Crash of a Fokker F7a in the Atlantic Ocean: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 31, 1927
Registration:
G-EBTQ
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Upavon - Ottawa
MSN:
5023
YOM:
1927
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The Princess Anne Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was engaged in a transatlantic flight from Upavon to Ottawa, Canada, and provided this aircraft named 'Saint Raphael' that was piloted by an Imperial Airways crew. The airplane departed Upavon Airport, Wiltshire, at 0732LT and continued its route to the west. It was spotted over Ireland and later by the crew of a tanker cruising in the North Atlantic ocean. As the single engine aircraft never arrived in Ottawa, SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor its occupants was ever found. It is believed that the aircraft crashed in the ocean off Newfoundland.
Crew:
Frederick Minchin, pilot,
Leslie Hamilton, radio.
Passenger:
Princess Anne Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.
Crew:
Frederick Minchin, pilot,
Leslie Hamilton, radio.
Passenger:
Princess Anne Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.
