AiB AVIA Class Reports

[Ross_McNeill]

Where doubt lay in the cause for an aircraft loss or it was noted that a trend of losses was occurring then the Accident Investigation Branch could be tasked with investigation by the Air Ministry.

Pre-war the AiB had mostly been concerned with civil air losses but as a part of the Air Ministry it also had a watching brief for military air losses. During the war period it was mainly concerned with military crashes needing more investigative skill than a Court of Inquiry could provide.

Later Form 765C, Form 1180 and Form 412 all have a section where it was noted that an AiB Investigation was taking place into the accident.

Not all AiB reports have survived, most of 1944 is missing, but those that were saved are stored at The National Archives, Kew, London under the civil AVIA 5/Series.

Typically of 3 to 4 pages they can contain photos of recovered wreckage as well as witness statements.

[Ross_McNeill]

This is an example of a full AiB report into the crash of a Whirlwind at Aldermaston on 30th April 1941.

http://www.rafcommands.com/Images/AVIA/DSCF0545.JPG

http://www.rafcommands.com/Images/AVIA/DSCF0546.JPG

http://www.rafcommands.com/Images/AVIA/DSCF0547.JPG

http://www.rafcommands.com/Images/AVIA/DSCF0548.JPG

Regards
Ross

[Ross_McNeill]

The TNA index for AVIA 5 has a number of errors in the transcription of serial numbers that prevent easy searches.

The following is very much a work in progress for AVIA5/19, the first wartime file, to provide an index of:

