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Royal Air Force accidents and incidents

Occurrences where an aircraft's operator is Royal Air Force. Spellings and company suffixes are merged.

34 records from 1918 to 2011, 30 of them fatal. Most often a Handley PAGE HALIFAX; most often in United Kingdom.

Occurrences3431 accidents · 2 incidents · 28 mapped
Fatal occurrences30Fatality total known for 33 of 34
Reported fatalities342Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Years1918–201119 Aug 1918 – 20 Aug 2011

By year

Royal Air Force: occurrences by year
YearOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
19181 occurrences in 1918, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).17
19191 occurrences in 1919, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).19
19381 occurrences in 1938, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).113
19421 occurrences in 1942, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).110
19432 occurrences in 1943, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).218
19444 occurrences in 1944, 4 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).447
19471 occurrences in 1947, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).11
19491 occurrences in 1949, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).114
19531 occurrences in 1953, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).126
19541 occurrences in 1954, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).116
19562 occurrences in 1956, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).25
19572 occurrences in 1957, 2 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).247
19651 occurrences in 1965, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).141
19701 occurrences in 1970, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).14
19741 occurrences in 1974, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).13
19751 occurrences in 1975, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).16
19821 occurrences in 1982, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).00
19851 occurrences in 1985, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).11
19881 occurrences in 1988, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).00
19901 occurrences in 1990, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).110
19931 occurrences in 1993, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).00
19941 occurrences in 1994, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).129
19952 occurrences in 1995, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).17
20051 occurrences in 2005, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).110
20061 occurrences in 2006, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).114
20071 occurrences in 2007, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).13
20111 occurrences in 2011, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1944 (4).11

Aircraft types

Royal Air Force: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Handley PAGE HALIFAX2225
Nimrod MR22221
Vickers Valetta C-12253
Antonov AN-28100
Avro Anson T211114
Avro LANCASTER115
Avro Lancaster GR31126
Avro SHACKLETON1110
Avro VULCAN114
Avro Vulcan B-2116

Airports most often reported

Royal Air Force: airports most often reported
AirportOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK): 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.2.9%00
L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA)L.F. Wade International Airport (BDA): 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 1).2.9%00
Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU): 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 1).2.9%00
Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (BZE)Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (BZE): 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), 1).2.9%00

Countries

Royal Air Force: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
United KingdomUnited Kingdom: 17 occurrences, 50.0% of the occurrences shown. 16 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.50.0%16194
UnknownUnknown: 8 occurrences, 23.5% of the occurrences shown. 5 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).23.5%530
CanadaCanada: 2 occurrences, 5.9% of the occurrences shown. 2 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).5.9%222
AfghanistanAfghanistan: 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).2.9%114
FranceFrance: 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).2.9%118
GermanyGermany: 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).2.9%15
IraqIraq: 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).2.9%110
JordanJordan: 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).2.9%127
MaltaMalta: 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).2.9%16
NetherlandsNetherlands: 1 occurrences, 2.9% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (United Kingdom, 17).2.9%116

Deadliest occurrences

Royal Air Force: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
Little Baldon air crash6 Jul 196541Little Baldon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom1
1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash2 Jun 199429Mull of Kintyre, Scotland1
1957 Aqaba Valetta accident17 Apr 19572720 miles from Aqaba Airport, Jordan1
1953 Mediterranean Sea mid-air collision15 Jan 195326over the Strait of Sicily2
Sutton Wick air crash5 Mar 195720Sutton Wick, Drayton, Berkshire, England1
1944 Camisette Air Crash5 Dec 194418Pic de la Camisette, France1
1954 Aldbury Valetta accident6 Jan 195416Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom1
Carlton crash27 Apr 194316Amsterdam2
1944 Montreal RAF Liberator VI crash25 Apr 194415Griffintown neighborhood in downtown Montreal, Quebec1
2006 Royal Air Force Nimrod crash2 Sept 200614Chalaghor in the Panjwaye District of Kandahar, Afghanistan1

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  1. 2011 Red Arrows crash

    20 Aug 2011 · Throop, Dorset · 1 fatal

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  2. 2007 Royal Air Force Puma crash

    8 Aug 2007 · Hudswell Grange, North Yorkshire, England · 3 fatal

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  3. 2006 Royal Air Force Nimrod crash

