RAF VALLEY FLYING TRAINING ACCIDENTS
RAF VALLEY FLYING TRAINING ACCIDENTS
RAF VALLEY FLYING TRAINING ACCIDENTS
On 1 April 1951, it had been announced that RAF Valley would become one of the Royal Air Force’s principle flying training airfields. Herewith, details of known serious incidents that have unfortunately transpired since that date; including the names of the deceased instructors and student pilots. Data from the late Arthur Evans, Jack Jones, VAS archives; supplemented by the Air Historical Branch RAF/RN and the RAF Museum.
NO 202 ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL
5 June 1951 - Vampire FB 5 VZ 333
31 July 1951 - Vampire FB WA 160
11 October 1951 - Vampire FB 5 WA 318
5 November 1951 - Vampire FB 5 WA 305 *Sergeant John Cobb
4 December 1951 - Meteor T 7 WF 777
31 December 1951- Meteor T 7 WA 716
6 March 1952 - Vampire FB 5 VV 446
6 March 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WA 290
1 May 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WA 426
24 July 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WA 264 *P.O. George Henry Dexter
13 August 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WA 418
28 August 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WG 827
1 September 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WA 150
7 November 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WG 798
19 November 1952 - Vampire FB 5 VV 547 *P.0. Geoffrey Felsted
24 November 1952 - Vampire FB 5 VZ 863
1 December 1952 - Vampire FB 5 WE 802
NO 7 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
21 January 1953 - Vampire FB 5 WA 339 *P.O. Edward John Chivers
19 March 1953 - Vampire FB 5 WE 835 *P.O. George Timothy Robin Pitts-Tucker
8 April 1953 - Meteor T 7 WF 857
9 July 1953 - Vampire FB 5 WA 174 *Lt. G. Rahal, Royal Lebanese A.F
24 October 1953 - Vampire FB 5 VV 226 *P.O. Peter Edwin Bancroft
11 December 1953 - Vampire FB 5 WA 459
7 January 1954 - Vampire T 11 WZ 561 *Instructor Sgt Jack Charles Marshall *Student P.O. Edwin Dennis Mitchell
20 February 1954 - Vampire FB 5 VZ 206
6 April 1954 - Vampire FB 5 WG 797
23 April 1954 - Vampire T 11 WZ 563
27 April 1954 - Vampire T 11 WZ 499
15 July 1954 - Vampire FB 5 WA 307 *P.O. Henryk Bieniek
16 July 1954 - Vampire FB 5 659
3 December 1954 - Vampire FB 5 VZ 128
22 June 1955 - Vampire FB 5 VX 987
8 July 1955 - Vampire FB 5 VX 356
15 July 1955 - Vampire FB 5 WA 337
28 July 1955 - Vampire FB 5 *Midshipman Brian Macey, R.N.
12 October 1955 - Vampire FB 5 VV 556
31 December 1955 - Vampire FB 5 VV 554 *P.O. Malcolm Frederick Farmer
5 February 1956 - Vampire FB 5 WR 603 *Midshipman Michael H Burns, R.N.
19 April 1956 - Vampire FB 5 VV 601 *Midshipman Robert M Armitage, R.N.
28 September 1956 - Vampire FB 5 WG 845 *Lt Arthur W Jeffrey, R.N.
12 October 1956 - Vampire FB 5 VZ 874 *Sub Lt Roy Davies R.N.
8 January 1957 - Vampire FB 5 WA 417 *Lt John B Taylor, R.N.
10 January 1957 - Vampire T 11 WZ 504
29 January 1957 - Vampire T 11 WG 835
11 April 1957 - Vampire T 11 XH 319
18 May 1957 - Vampire T11 XF 922
22 May 1957 - Vampire T 11 XD 954
