Date:	Wednesday 20 August 1919
Time:
Type:	Airco DH.4M-1
Owner/operator:	United States Army Air Service (USAAS)
Registration:	AS-30992
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Baja California -   Mexico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Disappeared between Mexicali and Loreto. Force-landed on a deserted beach, on eastern coast of Baja California, off course in a storm south of San Diego, during a border control flight. F/L Cecil H. Connolly (21) and F/L Frederick B. "Frank" Waterhouse (22) survived 17 days until picked up and murdered by two Mexican fishermen 3 SEP 1919. Bodies found in a shallow grave at Bahia de Los Angeles OCT 1919.

AAIR
La Nación (Santiago) 4 April 1920, p12
El Informador 30 August 1919, p1/2 November 1919, p1
Cecil H. Connolly

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-Oct-2016 19:52	TB	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, ]
04-Oct-2016 15:51	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
04-Oct-2016 16:05	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, ]
14-Apr-2024 17:38	TB	Updated [Total fatalities, Source, ]
15-Apr-2024 20:17	TB	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Apr-2024 07:26	TB	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
16-Apr-2024 07:53	TB	Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ]