Portsmouth – Heston – Coventry

On September 22, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Portsmouth – Heston – Coventry experienced a crash involving Handley Page H.P.30, operated by National Aviation Displays, with the event recorded near Aston Clinton Buckinghamshire.

The flight was categorized as refuelling and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was being used as a tanker (it had extra fuel stored in the rear cabin) and was returning from Portsmouth to Coventry after a mid-air refueling mission of an Airspeed Courier aircraft being used by Cobham for a long distant flight to India. Shortly after takeoff from Heston Aerodrome, while climbing, the aircraft named 'Youth of New Zealand' crashed in a field, killing all four crew members (one pilot, two mechanics and one aeronautical apprentice).

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBMM, MSN W.10/1, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.8025°, -0.7275°.