List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft before 1925

For more exhaustive lists, see the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives[1] or the Aviation Safety Network[2] or the Scramble on-line magazine accident database.

[3] Combat losses are not included except for a very few cases denoted by singular circumstances.

Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.

12 July At the age of 32, Charles Rolls (of Rolls-Royce fame) was killed in an air crash at Hengistbury Airfield, Southbourne, Bournemouth when the tail of his Wright Flyer broke off during a flying display.

He was the first Briton to be killed in an aeronautical accident with a powered aircraft, and the eleventh person internationally.

Two men look at a propeller and gear assembly lying on the ground. One is stooping over it, inspecting it closely; the other leans with his back against a whitewashed wall on the right. Buildings are visible in the background.
Propeller and gear assembly knocked off Patrie during temporary landfall in Ballysallagh, Ireland on 1 December 1907
Wright Model A crash on Fort Myer parade ground. Photo by C. H. Claudy.
A damaged semi-rigid airship sags under the weight of its gondola.
The damaged République prepares to land at Jussy-le-Chaudrier on 3 September 1909, after its engine overheated.
Death of Charles Stewart Rolls - Illustrated London News
Artist's impression of the collision
HMA No.1 after breaking its back
Wright Model B wreckage at College Park Airport.
Painting of LZ18 descending in flames after engine fire, 17 October 1913.
Sqn Cdr E. H. Dunning landing aboard HMS Furious in the Scapa Flow, in a Sopwith Pup , believed to have been N6453 , 2 August 1917, five days before his fatal third attempt.
Fokker Dr.I 115/17 in which Gontermann crashed on 29 October 1917
The Tarrant Tabor F1765 after its crash
Rescuers scramble across the wreckage of British R-38/USN ZR-2 airship, 24 August 1921.
22 February 1922 Langley Field base newspaper extra edition about the Roma Tragedy
ZR-1's bow following the January storm.