Crash of a De Havilland DH.86 Express in Altenkirchen: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 12, 1936 at 0300 LT
Operator:
Registration:
G-ADEB
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hanover – Cologne – London-Gatwick
MSN:
2324
YOM:
1935
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a night mail flight from Hanover to London-Gatwick with an intermediate stop in Cologne. In unknown circumstances, the four engine aircraft went out of control and crashed 50 km southeast of Cologne. Both crew members were killed.
