1920's Incident Logs

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1920

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
5th October	Avro 504K	H9853	Cadet Collage	Peascliffe Tunnel, Grantham	No further information found.

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1921

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
12th December	Avro 504K	E3446	Cadet Collage	Lincolnshire	Engine stalled.
12th December	Avro 504K	H2446	Cadet Collage	Potterhanworth	Engine stalled.
21st December	DH.9A	E974	No.39 Sqn	RAF Digby	Landed down wind and hit a cottage.

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1922

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
24th May	F.2b	J6673	No.2 Sqn	Lincolnshire	No further information found.
15th June	Avro 504K	J734	No.100 Sqn	RAF Grantham	Engine stalled on take-off.
7th July	Avro 504K	F8747	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Collided with H2364 while landing.
7th July	Avro 504K	H2364	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Collided with F8747 while landing.
10th October	Vimy IV	F9151	No.100 Sqn	RAF Grantham	Hit a hangar.
26th October	Avro 504K	H9827	RAFC	Haddington	Suffered a fire while in the air.
7th November	Avro 504K	J739	No.100 Sqn	Lincolnshire	Collided with H5252.
9th November	Avro 504K	D7191	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Stalled on landing.

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1923

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
2nd February	Avro 504K	J732	No.39 Sqn	RAF Grantham	Spun in.
28th February	DH.9A	E967	No.39 Sqn	RAF Grantham	Stalled whilst turning straight after take-off.
24th April	DH.9A	E8489	No.39 Sqn	RAF Grantham	Spun in straight after take-off. 2 killed.
26th June	Vimy IV	F9163	No.100 Sqn	RAF Grantham	Starboard engine failed on take-off.
6th July	Avro 504K	E3507	No.100 Sqn	Lincolnshire	Engine stalled.
18th July	Avro 504K	D8843	RAFC	Hardwick	Engine stalled and spun in.
31st July	F.2b	E2431	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Engine stalled on landing.
8th August	Avro 504K	H2002	No.100 Sqn	Lincolnshire	Engine stalled, and sideslipped.
29th September	DH.9A	E8695	No.39 Sqn	RAF Grantham	Dived in straight after take-off. 2 killed.
12th October	Avro 504K	D8845	RAFC	nr RAF Cranwell	Suffered engine failure and hit a tree.

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1924

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
5th June	DH.9A	E8654	No.39 Sqn	nr RAF Grantham	Collided with J7087. 2 killed.
5th June	DH.9A	J7087	No.39 Sqn	nr RAF Grantham	Collided with E8654. 2 killed.
13th October	Avro 504K	E3725	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Hit by E4197 while on the ground.
13th October	Avro 504K	E4197	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Hit E3725 on take-off.
4th November	Avro 504K	H9813	No.2 FTS	Lincolnshire	Dived in from a turn.

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1925

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
30th March	F.2b	F4692	No.2 FTS	RAF Cranwell	Collided with D4432 during take-off.
30th March	Avro 504K	D4432	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Collided with F4692 during take-off.
19th May	Snipe	E6476	No.2 FTS	RAF Digby	Hit by a Bristol F.2b while on the ground.
25th May	Fawn II	J7226	No.100 Sqn	Lincolnshire	Spun in from a turn.
3rd June	Avro 504K	E9370	No.2 FTS	Lincolnshire	Stalled from a turn.
10th June	Gloster II	J7505	A & AEE	RAF Cranwell	Crashed on landing.
16th September	F.2b	N/K	No.2 FTS	nr RAF Cranwell	Spun in from 1800ft. 2 killed.

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1926

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
8th June	Snipe	E6310	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Swung on take-off and hit J7318.
29th September	DH.9A	J7812	No.39 Sqn	Manor House, Gosberton	No further information found.
20th October	Fawn II	J7223	No.100 Sqn	Bulby	Suffered engine failure and force landed.
12th November	DH.9A	J7354	RAFC	Lincolnshire	Crashed and caught fire.

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1927

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
11th April	Avro 504K	F9721	RAFC	Canwick	Crashed on take-off after forced landing.
2nd May	Avro 504N	N/K	No.2 FTS	Lincolnshire	No further information found.
14th May	Hyderbad I	J7751	No.99 Sqn	Dogo Sands, Skegness	Force landed on Dogo Sands, 6 miles off the Skegness coast.
20th July	DH.9A	J7074	No.39 Sqn	Wykeham, Spalding	No further information found.
20th July	Grebe II	J7580	No.19 Sqn	Holbeach Range	No further information found.
20th July	Gamecock I	J7907	No.32 Sqn	Holbeach Range	1 killed.
30th November	Avro 504N	J8576	No.2 FTS	RAF Cranwell	Hit by J8476.

