ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 27956
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| Date: | Friday 13 May 1921 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.18 |
| Owner/operator: | Instone Air Line |
| Registration: | G-EAUF |
| MSN: | 3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Argueil, near Rouen, France. -
 France
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Croydon Airport, Croydon, Surrey (EGCR) |
| Le Bourget, Paris (LBG/LFPB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-RAF J6900. Registered by 31/07/1920 to Aircraft Transport & Travel Ltd (C of R 554). Later to The Air Council. Re-registered 24/03/1921 to Instone Air Line Ltd and named 'City of Paris'. Between 01/05/1921 and 07/05/1921, completed 19 return flights between Croydon and Paris, carrying a total of 75 passengers. Average journey time 2 hours 45 minutes, with the fastest flight being 2 hours 17 minutes.
Written off 13/05/1921 when crashed on landing at Argueil, near Rouen, France. Registration G-EAUF cancelled 02/06/1921 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use" of aircraft
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E1.html
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EAUF.pdf
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.18
4. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/May21.html
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Feb-2014 21:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Nov-2021 08:47 | Jinx 40 | Updated [Location, Country, Narrative] |
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