Aircraft Serial Number, Aircraft Type, Date of Incident, W reference

2199 Blenheim IV W914
AM266 Catalina II ??/01/1941 W958a
AR651 Mohawk IV 08/01/1941 W947
AR658 Mohawk IV 02/01/1941 W945
AR664 Mohawk IV 01/02/1941 W958
AR666 Mohawk IV 06/08/1940 W853
G-ADPF Tiger Moth W822
G-ADVH Monospar W748a
G-AESO Tiger Moth W747
K4927 Hart Trainer 08/12/1940 W934
K6011 Swordfish 29/11/1940 W928
K6248 Anson I 21/03/1941 W989
K6272 Anson I 21/06/1940 W795
K6296 Anson I 01/04/1941 W997
K6718 Spitfire P W949
K7019 Harrow II 21/10/1938 W621
K7114 Blenheim I 09/03/1941 W984
K7156 Blenheim I 05/07/1940 W808
K7190 Whitley I 02/05/1939 W654
K7229 Whitley I 05/03/1941 W983
K7260 Whitley I 18/12/1939 W718
K7435 Audax I 11/10/1938 W619
K7594 Battle I 11/12/1937 W581
K7732 Wellesley I 29/09/1938 W617
K7933 Gladiator I 16/06/1938 W604
K7950 Gladiator I 19/11/1939 W709
K8503 Shark II 20/02/1941 W969a
K8733 Anson I 21/02/1939 W639
K8996 Whitley III 18/10/1939 W693
K9001 Whitley III 19/09/1939 W684
K9002 Whitley III 21/07/1939 W669
K9223 Battle I 01/10/1940 W886
K9419 Battle I ??/03/1939 W641
K9838 Spitfire I 16/03/1939 W643
K9965 Spitfire I 08/09/1939 W679
K9977 Spitfire I 30/12/1939 W719
L1100 Blenheim I 03/01/1941 W946
L1153 Blenheim I 18/07/1938 W607
L1160 Blenheim I 07/11/1938 W623
L1164 Blenheim I 03/09/1939 W677
L1232 Blenheim I 05/06/1940 W784
L1358 Blenheim I 10/07/1940 W814
L1549 Hurricane I 20/07/1938 W607
L1577 Hurricane I 01/02/1941 W959
L1629 Hurricane I 02/02/1939 W635
L1717 Hurricane I 27/11/1940 W926
L1791 Hurricane I 25/07/1940 W827
L1849 Hurricane I 07/07/1940 W810
L1870 Hurricane I 29/07/1940 W827
L1936 Hurricane I 04/07/1940 W797
L1955 Hurricane I 29/07/1940 W832
L1989 Hurricane I ??/07/1940 W827
L2162 Sunderland I 20/09/1938 W616
L2944 Skua II 27/07/1940 W829
L2946 Skua II 11/01/1940 W724
L3036 Skua II 14/11/1939 W708
L4054 Hampden I 07/04/1940 W749
L4136 Hampden I 20/04/1939 W649
L4161 Hampden I 05/09/1939 W678
L4243 Wellington I 15/05/1939 W656
L4261 Wellington I 01/03/1941 W979
L4290 Wellington I 21/07/1939 W670
L4395 Mentor 21/03/1940 W745
L4547 Oxford I 06/11/1939 W703
L4571 Oxford I 18/09/1939 W683
L4580 Oxford I 13/09/1938 W615
L4702 Lysander I 28/04/1939 W653
L4762 Lysander II 28/04/1939 W652
L4853 Blenheim IV 06/08/1940 W838
L5356 Battle I 29/10/1940 W900
L5947 Magister I ??/07/1940 W807
L5948 Magister I 10/05/1938 W602
L6016 Hereford I 09/05/1940 W765
L6160 Botha I 02/05/1940 W775
L6205 Botha I ??/08/1940 W850
L6612 Blenheim I 19/12/1940 W941
L6679 Blenheim I 16/11/1940 W912
L6970 Defiant I 11/06/1940 W791
L7004 Defiant I 07/06/1940 W787
L7278 Manchester I 21/03/1941 W988
L7596 DH.86 28/07/1939 W672
L8060 Magister I 16/08/1938 W614
L8136 Magister I 11/11/1938 W624
L8331 Magister I 15/04/1940 W754
L8369 Blenheim I 25/09/1940 W880
L8600 Blenheim I 28/03/1941 W993
L8797 Blenheim IV 23/09/1940 W876