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1928

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
27th February	Avro 504K	E3269	No.2 FTS	Temple Bruer	Overshot and stalled.
12th March	Avro 504N	E9457	RAFC	Lincolnshire	No further information found.
27th March	F.2b J type	F4826	No.2 Sqn	nr Stamford	No further information found.
26th April	Siskin IIIA	J8956	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Suffered engine failure and dived in.
8th May	Siskin IIIA	J8402	No.41 Sqn	Holbeach Range	1 killed.
30th May	F.2b J type	F4965	No.2 Sqn	RAF Sutton Bridge	No further information found.
31st May	Atlas I	J8793	No.13 Sqn	RAF Sutton Bridge	No further information found.
20th June	DH.9A	J8489	No.2 FTS	Lincolnshire	No further information found.
2nd August	Woodcock II	J7974	No.3 Sqn	Holbeach Range	1 killed.
6th August	Hyderbad	J8807	?	North Somercoates Beach	Force landed on the beach after a possible technical fault. The aircraft was repaired and returned to flight.
14th August	Gamecock I	J7914	No.23 Sqn	RAF Sutton Bridge	Stalled on take-off. 1 killed.
17th August	Avro 504N	J9016	No.2 FTS	RAF Digby	Hit J7795. 1 killed.
17th August	DH.9A	J7795	No.2 FTS	RAF Digby	Hit J9016. 1 killed.
30th August	Avro 504N	H2201	No.2 FTS	Lincolnshire	Stalled and spun in.
14th September	Avro 504N	J8536	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Hit by J8214.
3rd October	DH.9A	J8216	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Hit by J8575
7th November	Avro 504N	N/K	No.2 FTS	nr Boothby Graffoe	1 killed.
24th November	Avro 504N	N/K	No.3 FTS	Lincolnshire	No further information found.
7th December	Avro 504N	J8516	No.503 Sqn	Lincolnshire	No further information found.

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1929

Date	Type	Serial	Unit	Location	Notes
4th February	DH.9A	J7802	No.2 FTS	RAF Digby	Collided with J9018 while landing.
4th February	Avro 504N	J9018	No.2 FTS	RAF Digby	Collided with J7802 while landing.
4th February	F.2b	F4939	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Crashed while landing.
4th March	Fawn II	J6991	No.503 Sqn	Metheringham	No further information found.
7th March	Avro 504N	J8692	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Crashed on landing after avoiding other aircraft.
3rd April	Vimy IV	F9159	No.2 FTS	Lincolnshire	Force landed and tipped on to it's nose.
24th April	Avro 504N	H236	No.2 FTS	RAF Digby	Undershot the landing and hit a hut.
29th April	Fox I	J8425	No.12 Sqn	RAF North Coates	Crashed on landing.
2nd May	Atlas TM	J9470	No.3 FTS	nr RAF Grantham	Spun in near the base.
23rd May	DH.9A	J8210	RAFC	Ancaster	Force landed en route to RAF Waddington.
20th June	DH.9A	J8133	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Crashed after landing while trying to avoid other aircraft.
10th July	Avro 504N	J9013	RAFC	Lincolnshire	Force landed in a field and tipped on to it's nose.
13th August	Avro 504N	J8769	No.3 FTS	Lincolnshire	Pilot fell out and parachuted.
14th August	Gamecock I	J7914	No.23 Sqn	RAF Sutton Bridge	Engine stalled on take-off.
3rd September	Atlas TM	J9457	No.3 FTS	nr RAF Grantham	Abandoned in spinning test.
19th September	F.2b	H1644	No.2 FTS	Holton-le- Moor	Suffered engine failure and dived in.
23rd September	Atlas TM	J9471	No.3 FTS	Harrowby Hall Farm	No further information found.
21st October	Avro 504N	J9014	No.2 FTS	Temple Bruer	Stalled during a practice forced landing.
22nd October	Avro 504N	J8567	No.2 FTS	Lincolnshire	No further information found.
22nd October	Siskin IIIA	J9366	RAFC	RAF Cranwell	Crashed while landing.
18th December	Avro 504N	J8701	No.3 FTS	nr Blue Harbour Inn, Grantham	Crashed on to the road and hit a motorbike.

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