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Crash of an Avro 594 Avian IV in Cambridge: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jun 13, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G-AAHJ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cambridge – Croydon
MSN:
316
YOM:
1931
Region:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Cambridge Airport, the pilot initiated aerobatics manoeuvres when a wing broke in flight. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed near the airfield. The pilot Kenneth George Murray was killed.