De Havilland DH.18

Daimler Airway

The aircraft was completing a regular schedule flight from Paris-Le Bourget to Croydon with three passengers and a crew of two on board. While cruising at a height of 500 feet in foggy conditions, the aircraft collided with a De Havilland DH.18A operated by Daimler Airway and registered G-EAWO. It appears that the DH.18 hit the upper left wing of the Farman which detached. Both aircraft crashed in an open field (a piece of wing crashed on the roof of a house) and were destroyed. While the British pilot was seriously injured, all other six occupants were killed. The only survivor died from his injuries few hours later. The collision occurred in Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, some four km south of Grandvilliers and 27 km north of Beauvais, Oise. At the time of the accident, the visibility was reduced due to fog. First collision in commercial aviation history. Crew: Robin E. Duke, pilot Edward Hesterman, steward.

Instone Air Line

The pilot was attempting to make a forced landing and the aircraft ended up on its back, completely wrecked near the edge of a large field 1,5 km north of Argueil. Marks on the ground and the nature of the country indicate that the pilot stalled the machine in attempting to land across a sunken road with insufficient flying speed. The pilot stated that his left wing dropped and he could not get it up again. From marks on the ground, the wing had apparently not touched the ground until the undercarriage collapsed, after which the machine turned over onto its back. The pilot was Captain H. W. Chataway.

Aircraft Transport %26 Travel - AT%26T

This DH.18 was the first prototype delivered to AT&T. Shortly after takeoff from Croydon Airport, while on an international schedule flight to Paris-Le Bourget, the pilot encountered technical problems. The aircraft lost height and crashed in an open field located in Wallington, southwest of Croydon. All 9 occupants were slightly injured and the aircraft was destroyed.