V Force fatalities

[November4]

According to Colin Cummings in his book Category Five, there were 10 Valiants, 16 Victors and 20 Vulcans lost:

Valiant

WP222 29/07/1955
Sqn Ldr RE Chalk, Flt Lt A Allen, Fg Off T Corkin, Plt Off A Lyons

WP202 11/05/1956
Sqn Ldr K Orman, Flt Lt E Evans, Mr A Knight (Co ejected and survived)

WZ398 13/09/1957
Fire on ground

XD869 11/09/1959
Flt Lt T Watkins, Fg Off P Wormall, Flt Lt D Howard, Flt Lt M Hyslop, Fg Off C Candy, CT R Sewell

Valiant XD864 12/08/1960
Flt Lt B Wickham, Flt Lt W Howard, Flt Lt H Bullen, Flt Lt A Ireson, Sgt R Johnson

WP200 14/03/1961
Take off abandoned and ran through a metal fence AEO and Nav seriously injured.

WZ399 03/11/1961
Take off abandoned and overshot airfield onto a railway track. Crew survived.

WZ363 06/05/1964
Flt Lt F Welles. Flt LT G Mills, Flt Lt J Stringer, Flt Lt L Hawkins, Sgt R Noble

WZ396 23/05/1964
Landed on foam carpet when undercarriage stuck. No casualties reported.

WP217 06/08/1964
Lower part of rear spar fractured - not repaired

Victor

WB771 14/07/1954
Sqn Ldr Ecclestone DFC, Mr I Bennett, Mr B Heithersay, Mr A Cook

XH668 20/08/1959
Sqn Ldr R Morgan, Sqn Ldr G Stockman, Flt Lt L Williams, Flt Lt R Hannaford, Mr R Williams

XH617 19/07/1960
Fg Off M Wilkes, Flt Lt J Wilding, Flt Lt R Bristow (Pilot Flt Lt J Mudford, AEO Fg Off G Stewart survived)

XL159 23/03/1962
Mr M Evans, Mr P Elwood (Pilots Mr P Murphy and Mr J Tank ejected, AEO FLt Lt J Waterton baled out) 2 Civilians on the ground killed Mrs A Gibson, Miss C Gibson

XH613 14/06/1962
Wg Cdr J Matthews, Fg Off W Lowther, Flt Lt G Spencer, Flt Lt B Stubbs, Flt Lt Ansted all abandoned aircraft and survived

XA929 16/06/1962
Flt Lt G Goatham, Flt Lt D Brown, Flt Lt J Gray, Fg Off A Mitchell, Fg Off A Pace, MTech D Smith (Fg Off Brown ejected but killed as outside of design limits for the seat)

XA934 02/10/1962
Aircraft abandoned but Flt Lt N Cooke, Plt Off J Cottridge, Fg Off D Haynes killed (Co Flt Lt E Gwinnel survived)

XM714 20/03/1963
Flt Lt A Galbraith, Flt Lt E Vernon, Flt Lt J churchill, Fg Off T Sandford, MNav A Stringer (Co ejected)

XM716 29/06/1966
Sqn Ldr J Holland, Fg Off H walsh, Flt Lt R Norman, Flt Lt K Smith

XH646 19/08/1968
Sqn Ldr M Doyle, Flt Lt W Galliene, Flt Lt K Peacock, Flt Lt R Morton

XL230 10/05/1973
Flt Lt S Stevenson, Flt Lt J Philips, Flt Lt K Quinney, Sqn Ldr J Musson, Flt Lt R Swain, Flt Lt J Gibbs

XH618 25/03/1975
Flt Lt D Crowther, Flt P Slatter, Fg Off T Evans, Fg Off J Price (PilotFlt Lt K Handscomb ejected)

XL513 28/09/1976
Crashed into overshoot after birdstrike on take off

XL232 15/10/1982
Engine explosion on take off. No injuries

XL191 19/06/1986
Crashed into undershoot during approach - "breakdown in crew cooperation"

XH671 15/03/1993
Cabin door seals damaged in pressure test - not repaired

Any errors are down to my poor typing skills