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Crash of an Avro 616 Avian IVM off Wallasey: 2 killed

Date & Time: Feb 1, 1936
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-ABSS
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Liverpool - Liverpool
MSN:
576
YOM:
1931
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Ten minutes after takeoff from Liverpool-Speke Airport, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the Mersey off Wallasey. Both occupants were killed.
Crew:
Hubert Mason, pilot.
Passenger:
A. F. Spurrier.