with BEA acquiring the RAS aircraft, staff and routes. A memory does live on however. DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-ALXT is preserved by the Science Museum in RAS colour scheme and named 'Star of Scotia'. It is currently in storage at Wroughton. Accidents and incidents On 1 July 1935, de Havilland Dragon G-ADED crashed on take-off from Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man injuring all seven people on board. The aircraft, which was operating a scheduled passenger flight from Ronaldsway to Ringway Airport, Manchester via Squires Gate Airport, Blackpool and Speke Airport, Liverpool was destroyed in the subsequent fire. On 26 October 1935, DH.84 Dragon 2 G-ADEE, crashed on hillside in fog and burnt out, Fairsnape Fell, near Garstang, Lancs. Fg Off Cedric Rex Crow (25) killed (RAFO) Ronald Swales (24) killed. On 6 June 1936, DH. 89 Dragon Rapide "Star of Lancashire", following a forced landing, on Deane golf course, Bolton, Lancashire, the aircraft ran through a fence, destroying the port wings, engine nacelle and landing gear. The pilot and the three passengers were unhurt. On 3 July 1938, DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-AEBX "Star of Scotia", spun and crashed in circuit, Belfast Harbour Airport, Sydenham, Capt Alfred Churchill Larmuth (31) killed (Fg Off, RAFO), Reginald H Vaughan (23) killed (engineer) On 1 April 1946, DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-AERZ, Belfast-City, Antrim, 6 killed. On 16 August 1946, Avro 19 G-AGUE, Speke, Liverpool, no fatalities. On 27 September 1946, De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-AFFF, Milngavie, Dunbartonshire, 7 killed. On 19 December 1946, Converted Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC3) G-AGZA, taking off from Northolt crashed into a house in Angus Drive, Ruislip, with no serious injuries to anyone, either in the aircraft or on the ground. Fleet Avro XIX (1945-1947) de Havilland Dragon (1934-1939) de Havilland Express (1934-1947) de Havilland Dragon Rapide (1935-1947) Douglas Dakota (1946-1947) Junkers Ju 52/3m (1946-1947) See also List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom References Notes Bibliography External links , contemporary description of the Railway Air Services Airlines established in 1934 Airlines disestablished in 1947 Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Great Western Railway Imperial Airways London and North Eastern Railway London, Midland and Scottish Railway Southern Railway (UK) 1934 establishments in the United Kingdom 1947 disestablishments in the United Kingdom