Croydon - Paris

On June 3, 1922 at 11:30 AM, Croydon - Paris experienced a crash involving Blériot Spad 33, operated by Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes - CMA, with the event recorded near Folkestone Kent.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

After passing over Lympne, the aircraft has just entered over the English Channel when, from a height of about 1,500 feet, it entered a dive and crashed in the sea off Folkestone. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants were killed. Crew: Paul Ernest Morin, pilot. Passengers: Paul Carroll, Dr, Gordon Ley.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-ACMH, MSN 555, year of manufacture 1921.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.0831°, 1.1820°.