20 September 1957 - Vampire WZ 496
12 December 1957 - Vampire FB 9 WP 993 *Lt Nicholas J Lipscomb, R.N.
6 August 1958 - Vampire FB 9 WP 998
7 October 1958 - Vampire FB 5 VZ 273
14 October 1958 - Vampire FB 5 WA 394
22 December 1958 – Vampire FB 9 WR 137 *P.O. Frank Littlewood Thorpe
NO 4 FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL
11 April 1961 - Vampire T 11 XD 584 .
8 August 1962 - Vampire T 11 XD 620 *Acting P.O. Francis John Marriot
24 April 1963 - Vampire T 11 WZ 612/55
18 October 1963 - Gnat T 1 XR 536/36
27 May 1964 - Gnat T 1 XR 949/25
23 July 1964 - Gnat T 1 XR 998/47
12 October 1964 - Gnat T 1 XR 976/44
14 January 1965 - Gnat T 1 XR 565/36
9 March 1965 - Gnat T 1 XR 542/15
6 April 1965 - Gnat T 1 XR 985/54
22 April 1965 - Gnat T 1 XR 950/27 *Flt Lt Timothy Francis Haughton Mermegen 22 April 1965 - Gnat T 1 XS 108/15 *P.O. Gavin Darrell Priest
19 July 1965 - Gnat T 1 XR 543/55 *P.O. Roger Maxwell Cooper
3 September 1965 - Gnat T 1 XR 979/45
13 April 1966 - Gnat T 1 XP 507/07 *Flt Lt Bill Edwyn Carrad Forse *P.O. Peter William Stewart
13 May 1966 - Gnat T 1 XR 539/08
23 May 1966 - Gnat T 1 XR 570/22
23 August 1967 - Gnat T 1 XP 512/12
14 December 1967 - Gnat T 1 XP 509/09
8 June 1968 - Gnat T 1 XR 999/56
14 November 1968 - Gnat T 1 XP 510/10
13 June 1969 - Gnat T 1 XR 952/31
14 August 1969 - Hunter F 6 XG 204/70
3 January 1970 - Gnat T 1 XR 997/25 *Flt Lt Peter Jack Phillips *F.O. Anthony Trevor Carter
11 May 1971 - Hunter T 7 XL 622/85 *Flt Lt John Vincent Loftus *Flt. Lt John Anthony Duckworth
8 November 1971 - Hunter T 7 XL 575/80 *Flt Lt John Metcalf *Lt. Bertram Yong, Singapore D.F.
14 March 1972 - Gnat T 1 XR 948/48
10 August 1972 - Hunter F 6 XF 387/77 *Flt Lt Charles Francis Ashe
10 August 1972 - Hunter F 6 XF 384/72* Cadet Talal Shafig Issa, Iraqi A.F.
28 July 1973 - Gnat T 1 XR 993
6 September 1973 - Gnat T 1 XP 508’21
12 October 1973 - Gnat T 1 XP 537
2 November 1973 - Hunter T 7 XL 596/90 * Sqn Ldr Ronald Clive Etheridge *Officer Cadet Abdulla Nusierat, Jordanian A.F.
16 October 1975 - Gnat T 1 XS 106/36
21 April 1976 - Hunter F 6 XG 185/74
30 April 1976 - Gnat T 1 XP 536/27 * Flt Lt Kenneth Graham Ivell *Capt D J Kiefer, USAF
30 April 1976 - Gnat T 1 XR 983/53 * Flt Lt David James Mather *Flt Lt I J Sandford
8 October 1976 - Gnat T 1 XR 996/66 * Flt Lt John Lazek Grzybowski *F.O. Ashley William Smart
26 April 1978 - Gnat T 1 XR 544/60
28 July 1982 - Hawk T 1 XX 305 *Flt Lt Paul Christian Gay
24 June 1983 - Hawk T 1 XX 166 * Flt Lt Roger Francis Lane *Flt Lt Julian Mark Baden Lewis
25 October 1984 - Hawk T 1 XX 298
7 November 1984 - Hawk T 1 XX 180
17 April 1985 - Hawk T 1 XX 293
7 July 1986 - Hawk T 1 XX 223
14 July 1989 - Hawk T 1 XX 182
14 July 1989 - Hawk T 1 XX 291 *P.O. Simon Mark Tomkins
9 May 1990 - Hawk T 1 XX 347
1 July 1993 - Hawk T 1 XX 163
13 February 1996 - Hawk T 1A XX 164/74(R) Sqn *Flt Lt Simon John Burges
26 May 1996 - Hawk T1 XX 302/74(R) Sqn
19 April 1998 - Hawk T 1A XX 186/74 Sqn
28 September 2000 - Hawk XX 249
15 February 2002 - Hawk T 1A XX 352/CD/19(R) Sqn
20 April 2007 - Hawk T 1A XX 196/208(R) Sqn
