Felixstowe - Felixstowe

On April 29, 1920 at 12:00 AM, Felixstowe - Felixstowe experienced a crash involving Felixstowe F.5, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Felixstowe Suffolk.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew departed Felixstowe on a training mission on behalf of the 230th Squadron. Shortly after takeoff, the seaplane stalled and crashed in the sea few hundred metres offshore. Two crew members were rescued while four others were killed. Crew: S/L Edwin Roland Moon, † F/O Albert John Fyfield, † Sub-Lt Guiltherine J. Da Fonseca, † AC2 Gerald Tipping Bass, † F/Lt Charles Oscar Modin, F/O Louis Henry Pakenham-Walsh.

Aircraft reference details include registration N4044.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.9643°, 1.3290°.