Crash of a De Havilland DH.4A off Boulogne: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1919
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Registration:
H5894
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Survivors:
No
Schedule:
London - Paris
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Crew on board:
1
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Pax on board:
1
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Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed London on a flight to Paris, carrying one pilot and one passenger, the agronomist and botanist Aaron Aaronsohn. While flying over The Channel, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the sea off Boulogne-sur-Mer. Both occupants were killed.