Hendon - Bournemouth

On May 1, 1919 at 05:30 AM, Hendon - Bournemouth experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.9, operated by Aircraft Transport %26 Travel - AT%26T, with the event recorded near Portsdown Hill Hampshire.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft departed Hendon on a night mail flight to Bournemouth, carrying one pilot and a load of newspapers. While descending to Portsmouth, the pilot encountered low visibility due to thick fog when the airpane impacted the top of a hill and crashed in Portsdown Hill, north of Portsmouth. The pilot, Captain Howard J. Saint, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EAAA, MSN C6054, year of manufacture 1919.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.8583°, -1.1088°.