| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1922-04-07 |
| Type | Mid-air collision in fog |
| Site | Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, Picardie, France |
| Total fatalities | 7 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
Farman F-60
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| Type | Farman F.60 |
| Name | Goliath |
| Operator | Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA) |
| Tail number | F-GEAD |
| Flight origin | Le Bourget |
| Destination | Croydon |
| Passengers | 3 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
de Havilland DH-18A
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| Type | de Havilland DH.18A |
| Operator | Daimler Hire Limited |
| Tail number | G-EAWO |
| Flight origin | Croydon |
| Destination | Paris |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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Background
Following World War I, there was a steep decline in demand for military aircraft and their pilots. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Like other countries, France and Britain turned to establishing a civilian air industry, initially converting military designs to domestic purposes.
The first Airco-designed aircraft for airline work after World War I was the de Havilland DH.18A. Aircraft Manufacturing Company - Airco - was established at The Hyde in Hendon, north London, England during 1912 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout One aircraft owned by the Air Ministry (registration G-EAWO), was transferred from Instone Air Line to Daimler Hire Limited for operation on the Croydon-Paris route until the three de Havilland DH.34s which Daimler had on order could be delivered. The Air Ministry was formerly a department of the British Government with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force. An aircraft registration is a unique Alphanumeric string that identifies an Aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile Instone Air Line was an early British airline from 1919 to 1924. Daimler Air Hire was a private air hire company established June 7 1919 by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Searle CB, DSO, of WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [1] The service commenced that week on 2 April 1922. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
The French company Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens (CGEA) was operating a Farman Goliath converted bomber (registration F-GEAD) on a daily service from Le Bourget to Croydon[1]
The flight
On 7 April 1922, four days after Daimler Hire commenced operations with the DH. The Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens was a pioneering French Airline established 20 March 1919 and operating until merged with The Farman F60 Goliath was an airliner produced by the Farman Aviation Works from 1919. Le Bourget is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. Croydon is a large town and major commercial centre in South London, and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Croydon. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 18A, G-EAWO was flying mail from Croydon bound for Paris with only the pilot (Lieutenant R. Croydon Airport was an airport in South London which straddled the boundary between what are now the London boroughs of Croydon and Sutton. Paris - Le Bourget Airport (Aéroport de Paris - Le Bourget is an Airport located in Le Bourget and Dugny, 12 km north-northeast (NNE E. Duke) and a boy steward (Hesterman) aboard. Meanwhile the Goliath (F-GEAD) piloted by M. Mire had departed Le Bourget with three passengers and a mechanic. [2] The three passengers were an American couple Christopher Bruce Yule and the new Mrs. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Yule, and a French national, Monsieur Bouriez. [1]
Following the normal route in drizzle and fog at an altitude of 150 metres (492 ft), the DH. 18A collided with the Goliath over Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine, 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Grandvilliers in the Oise department (now part of Picardie), France, some 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Beauvais[1][3] and some 70 miles (110 km) north of Paris. Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine is a Village and commune in the Oise département of northern France. Oise is a department in the north of France named after the Oise River. Picardie ( English: Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France. Beauvais is a town and commune of northern France, Préfecture (capital of the Oise département. All seven people died in the first-ever mid-air collision between airliners. [4][5][6]
The weather was misty with poor visibility. The two aircraft suddenly encountered each other in the mist, neither having time to take evasive action. During the collision the DH. 18 lost a wing and the tail, and impacted first, with the Goliath crashing a few minutes later. Although people on the ground quickly reached the scene, all were found to be dead except for the boy steward, who was badly injured. He was taken to the nearby village, but died of his injuries. [2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Americans Die in French Air Crash; Christopher Bruce Yule and Wife Killed on London Paris Airplane Route. Were on their Honeymoon. French and British Planes in Collision in a Fog--Six Are Dead and One Dying." New York Times, April 8, 1922, accessed 2007-12-10
- ^ a b "London-Paris machines collide" (1922-04-13). Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Flight Magazine.
- ^ Jackson, Aubrey Joseph (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Vol. 2. London: Putnam. OCLC 59161340. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose
- ^ Aviastar.org on the DH.18.
- ^ DH.18 from jnpassieux.chez-alice.fr (in French). Retrieved on 2007-12-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city
- ^ Review Of ACAS RA Downlink, An assessment of the technical feasibility and operational usefulness of providing ACAS RA awareness on CWP (pdf). Retrieved on 2007-12-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways
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