Descripción:
The first Boulton Paul P.71A aircraft, registered G-ACOX and named 'Boadicea' was lost in the English Channel, off Dungeness, Kent, on 25.9.36 while on an air-mail flight from Croydon to Le Bourget, Paris with the loss of the two crew: Captain Alfred Cecil Thomas (pilot, aged 36) and Harold Eugene Percival (wireless operator, aged 31).
accident date: 25-09-1936
type: Boulton Paul P.71A
registration: G-ACOX
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | viernes 25 septiembre 1936 |
| Tipo: | Boulton Paul P.71A |
| Operador: | Imperial Airways |
| Registración: | G-ACOX |
| Numéro de série: | P.71A/1 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1934 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | de la costa de Dungeness ( Reino Unido)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | London-Croydon Airport (-/-), Reino Unido |
| Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB), Francia |
The first Boulton Paul P.71A aircraft, registered G-ACOX and named 'Boadicea' was lost in the English Channel, off Dungeness, Kent, on 25.9.36 while on an air-mail flight from Croydon to Le Bourget, Paris with the loss of the two crew: Captain Alfred Cecil Thomas (pilot, aged 36) and Harold Eugene Percival (wireless operator, aged 31).
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accident date: 25-09-1936
type: Boulton Paul P.71A
registration: G-ACOX
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Distance from London-Croydon Airport to Paris-Le Bourget Airport as the crow flies is 319 km (199 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from London-Croydon Airport to Paris-Le Bourget Airport as the crow flies is 319 km (199 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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