    2 Sept 2006 · Chalaghor in the Panjwaye District of Kandahar, Afghanistan · 14 fatal · not on the map

  4. 2005 Royal Air Force Hercules shootdown

    30 Jan 2005 · Iraq · 10 fatal

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  5. 1995 Royal Air Force Nimrod MR2 crash

    2 Sept 1995 · Lake Ontario, 0.8 km from Toronto · 7 fatal

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  6. 1995 Royal Air Force Nimrod R1 ditching

    16 May 1995 · Moray Firth, 7.2 km NE of RAF Kinloss · not on the map

  7. 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash

    2 Jun 1994 · Mull of Kintyre, Scotland · 29 fatal

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  8. An-28 incident near Weston-on-the-Green

    28 Aug 1993 · Weston-on-the-Green (United Kingdom) · not on the map

  9. 1990 Scotland RAF Shackleton crash

    30 Apr 1990 · near Tarbert, Scotland · 10 fatal

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  10. American Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 incident

    30 Dec 1988 · ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO · not on the map

  11. Mid-air collision over Bad Laer

    18 Feb 1985 · Bad Laer · 1 fatal

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  12. 1982 Royal Air Force Jaguar shootdown incident

    25 May 1982 · 35 miles NE of RAF Brüggen

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  13. 1975 Żabbar Avro Vulcan crash

    14 Oct 1975 · Żabbar, Malta · 6 fatal

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  14. 1974 Norfolk mid-air collision

    9 Aug 1974 · Fordham Fen, Norfolk, England · 3 fatal

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  15. 1970 Royal Air Force Whirlwind crash

    20 Nov 1970 · Patrick Brompton, North Yorkshire, England · 4 fatal

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  16. Little Baldon air crash

    6 Jul 1965 · Little Baldon, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom · 41 fatal

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  17. 1957 Aqaba Valetta accident

    17 Apr 1957 · 20 miles from Aqaba Airport, Jordan · 27 fatal

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  18. Sutton Wick air crash

    5 Mar 1957 · Sutton Wick, Drayton, Berkshire, England · 20 fatal

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  19. 1956 London Heathrow Avro Vulcan crash

    1 Oct 1956 · London Heathrow Airport · 4 fatal

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  20. 1956 Hawker Hunter multiple aircraft accident

    8 Feb 1956 · Unknown location · 1 fatal · not on the map

  21. 1954 Aldbury Valetta accident

    6 Jan 1954 · Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom · 16 fatal

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  22. 1953 Mediterranean Sea mid-air collision

    15 Jan 1953 · over the Strait of Sicily · 26 fatal · not on the map

  23. 1949 Exhall mid-air collision

    19 Feb 1949 · Exhall, Warwickshire, United Kingdom · 14 fatal

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  24. Crash of Gloster Meteor EE411 at Sülfeld, 16 June 1947

    16 Jun 1947 · Sülfeld, Segeberg district 53.48"30 N 10.13"31 E · 1 fatal

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  25. 1944 Grafenberg Wald Avro Lancaster shootdown

    12 Dec 1944 · Wildpark im Grafenberger Wald, Ludenberg (Düsseldorf), Nazi Germany · 5 fatal

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  26. 1944 Camisette Air Crash

    5 Dec 1944 · Pic de la Camisette, France · 18 fatal

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  27. 1944 Montreal RAF Liberator VI crash

    25 Apr 1944 · Griffintown neighborhood in downtown Montreal, Quebec · 15 fatal

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  28. Moordown air disaster

    21 Mar 1944 · Moordown, Bournemouth, England · 9 fatal

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  29. 1943 RAF Hudson crash

    19 May 1943 · Unknown location · 2 fatal

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  30. Carlton crash

    27 Apr 1943 · Amsterdam · 16 fatal

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  31. DH.95 crash in Yorkshire

    30 Apr 1942 · near Great Ouseburn, United Kingdom · 10 fatal

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  32. 1938 Royal Air Force Hawker Audax crash

    4 Sept 1938 · Edmonton, London, England · 13 fatal

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  33. Airship N.S.11 crash

    15 Jul 1919 · North Sea off Cley next the Sea, Norfolk, England · 9 fatal

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  34. Maxstoke air crash

    19 Aug 1918 · Maxstoke, North Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom · 7 fatal

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