L8844 Blenheim IV 20/07/1940 W821
L9150 Anson I 28/03/1941 W994
L9172 Blenheim IV 12/06/1940 W793
L9212 Blenheim IV 28/06/1940 W799
L9487 Halifax I 13/01/1941 W953
L9689 Oxford I 10/03/1939 W642
L9693 Oxford I 21/09/1940 W874
L9885 Beaufort I 09/06/1940 W798
N1108 Beaufort I 17/12/1940 W939
N1177 Beaufort I 23/09/1940 W877
N1192 Oxford I 24/09/1940 W878
N1440 Whitley V 07/11/1940 W905
N1547 Defiant I 15/11/1940 W912a
N1749 Defiant I ??/03/1941 W982
N2497 Hurricane I 04/12/1940 W930
N2901 Wellington Ia 13/05/1940 W767
N2984 Wellington Ia 02/03/1940 W735
N2987 Wellington Ia 09/03/1940 W744
N2993 Wellington Ia 06/06/1940 W785
N3017 Wellington Ia 08/03/1940 W739
N3120 Spitfire I 18/02/1940 W731
N3191 Spitfire I 16/01/1941 W954
N3451 Defiant I 12/03/1941 W985
N3555 Blenheim IV 06/07/1940 W809
N3786 Magister I 21/09/1939 W685
N3813 Magister I 18/08/1940 W847
N3843 Magister I 27/09/1939 W686
N3907 Magister I 14/01/1939 W629
N3976 Magister I 25/11/1940 W920
N3981 Magister I 02/09/1939 W676
N4562 Oxford I 04/12/1940 W931
N4564 Oxford I 16/01/1940 W726
N4572 Oxford I ??/10/1939 W692
N4583 Oxford I 28/10/1940 W899
N4596 Oxford I ??/10/1939 W691
N4736 Oxford II 16/12/1940 W938p
N4758 Oxford II 28/09/1939 W687
N4796 Oxford II 08/09/1940 W858
N4803 Oxford II 12/08/1940 W844
N5055 Anson I 19/10/1939 W697
N5096 Anson I 04/10/1939 W689
N5132 Anson I 18/09/1940 W849
N5203 Anson I 07/04/1941 W999
N5228 Anson I 11/07/1940 W815
N5244 Anson I 08/09/1940 W859
N5431 Magister I 10/08/1940 W843
N6380 Oxford II 13/01/1940 W725
N6434 Oxford II 01/11/1939 W701
N6526 DH.82 Tiger Moth II ??/09/1940 W863
N6540 DH.82 Tiger Moth II ??/06/1940 W783
N6590 DH.82 Tiger Moth II 31/05/1940 W782
N6785 DH.82 Tiger Moth II 27/05/1940 W776
N6940 DH.82 Tiger Moth II ??/04/1940 W721
N7008 Harvard I 07/11/1940 W904
N7011 Harvard I ??/07/1940 W803
N7034 Harvard I 18/10/1939 W695
N7043 Harvard I 13/11/1939 W707
N7064 Harvard I 15/06/1939 W662
N7074 Harvard I 11/09/1939 W680
N7134 Harvard I 25/11/1939 W711
N7140 Harvard I 20/05/1940 W770
N7174 Harvard I 13/09/1940 W866
N7182 Harvard I 01/11/1939 W702
N7212 Hudson I 14/03/1940 W742
N7214 Hudson I 04/10/1939 W690
N7415 Master I 20/10/1939 W698
N7422 Master I 10/01/1940 W723
N7427 Master I 26/11/1940 W925
N7477 Master I 09/06/1940 W790
N7502 Master I 28/11/1940 W928
N7539 Master I 08/07/1940 W812
N7551 Master I 22/04/1940 W756t
N7556 Master I 31/05/1940 W780
N7597 Master I 02/12/1940 W929
N7600 Master I 21/12/1040 W942
N7622 Master I ??/09/1940 W875
N7625 Master I 14/08/1940 W846
N7628 Master I ??/02/1941 W963
N7630 Master I 31/05/1940 W781
N7637 Master I 03/03/1941 W981a
N7677 Master I 13/08/1940 W845
N7683 Master I 21/02/1941 W970
N7687 Master I ??/09/1840 W861
N7690 Master I 25/07/1940 W825
N7695 Master I 02/07/1940 W802
N7702 Master I 28/06/1940 W800
N7706 Master I 30/05/1940 W779
