Crash of a Vickers Viking 1 in Cottévrard: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 18, 1919 at 1300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers Viking (Serie I/II/III & IV)
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAOV
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Positioning
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Brooklands - Paris
MSN:
1
YOM:
1919
Location:
Cottévrard
Seine-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The British aviator John William Alcock departed Brooklands (Weybridge) that day to Paris-Le Bourget to take part to the first airplane exhibition in Europe after the WWI. While overflying Seine-Maritime, the pilot lost control of the seaplane that crashed in Cottévrard, some 20 km north of Rouen. The pilot was seriously injured (skull fracture) and died few hours later. He performed the first nonstop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland last 15JUN1919 with Arthur Whitten Brown. He was aged 27.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4A in Caterham: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 11, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAHF
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Scheduled Revenue Flight
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Paris-Le Bourget - Hounslow Heath
MSN:
F2699
YOM:
1919
Location:
Caterham
Surrey
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Paris-Le Bourget in the morning bound to Hounslow Heath, near Heathrow, London. While approaching the airport of Kenley, south of Croydon, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field. While the passenger was killed, the pilot was seriously injured. Two days later, he died from his injuries. The passenger was returning to London following a meeting with the French Prime Minister Georges Clémenceau in Paris.
Crew:
Lt Stanley Blackall Bradley, pilot.
Passenger:
George Franklin Rand, President of the Marine Trust Company in Buffalo, New York.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined. However, it is believed that the pilot was either trying to land at Kenley or was trying to pinpoint his position.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.4A off Folkestone

Date & Time: Oct 20, 1919
Type of aircraft:
De Havilland DH.4
Operator:
Registration:
G-EAHG
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Ferry
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Interlaken - Paris - Croydon
MSN:
F2694
YOM:
1919
Location:
Folkestone
Kent
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The pilot, Major-General Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, was returning to Croydon following an exhibition in Interlaken, Switzerland. After a fuel stop in Paris-Le Bourget, he continued to his base in Croydon. While overflying The Channel and approaching the British coast, he encountered foggy conditions and the visibility was low. Eventually, the aircraft crashed in the sea off Folkestone, Kent. The pilot was rescued while the aircraft was lost.
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