Page 2 - Aircraft Incidents in Southern Wales 1939

Page 2 Aircraft Incidents in Southern Wales 1939

17/01/1939	L9149	Anson Mk.1	Operated by No.9 E+RFTS. Whilst on a cross country training flight routing R.A.F Ansty-Hamble-Cardiff Pengam-Coventry flew into cloud covered mountain.
06/07/1939	????	Anson Mk.1	Operated by No.217 Sqdn, Coastal Command/R.A.F Tangmere. Force landed on Sker Beach near Porthcawl.
03/08/1939	L7239	Hawker Hind	Operated by No.614 Sqdn/Pengam Suffered engine failure on taking off and whilst making an emergency landing  crashed and overturned at Pengam.
15/08/1939	????	Henley	Operated by No.3 SFTS/Newton Down. Overran runway on landing and hit hedge.
10/09/1939	N6135	Sunderland	Sank in Angle Bay, Pembrokeshire.
19/09/1939	L4256	Wellington B.1	Operated by No.75 Sqdn/R.A.F Harwell. Aircraft ran out of fuel and aircrew abandoned aircraft near Glynneath after aircraft had become lost due to bad weather.
18/09/1939	L2165	Sunderland	Stalled in attempted landing at Pembroke Dock and suffered damage.
10/10/1939	L1219	Blenheim IV	Whilst en-route from R.A.F Bicester on a cross country training flight, aircraft ditched near Port Eynon.
08/11/1939	P4848	Blenheim IV	Whilst en-route from R.A.F Perth to R.A.F St Athan, the aircraft flew into a hillside in Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.
10/11/1939	L2007	Hurricane 1	Operated by 11 Group Pool Flight. Aircraft flew into the seashore 1 mile South of St Athan after a night take off from there and was damaged beyond repair.
15/11/1939	L2008	Hurricane 1	Operated by 11 Group Pool. Aircraft collided with the taxying Hurricane L2007 and was damaged beyond repair.
15/11/1939	L2069	Hurricane 1	Operated by 11 Group Pool. Aircraft collided with the taxying Hurricane L2008 on take-off from R.A.F St Athan and crashed. L2008 was damaged beyond repair.
05/12/1939	L3377	Henley 1	Operated by 7 B.G.S. Aircraft crashed in force landing near Cowbridge.