List of aviation accidents and incidents in the Channel Islands
This article lists some of the aviation accidents and incidents in the Channel Islands from the 1910s to the 2010s.
1910s
1930s
1940s
Civil flying was entirely disallowed during the German occupation of the Channel Islands from June 1940 - May 1945. However, many British and Luftwaffe aircraft crashlanded in and around the islands, with 139 fatal Allied casualties. A memorial to the Allied casualties has been erected at Guernsey Airport[4]
World War 2
Post War
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
References
Footnotes
- ↑ Pinnegar, Edward. A History of Aviation in Alderney.
- ↑ Doyle, Neville. From Sea-Eagle to Flamingo: Channel Islands Airlines 1923-1939.
- ↑ "air disaster of 1938". JEP.
- ↑ "Guernsey WW2 airmen memorial design unveiled". BBC. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Forty, George. Channel Islands At War: A German Perspective. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 244. ISBN 978-0711030718.
- ↑ Winterflood, Herbert. Occupied Guernsey : July 1940-December 1942. Guernsey Press. ISBN 978-0953916665.
- ↑ Winterflood, Herbert. Occupied Guernsey 1943-1945. MSP Channel Islands (2005). ISBN 978-0953911677.
- ↑ "Crash Log -1940". rafdavidstowmoor.org. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Crevichon". Jethou. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
- ↑ Cataroche, Jenny. The History and Archaeology of Jethou. L&C Press. ISBN 9781904332374.
- ↑ "February 1941". luftwaffedata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "March 1941". luftwaffedata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "A Hurricane Downed over Guernsey..!". tomahawkfilms. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ Bell, William. I beg to report. Bell (1995). ISBN 978-0952047919.
- ↑ Lewis, John. A Doctor’s Occupation. Starlight Publishing (1997). ISBN 978-0952565918.
- ↑ "The Franken-Spitfire". defenceoftherealm. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "22/23 November, 1942; STUTTGART:". 49 Squadron Association. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ Marshall, Michael (1967). Hitler envaded Sark. Paramount-Lithoprint.
- 1 2 3 4 Fowler, Will. The Last Raid: The Commandos, Channel Islands and Final Nazi Raid. The History Press. ISBN 978-0750966375.
- 1 2 "NO. 263 SQUADRON" (PDF). ntlworld.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ Foreman, John. RAF fighter command victory claims Jan 41-Jun 43. Red Kite. ISBN 978-0954620158.
- ↑ "1943 log". rafdavidstowmoor.org. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
- 1 2 "15 June 1943". funautical.blogspot.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "14 August 1943". eregbaker. Retrieved 24 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "#42-29877 - B-17F". 8thafhs.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "42-29877". 8thafhs.com.
- ↑ "#42-29630 - B-17F". 8thafhs.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "42-29630". 8thafhs.com.
- 1 2 "Allied Archive Reports relating to 1939 - 1945". aircrewremembered.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Mustang crashes in St Ouen's Bay". theIslandwiki. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "02-JUN-1944". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Accident description". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "381st Bombardment Group Mission #131 – La Frilliere (near Tours), France (6/8/44)". armyairforces.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Fisherman pulls bomber's propeller from sea bed". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "#42-97693 - B-17G". 8thafhs.com. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "#42-30301 - B-17F". 8thafhs.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "#43-37971 - B-17G". 8thafhs.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Aircraft lost on Allied Force's Special Duty Operations & Associated Roll of Honour". harringtonmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?139130 |name=Douglas C-47 Dakota (+1944) |publisher= wrecksite.eu |accessdate=27 Aug 2015
- ↑ Mière, Joe. Never to be forgotten. Channel Island Publishing. ISBN 978-0954266981.
- ↑ "1945-06-13". 8thafhs.com. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Airspeed AS.65 Consul, G-AHMC". abpic.co.uk. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "05-FEB-1951". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "OY-DYA". oy-reg.dk.
- ↑ "15 September 1954". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Saturday 2 November 1957". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Accident description". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Accident description". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Accident description". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "14 April 1965". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Accident description". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Accident description". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "11/1972 G-AVAM, 6 August 1970". gov.uk. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Tuesday 24 December 1974". AirSafety Network. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "14 September 1975". vickersviscount.net.
- ↑ "4/1982 Cessna Citation 500, G-BPCP, 1 October 1980". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1076". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "G-BAGM". airport-data.com. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311 Dash8, G-BTYJ" (PDF). UK AAIB. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "Report No: 4/1999. Report on the accident to Fokker F27-500, G-BNCY, at Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands on 7 December 1997". UK AAIB. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "Report No: 2/1999. Report on the accident to Piper PA-31-350, CN-TFP, north-west of Jersey, Channel Islands on 12 June 1998". UK AAIB. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "Report accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "5 Jun 2001". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "13 Oct 2001". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Report on the serious incident to Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Series 2A, G-BVOV at Guernsey Airport, Channel Islands on 8 March 2006". UK AAIB. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "Piper PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance, g-BTCA" (PDF). UK AAIB. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "Alderney aircraft crash: Search called off for man". BBC News. 13 November 2011.
- ↑ "BN2A MK.III-2 Trislander, G-BDTO, 27 March 2012". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 Aug 2013.
- ↑ "Jersey Airport Blue Island plane crash probe begins". BBC.
- ↑ "S8/2013 BN2B-21 Islander,, 3 November 2013". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Guernsey plane crash pilot 'lucky to be alive'". Guernsey press. Retrieved 22 Aug 2015.