF Topcliffe. Upon touchdown, the leg of a main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sank on its belly and slid for several yards before coming to rest. While all four crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was engaged in a local training flight at RAF Thorney Island. After touchdown, one of the main landing gear collapsed. The airplane sank on its belly and slid for several yards before coming to rest. Both pilots were uninjured while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Royal Air Force - RAF

Damaged beyond repair after a hard landing at RAF Topcliffe. There were no injuries.

Royal Air Force - RAF

After landing at RAF Thorney Island, the four engine aircraft encountered difficulties to stop. It overran, went through a concrete wall and came to rest on a beach. All three crew members were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. There were heavy rain falls and strong winds at the time of the accident.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The four engine airplane left RAF Thorney Island at 0944LT on a navigation exercice via Cosham, Bude, Trowbridge, Northampton, Spalding, Petersfield and back to Thorney Island at an assigned altitude of 6,000 - 7,000 feet. Enroute, the aircraft went out of control and entered a dive. Passing through the clouds, apparently at an altitude of 1,000 feet, both outer wings separated. At 300 feet, the aircraft made a last turn to the right before crashing in a near vertical position in a field. The aircraft was destroyed and all five crew occupants were killed. Crew: Sgt Henry P. S. Fowler, pilot, P/O James Henry Hurlstone Green, staff navigator, F/O Eric Arthur Dench, student navigator, P/O Sumair Persad, student navigator. Passenger: Sgt Gordon H. E. Davies, air gunner. Source & photos: http://f-86.tripod.com/xa271.htm

Union of Burma Airways

After touchdown, the twin engine aircraft was unable to stop within the remaining distance, overran and came to rest in flames. All 21 occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed by fire.

Aeroplane %26 Armament Experimental Establishment - A%26AEE

The crew was involved in a test flight at RAF Boscombe Down, with some propeller blade control. While cruising at low height, the crew informed ground he was encountering difficulties and lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a wooded area located eight miles northeast of the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed and both crew members were killed.