N7717 Master I 09/08/1940 W842
N7776 Master I 26/02/1941 W976
N7826 Master I 22/02/1941 W972
N7872 Master I 24/07/1940 W824
N7881 Master I 12/09/1940 W865
N7939 Master I ??/09/1940 W870
N7987 Master I 20/09/1940 W873
N8002 Master I 02/03/1941 W980
N9324 DH.82 Tiger Moth 18/12/1940 W940
N9450 DH.82 Tiger Moth II ??/07/1940 W830
P1271 Hampden I 08/10/1940 W888
P1360 Albemarle P 04/02/1941 W961
P1800 Oxford II 11/12/1939 W715
P1817 Oxford II 03/03/1940 W736a
P1823 Oxford II 08/03/1940 W740
P1869 Oxford I 06/08/1940 W839
P1933 Oxford I 08/04/1940 W750
P2508 Magister I 02/01/1940 W720
P2882 Hurricane I 17/06/1940 W794
P3482 Hurricane I 15/07/1940 W818
P3569 Hurricane I W783a
P4830 Blenheim I 17/09/1940 W867
P4902 Blenheim I 07/08/1940 W840
P4912 Blenheim I 06/06/1940 W786
P5064 Whitley V 05/11/1940 W902a
P5071 Whitley V 18/02/1941 W968
P5803 Harvard I 18/09/1940 W871
P5871 Harvard I 21/11/1939 W710
P5901 Harvard I 25/07/1940 W828
P6001 Proctor I 29/08/1940 W856
P6008 Proctor I 12/03/1940 W741
P6984 Whirlwind 19/01/1941 W955
P7535 Spitfire Iia 22/02/1941 W973
P7780 Spitfire IIa 03/04/1941 W998
P7847 Spitfire IIa 24/03/1941 W991
P8965 Oxford II 30/03/1941 W995
P9267 Wellington Ic 04/04/1940 W748
P9270 Wellington Ic 24/05/1940 W773
P9517 Spitfire I 21/05/1940 W772
R1014 Wellington Ic 06/02/1941 W964
R1043 Wellington Ic 30/03/1941 W996
R1813 Magister I 10/02/1941 W966
R1891 Magister I 10/11/1940 W909
R1917 Magister I 08/11/1940 W908
R2089 Beaufighter II 12/01/1941 W951
R2095 Beaufighter II ??/11/1940 W913
R2129 Beaufighter II ??/01/1941 W953a
R2140 Beaufighter II 28/11/1940 W927
R2510 Hertfordshire P 23/10/1940 W897
R2792 Blenheim IV 26/11/1940 W924
R3399 Anson I ??/01/1941 W957
R3697 Blenheim IV 04/06/1940 W816
R3699 Blenheim 21/10/1940 W896
R3757 Blenheim IV 05/11/1940 W903
R3842 Blenheim IV 19/07/1940 W820
R5957 Oxford II 27/02/1941 W977
R6246 Oxford I 08/06/1940 W788
R6400 Oxford II 09/01/1941 W948a
R6640 Spitfire I 01/07/1940 W801
R9004 Lysander III 23/01/1941 W956
R9056 Lysander III 07/10/1940 W887
R9698 Anson I 23/02/1941 W975
T2138 Blenheim IV 23/02/1941 W974a
T2321 Blenheim IV 02/11/1940 W915
T2470 Wellington Ic 05/11/1940 W902a
T2550 Wellington Ic 10/01/1941 W950
T4277 Whitley V 07/12/1940 W933a
T8335 Master I 01/11/1940 W901
T8674 Master I ??/03/1941 W987
T9326 Hudson I 30/09/1940 W883
T9328 Hudson I 16/10/1940 W895
V1028 Magister 12/01/1941 W952
V3395 Oxford I 21/03/1941 W990
V4035 Oxford I ??/12/1940 W932
V7317 Hurricane I 20/11/1940 w916
W5365 Wellington II 08/02/1941 W965
W9189 Hurricane I 09/02/1941 W965a
X4159 Spitfire I 13/09/1940 W868
X4421 Spitfire I ??/03/1941 W992
X4423 Spitfire I 08/11/1940 W906
X4613 Spitfire I 02/03/1941 W980a
X8903 Proctor Iia 17/11/1940 W913a
X9435 Gull 10/10/1940 W891
Z5970 Blenheim IV 14/02/1941 W967
Z6465 Whitley V 03/03/1941 W981
Z7010 Hurricane I 17/03/1941 W986

