Harbour Grace

The pilot Lou Reichers departed Harbour Grace on a new record solo flight to Paris. While cruising over Ireland, he encountered an unexpected situation and was forced to ditch the airplane in the Bandon River off Kinsale, south Ireland. He was rescued by the crew of 'USS President Roosevelt' while the airplane sank and was lost.

The crew was attempting a world tour when the aircraft crashed on takeoff in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Both pilots John Henry Mears and Harry Brown were injured and the aircraft named 'City of New York' was damaged beyond repair.

The pilot was attempting a transatlantic flight from Canada to England. Shortly after takeoff from Saint John's-Lester Field Airport, bound for Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, the single engine aircraft stalled and crashed, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was seriously injured.

At the end of the afternoon, the seaplane named 'The Dawn' departed Roosevelt Field in New York, bound for a transatlantic flight to London, UK, with an intermediate stop for refuel at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. While cruising in bad weather conditions along the Massachusetts coast, the aircraft crashed in the sea some 35 km off Cape Cod. SAR operations were conducted for several days but no trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew:
Oskar Omdal, pilot,
Brice Goldsborough, radio,
Frank Koehler, flight engineer.
Passenger:
Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson.

Named 'Sir John Carling', this Stinson Detroiter was owned by the Canadian company Carling Breweries that financed this nonstop transatlantic flight from London (Ontario) to London, UK. The crew consisted of both pilots Jerry Tully and Elsie James Medcalf. They departed London that day and made a technical stop in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, before continuing to England. The aircraft disappeared en route and was never recovered.