Upavon - Ottawa

On August 31, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Upavon - Ottawa experienced a crash involving Fokker F7, operated by Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

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, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The Princess Anne Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg was engaged in a transatlantic flight from Upavon to Ottawa, Canada, and provided this aircraft named 'Saint Raphael' that was piloted by an Imperial Airways crew. The airplane departed Upavon Airport, Wiltshire, at 0732LT and continued its route to the west. It was spotted over Ireland and later by the crew of a tanker cruising in the North Atlantic ocean. As the single engine aircraft never arrived in Ottawa, SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor its occupants was ever found. It is believed that the aircraft crashed in the ocean off Newfoundland. Crew: Frederick Minchin, pilot, Leslie Hamilton, radio. Passenger: Princess Anne Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EBTQ, MSN 5023, year of manufacture 1927.