The file varies from a single page file note to say no investigation required to a report of several pages.

I would estimate that approx 50% of the W files are single page.

Many pages have been removed and quite a few loose in the front of the document are not associated with the rest of their report.

I am attempting to split the file into the W reports and to marry the loose pages with the original W report. This will make my index and photo file a better research tool than the original AVIA5/19 held at the TNA.

[paulmcmillan]

4159 Spitfire I W868 -> 13.9.40 Spitfire I X4159 7 OTU Tattenhall, near Broxton, Cheshire DIG "Sergeant Dermot David Samuel Edgar, 741642. Killed
The aircraft was undertaking dog fighting practice when it dived into the ground after the pilot suffered anoxia "

[Ross_McNeill]

Cheers Paul

Regards
Ross

[Ross_McNeill]

This file is in better condition in the TNA.

More files have photos and the extent of report is expanded from those previously in AVIA5/19

Far fewer mistakes in aircraft serial transcription

AA759 Spitfire V 22/10/1941 W1129
AA801 Spitfire IV 29/10/1941 W1132
AB646 Oxford II 30/11/1941 W1149
AB693 Oxford II 20/09/1941 W1111
AH432 Havoc II 21/11/1941 W1143
AH582 Airacobra I ??/10/1941 W1125
AH847 Tomahawk Ia 20/10/1941 W1126
AH856 Tomahawk Ia 31/05/1941 W1031
AH888 Tomahawk Iia 30/04/1941 W1015
AH922 Tomahawk IIa 11/09/1941 W1105A
AL562 Liberator II 23/11/1941 W1146
AM260 Liberator I 14/08/1941 W1089
AM261 Liberator I 10/08/1941 W1086a
AM915 Liberator I 01/09/1941 W1100
AN522 Fortress I 22/06/1941 W1048
AN534 Fortress I 28/07/1941 W1072
AN536 Fortress I 09/01/1942 W1165
AP475 Oxford II 07/02/1942 W1177
AR671 Mohawk IV 30/01/1942 W1175
AW209 Beaufort I 29/07/1941 W1072a
AW215 Beaufort I ??/06/1941 W1040
AW395 Havoc I 26/01/1942 W1171
AW850 Anson I 13/01/1942 W1169
BB912 Havoc I 22/04/1941 W1010
BD786 Hurricane Iib 30/08/1941 W1097
BJ494 Havoc I 29/09/1941 W1115
BL407 Spitfire V 24/12/1941 W1159
BL432 Spitfire V 14/02/1942 W1180
BL480 Spitfire V ??/01/1942 W1174
BL491 Spitfire V 08/03/1942 W1191
BL538 Spitfire V 09/03/1942 W1190
BL568 Spitfire V 10/01/1942 W1167
BT488 Hotspur II 19/12/1941 W1157
HM178 Argus I 15/03/1942 W1196
K5608 Shark II 24/02/1942 W1183
K6110 Tutor I 07/09/1941 W1103
L2887 Skua II 15/05/1941 W1023a
L3152 Roc 30/07/1941 W1076a
L3284 Henley I 03/06/1941 W1032
L4297 Wellington I 29/04/1941 W1013
L4575 Oxford I 05/05/1941 W1019
L4622 Oxford I 15/11/1941 W1139
L4636 Oxford I 25/10/1941 W1130
L4851 Blenheim IV 01/07/1941 W1055
L5964 Magister I 08/12/1941 W1152
L6195 Botha I 18/11/1941 W1140
L6396 Botha I 11/03/1942 W1194
L6449 Botha I 10/06/1941 W1038a
L6750 Blenheim I 24/01/1942 W1173
L6845 Whirlwind P 11/06/1941 W1039
L7248 Lerwick I 21/10/1941 W1127
L7300 Manchester I 23/11/1941 W1144
L7310 Manchester I 21/06/1941 W1046
L7315 Manchester I 29/06/1941 W1053
L7318 Manchester I 15/09/1941 W1107
L7428 Manchester I 18/11/1941 W1141
L7863 Wellington Ic 06/01/1942 W1163
L8084 Magister I 25/06/1941 W1051
L8164 Magister I 11/12/1941 W1153
L9567 Halifax 14/09/1941 W1106a
L9652 Oxford I 14/09/1941 W1005
L9935 Beaufort I 07/02/1942 W1178
N1474 Whitley V 17/06/1941 W1042
N3286 Spitfire I 15/08/1941 W1090
N3627 Blenheim IV 08/08/1941 W1086
N3935 Magister I 05/06/1941 W1034
N4563 Oxford I 04/05/1941 W1018
N5453 DH.82 Tiger Moth II 07/07/1941 W1058
N6019 Stirling I 08/05/1941 W1020
N6087 Stirling I 18/11/1941 W1142
N6431 Oxford II 30/01/1942 W1176
N6595 DH.82 Tiger Moth II 17/09/1941 W1108
N7574 Master I 25/09/1941 W1112b
N7581 Master I 30/08/1941 W1098
N7704 Master I 07/06/1941 W1035
N7765 Master I 25/09/1941 W1113
N7927 Master I 14/05/1941 W1022
N7996 Master I 17/03/1942 W1199a
N9318 DH.82 Tiger Moth II ??/06/1941 W1037
N9643 Anson I 22/04/1941 W1009
N9817 Anson I 15/05/1941 W1023
P1294 Hampden I 30/10/1941 W1133
P1368 Albemarle I 28/02/1942 W1187
