Interlaken - Paris - Croydon

On October 20, 1919 at 12:00 AM, Interlaken - Paris - Croydon experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by Aircraft Transport %26 Travel - AT%26T, with the event recorded near Folkestone Kent.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The pilot, Major-General Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, was returning to Croydon following an exhibition in Interlaken, Switzerland. After a fuel stop in Paris-Le Bourget, he continued to his base in Croydon. While overflying The Channel and approaching the British coast, he encountered foggy conditions and the visibility was low. Eventually, the aircraft crashed in the sea off Folkestone, Kent. The pilot was rescued while the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-EAHG, MSN F2694, year of manufacture 1919.

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