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Crash of a Desoutter II off Amantea

Date & Time: Dec 3, 1930
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
G-ABCU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
D.32
YOM:
1930
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew (Winifred Spooner and Edward C. T. Edwards) departed Croydon on a flight to South Africa. After a flight of 16 hours, while cruising along the Italian coast, the airplane crashed in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Amantea. The crew was rescued.