P1881 Oxford I 16/05/1941 W1025
P1888 Oxford I 22/06/1941 W1049
P2115 Hampden I 07/04/1941 W1004
P2871 Hurricane I 26/09/1941 W1114
P3831 Hurricane I 12/04/1941 W1002
P4391 Hampden I 28/08/1941 W1095
P7008 Whirlwind I 30/04/1941 W1014
P7522 Spitfire IIa 13/09/1941 W1106
P7825 Spitfire II 30/07/1941 W1073
P9546 Spitfire Ia 11/02/1942 W1179
R1212 Wellington Ic 15/04/1941 W1002a
R1450 Wellington Ic ??/01/1942 W1172
R1517 Wellington Ic 17/06/1941 W1043
R1586 Wellington Ic 26/06/1941 W1052
R1909 Magister I 24/07/1941 W1068
R2271 Beaufighter II 26/04/1941 W1011
R2324 Beaufighter II 29/05/1941 W1030
R2335 Beaufighter II 04/09/1941 W1100a
R3805 Blenheim IV 17/07/1941 W1060
R3816 Blenheim IV 07/08/1941 W1084
R3875 Blenheim IV 07/09/1941 W1101
R5031 DH.82 Tiger Moth II 19/06/1941 W1044
R5194 DH.82 Tiger Moth II 20/04/1941 W1007
R5789 Manchester I 09/01/1942 W1166
R5929 Dominie I 27/05/1941 W1029
R6699 Spitfire Ia 24/12/1941 W1158
R6882 Spitfire V 10/01/1942 W1168
R7033 Spitfire V 05/10/1941 W1119
R7142 Spitfire I 16/12/1941 W1155
R7592 Typhoon Ia 01/11/1941 W1134
R7637 Typhoon Ia 08/03/1942 W1189
T1043 Oxford I 26/08/1941 W1094
T1247 Oxford II ??/02/1942 W1188
T2458 Wellington Ic 24/07/1941 W1069
T2552 Wellington Ic 21/11/1941 W1145
T2953 Wellington Ic 03/01/1942 W1162
T3351 Beaufighter I 17/09/1941 W1109
T4650 Beaufighter Ic 01/11/1941 W1135
T4652 Beaufighter Ic 14/08/1941 W1088
T4863 Beaufighter Ic 16/03/1942 W1197
T7174 DH.82 Tiger Moth II 03/06/1941 W1033
T8381 Master I 18/07/1941 W1061
T8409 Master I 22/07/1941 W1066
T8432 Master I 31/07/1941 W1075
T8468 Master I 22/04/1941 W1008
T8547 Master I 25/07/1941 W1069a
T8681 Master I 13/10/1941 W1123
T8819 Master I 10/06/1941 W1038/b
T8836 Master I ??/05/1941 W1021
T8878 Master I 03/05/1941 W1017
T9447 Hudson III 18/06/1941 W1043a
V3586 Oxford II 11/08/1941 W1087
V3845 Oxford II 06/08/1941 W1081
V3933 Oxford I 21/07/1941 W1065
V3973 Oxford I 21/07/1941 W1063
V5518 Blenheim IV 16/04/1941 W1003a
V5689 Blenheim IV 08/06/1941 W1036
V5723 Blenheim IV 23/07/1941 W1067
V6069 Blenheim IV 20/07/1941 W1062
V6389 Blenheim IV 30/04/1941 W1014a
V6788 Hurricane I 15/05/1941 W1024
V7611 Hurricane I 10/04/1941 W1001
V9165 Hudson III 03/01/1942 W1164
W3374 Spitfire V 16/09/1941 W1108
W5031 Botha I 30/06/1941 W1054
W5128 Botha I ??/02/1942 W1182
W5448 Wellington II 18/05/1941 W1027
W5492 Wellington II 18/09/1941 W1110
W5529 Wellington II 03/10/1941 W1118
W8319 Boston III 19/02/1942 W1181
W8502 Master III 11/10/1941 W1120
W8777 Master III 25/02/1942 W1185
X3134 Hampden I ??/05/1941 W1028
X3170 Wellington Ic 15/12/1941 W1156
X3289 Wellington III 06/12/1941 W1151
X3355 Wellington III 28/02/1942 W1186
X3370 Wellington III 19/01/1942 W1170
X3394 Wellington III 11/11/1941 W1138
X3643 Wellington III 09/03/1942 W1195
X4036 Spitfire I 24/02/1942 W1184
X4354 Spitfire I 07/12/1941 W1150
X4381 Spitfire I 06/08/1941 W1082
X4662 Spitfire I 27/07/1941 W1071
X4680 Spitfire I 15/06/1941 W1041
X4924 Spitfire I 19/08/1941 W1092
X7548 Beaufighter I 26/07/1941 W1070
X7564 Beaufighter I 17/08/1941 W1091a
X7620 Beaufighter I 12/10/1941 W1122
X9390 DH.90 Dragonfly 10/09/1941 W1104
X9643 Wellington Ic 21/06/1941 W1047
X9747 Wellington Ic 03/08/1941 W1078
X9752 Wellington Ic 29/11/1941 W1148
X9872 Wellington Ic 10/09/1941 W1105
Z2316 Hurricane II 21/07/1941 W1064
Z2494 Hurricane II 26/04/1941 W1012
Z2578 Hurricane II 16/08/1941 W1091a
Z2677 Hurricane II 07/08/1941 W1095
Z3256 Hurricane II 30/07/1941 W1074
Z3844 Hurricane IIc 02/10/1941 W1117
Z5800 Blenheim IV 11/11/1941 W1137
Z6050 Blenheim IV 18/04/1941 W1006
Z6148 Blenheim IV 01/01/1942 W1161
Z6731 Whitley V 19/08/1941 W1093
Z6740 Whitley V 06/08/1941 W1080
Z8774 Wellington Ic 09/03/1942 W1192
Z8856 Wellington Ic ??/10/1941 W1121
Z8860 Wellington Ic 30/08/1941 W1099
Z9100 Wellington Ic 10/12/1941 W1154
Z9385 Whitley V 28/12/1941 W1160

