| Date: | Saturday 2 October 1926 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Blériot 155 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Union (France) |
| Registration: | F-AICQ |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leigh, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB) |
| London-Croydon Airport (-/-) |
The "Clément Ader" crashed while attempting an emergency landing, due an engine fire, at Penhurst Airfield. The wreckage was consumed by fire.
Sources:
wikipedia.org: October 1926 Air Union Blériot 155 Crash
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Images:
photo (c) unknown; unknown; 1926
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