Date:	Thursday 13 December 1923
Time:	12:30
Type:	Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger
Owner/operator:	Sperry Gyroscope Co Ltd
Registration:	G-EBIJ
MSN:	12
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Minor
Location:	Rye Bay, near Pett, East Sussex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Croydon Airport, Surrey (EGCR)
Destination airport:	Schipol Airport
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Forced ditching in the English Channel. Body of Lawrence B. Sperry (pilot) found about four weeks later.

Dover Express, Friday 18 January 1924
The Times (London), 13th December 1923
National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/5/C76: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576544
National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 2/211: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2684780
https://www.aahs-online.org/pubs/journals/files/672099.pdf
https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2020/may/25/a-slice-of-history-at-rnli-rye-harbour

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
26-Feb-2020 20:36	Dr. John Smith	Added
26-Feb-2020 20:38	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative, ]
17-Jul-2022 21:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Category, ]
04-May-2024 18:54	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
25-Jul-2024 12:40	Nepa	Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator, ]
24-Oct-2025 07:14	wileyhodges	Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative, ]