G-EBDI

On August 25, 1922 at 12:00 AM, G-EBDI experienced a crash involving Fairey III, operated by Wilfred Theodore Blake, with the event recorded near Sagar West Bengal.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The British Major Wilfred Theodore Blake was trying to complete one of the first World Tour. Last May, he crashed with his DH.9 in Marseille but continued with this Fairey IIIC. The airplane departed the east coast of India bound to Chittagong. While cruising off the West Bengal State, the aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in the sea off Sagar. All three occupants were rescued and the aircraft was lost. Crew: Norman MacMillan, pilot, Wilfred Theodore Blake, copilot and navigator, Colonel L. E. Broome, photographer.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBDI, MSN F.330, year of manufacture 1920.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 21.7562°, 88.1217°.