[dennis_burke]

outside the scope of the thread slightly but can anyone account for a crash report in AVIA or else where for

DH84 G-ACAP 26 March 1936

Commercial Air Hire aircraft on AA co-operation with the Army. Crashed near Stoneycross, Lyndhurst? I can; tfind it from a simple search of the AVIA files. Found some mention in Flight Magazine.

[paulmcmillan]

I have a quote that says " Few reports of investigations of accidents survive for the period between 1936 and 1946, although information may sometimes be found in Air Ministry Civil Aviation Files in AVIA 2, and the Air Ministry Correspondence (AIR 2). "

However I have a reference that the accident file for this is

C333 26.3.1936 DH Dragon G-ACAP Lyndhurst

[Ross_McNeill]

Hi Gents,

Report C333 should have been in AVIA 5/18

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-893357&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CC333&accessmethod=0

But it is listed as Wanting which means missing.

The Card Index from 1918 to the 1970s is AVIA 126.

This tells you the index for the crash eg CXXX, WXXX or SXXXXX

Armed with this index number then a ferret of the files is in order as the TNA Catalogue index has only picked up files where the reference is clearly printed.

Loose leaf pages from a report may be misfiled in the folder but like I said for AVIA 5 it is all a bit hit and miss.

Regards
Ross

[dennis_burke]

Thanks Guys, it missing then most likely. It's the pilots grandson who was asking. Aeroplane magazine in 1936 had a long text extra from the inquest so we found that at least. Via google books and some digging.