Croydon – Paris

On August 10, 1936 at 02:00 AM, Croydon – Paris experienced a crash involving Vickers Vellox, operated by Imperial Airways, with the event recorded near Croydon Surrey.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city 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.

Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while in initial climb by night on a mail flight to Paris-Le Bourget Airport, the twin engine aircraft crashed in flames in a garden located in Hillside Gardens, less than a km from the airport. All four occupants were killed and the aircraft was totally destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-ABKY, MSN 1, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3734°, -0.1020°.