Beschrijving:
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
| Status: | |
| Datum: | vrijdag 25 september 1936 |
| Type: | Boulton Paul P.71A |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Imperial Airways |
| Registratie: | G-ACOX |
| Constructienummer: | P.71A/1 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1934 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | van Dungeness ( Verenigd Koninkrijk)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Vracht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | London-Croydon Airport (-/-), Verenigd Koninkrijk |
| Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB), Frankrijk |
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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Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen London-Croydon Airport en Paris-Le Bourget Airport bedraagt 319 km (199 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
De afstand tussen London-Croydon Airport en Paris-Le Bourget Airport bedraagt 319 km (199 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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