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Updated: 31 Jan 12
The intention of this page, and those linked from it, is to record the circumstances of aircraft crashes at, or involving, RAF Digby and satellites, and its crews. With thanks to contributors to the AviationSafetyNetwork database who formed the start point.
| Date | Sqn | Aircraft | Location | Phase | Narrative | Casualties |
| Apr/May 1927 | 2 FTS | P/O Blatchford killed | 1 x fataility | |||
| 17 Feb 1932 | 2 FTS | Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Trainer (K1463) | nr Digby Railway Station | Aircraft spun into ground, damaged beyond repair. | ||
| 14 Apr 1932 | 2 FTS | Avro 504N (K2352) | East Winch | Crashed, damaged beyond repair. | ||
| 25 Apr 1932 | 2 FTS | Armstrong Whitworth Atlas Trainer (K1466) | 1 mile W of RAF Digby | Aircraft stalled and crashed, damaged beyond repair. | ||
| 9 Jun 1932 | 2 FTS | Avro 504N (K1815) | Between Bloxholm and RAF Digby | En route | Collided with F8812 and crashed, damaged beyond repair. | 1 x fatality |
| 25 Jun 1936 | 2 FTS | Hawker Audax MkI (K5140) | RAF Digby | Landing | Aircraft stalled and a wing hit the ground - written off, damaged beyond repair. | |
| 9 Nov 1936 | 2 FTS | Hawker Audax MkI (K7363) | RAF Digby | Landing | Bounced, stalled and undercarriage collapsed. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 23 Feb 1937 | 2 FTS | Hawker Audax MkI (K7469) |
RAF Digby | Approach | Undershot at night and hit a wall - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 26 Jul 1937 | 2 FTS | Hawker Audax MkI (K5144) | RAF Digby | Landing | Aircraft bounced at night and overturned. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 10 Jan 1939 | 19 Sqn | Supermarine Spitfire Mk1A (K9794) | RAF Digby | Landing | Undercarriage struck a fence on overshoot and subsequently collapsed on landing. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 24 Feb 1939 | 46 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1795) | RAF Digby | Landing | Undercarriage collapsed during a heavy landing. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 9 Mar 1939 | 73 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1576) | RAF Digby | Landing | The aircraft undershot during a night landing and crashed - damaged beyone repair. | |
| 18 Apr 1939 | 73 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1633) | RAF Digby | Approach | The aircraft undershot at night and hit a hedge in an attempted overshoot. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 21 Apr 1939 | 73 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1570) | RAF Digby | Initial Climb | The aircraft lost height and crash landed. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 25 Jul 1939 | 73 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1580) | RAF Digby | Landing | Aircraft bounced causing undercarriage to collapsed, at night. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | 1 x fatality (check) |
| 4 Aug 1939 | 73 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1582) | RAF Digby | Landing | Aircraft stalled, bounced and tipped up | 1 x injured |
| 9 Sep 1939 | 504 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1954) | Metheringham landing ground | Approach | Aircraft lost height at night and crashed. Written
off - damaged beyond repair. Pilot John Michael Godfree Browne killed. He was the grandson of Michael Browne who founded the lace making company Dobsons and M. Browne & Co. Ltd., which made the 38 Battle of Britain Commemorative lace panels. (31 of which have been located including one in Southwell Minster). |
1 x fatality |
| 8 Oct 1939 | 23 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L1424) | RAF Digby | Landing | Bellylanded in error. Written off - damaged beyond repair | |
| 24 Feb 1940 | 229 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L6742) | Toynton St Peter, Lincs | in flight | Crashed out of control after being dazzled by searchlights during nighttime searchlight co-operation exercise. Crew was flying lower than scheduled and did not give recognition signals. | 3 x fatalities |
| 6 Mar 1940 | 46 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L1857) | RAF Digby | Take off | Lost height at night & hit tree. Written off - damaged beyond repair | |
| 8 Mar 1940 | 61 Sqn | Handley Page Hampden MkI (L4111) | RAF Digby | Landing | Aircraft suffered severe damage during offensive bombing patrol to Sylt. At 02:00 they were plotted as just off the English coast, however no requests for bearings were made until 3 hours later. Mist and enemy action held them on the coastline. | 4 x fatalities |
| 1 Jun 1940 | RAF Cranwell | Airspeed Oxford MkI (L4583) | 'Welbourn Landing Ground' | Landing | Overshot when landing and hit a hedge. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 25 Aug 1940 | 29 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L1330) | Wainfleet | Shot down? | 2200hrs: P/O RA Rhodes and. Sgt N Jacobson listed as missing. (Believed shot down and crashed into sea during night combat) Jacobson was just 18 years old - the youngest Battle of Britain RAF aircrew casualty. |
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| 4 Sep 1940 | 151 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (V7406) | RAF Stapleford | Take off | PO Ambrose (see 151 Sqn) | 1 x fatality |
| 11 Sep 1940 | 611 Sqn | Supermarine Spitfire MkII (P7298) | Croydon | Combat | 1600hrs: Sgt F.E.R. Shepherd killed. (Caught fire during combat. Pilot baled out but aircraft crashed into houses) |
1 x fatality |
| 12 Oct 1940 | 29 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L1472) | RAF Wellingore | Initial climb | At 1550 hours, P/O Buchanan, was ordered to fly for an air test. The aircraft was started up in the normal manner. Everything was correct with the exception of the boost pressure on the starboard engine, which was +4 pounds instead of +5 pounds. When airborne at a height of about 15 feet the port engine lost power. The starboard engine appeared to be normal but was not giving sufficient power to clear a line of trees. Accordingly, the pilot, being uncertain of the position of the undercarriage, allowed the aircraft to turn at right angles to the line of take off, and, as he was losing height, throttled back and landed. As a result there was extensive damage to the fuselage, engines and port mainplane. Written off - damaged beyond repair. | Uninjured |
| 13 Oct 1940 | 29 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L6637) | Point of Air (over sea) | Shot down | On Patrol 1735 aircraft was shot down into sea by a 308 Sqn Hurricane | |
| 25 Oct 1940 | 151 Sqn | Hawker Hurricane MkI (L2047) | RAF Digby | Landing | Undercarriage collapsed in a heavy landing. Aircraft written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 29 Oct 1940 | 29 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L1503) | RAF Wellingore | Take off | Aircraft piloted by Sgt Roberts hit a tree on take off and was damaged beyond repair. | |
| 29 Nov 1940 | 29 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L1505) | RAF Wellingore | Taxi | During a night-time taxi the aircraft collided with another and was written off - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 19 Dec 1940 | 29 Sqn | Bristol Blenheim MkI (L6612) | ivo Leadenham | en route | The aircraft hit trees near Leadenham, probably caught in a downdraught. | |
| 8 Apr 1941 | 29 Sqn | Bristol Beaufighter Mk1F (R2250) | RAF Wellingore | Landing | Crashed on return from a patrol, shot down by Ju88. |
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| 3 Jul 1941 | 12 Gp AACU | Bristol Blenheim MkIV (Z7580) | Peak District | Flight | Crashed into hillside in low mist. Pilot Sgt Nikodem Plotek AC2 W Cottom RAF AC1 W Franklin Kidd RCAF AC2 R Place RAFVR |
4 x fatalities. |
| 14 Aug 1941 | 409 Sqn | Bolton Paul Defiant Mk1 (T3934) | RAF Coleby Grange | Approach | Mission no 474, on approach, hit trees and crashed. | |
| 19 Nov 1941 | 92 Sqn | Miles Magister MkI (L8332) | RAF Wellingore | Mission no 758. Suffered engine failure, stalled and hit wires and then crash landed. | ||
| 22 Jan 1942 | 609 Sqn | Supermarine Spitfire (AB188) | Blankney Heath | Collided with 92 Sqn Spitfire, Jean Offenburg fatality. | ||
| 26 Apr 1942 | 288 Sqn | Boulton Paul Defiant MkI (N1762) | RAF Coleby Grange | Approach | Crashed after stalling on approach at night - damaged beyond repair. | |
| 15 Jun 1964 | Jet Provost Mk3 (XN580) |
Digby Oral Histories:
- Geraldine Poulton, Ops Room WAAF
- Peggy Balfour, Ops Room WAAF
- Marjorie Turner, Ops & ATC WAAF
- Edith Kup, WAAF
- Richard James, 29 Sqn
- L Oliver, Ops Rm Radio Mech
- Les Armstrong, 73 Sqn
- Charles Durrett, airfield construction LO
- Jack Lucas, LAC fitter, 154 Sqn
- Fitter Atkins, 611 and RCAF Sqns
- LAC Charles Mayhew, Ops Room
- Laurie Seymour, 410 Sqn
- Sgt Charles Carmichael, RAF Regt
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