Incident Overview
Date: Friday 25 September 1936
Aircraft Type: Boulton Paul P.71A
Owner/operator: Imperial Airways
Registration Number: G-ACOX
Location: off Dungeness –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Boulton Paul P.71A aircraftBoulton Paul P.71A aircraft
Category: Accident
A Boulton Paul P.71A aircraft, registered G-ACOX, lost in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, on 25.9.36 during an air-mail flight from Croydon to Le Bourget, Paris. The flight was carrying two crew members: Captain Alfred Cecil Thomas (pilot, aged 36) and Harold Eugene Percival (wireless operator, aged 31).A Boulton Paul P.71A aircraft, registered G-ACOX, lost in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, on 25.9.36 during an air-mail flight from Croydon to Le Bourget, Paris. The flight was carrying two crew members: Captain Alfred Cecil Thomas (pilot, aged 36) and Harold Eugene Percival (wireless operator, aged 31).
Description
The first Boulton Paul P.71A aircraft, registered G-ACOX and named ‘Boadicea’ was lost in the English Channel, off Dungeness, Kent, on 25.9.36 while on an air-mail flight from Croydon to Le Bourget, Paris with the loss of the two crew: Captain Alfred Cecil Thomas (pilot, aged 36) and Harold Eugene Percival (wireless operator, aged 31).
Primary Cause
Possible mechanical failure during flight.Possible mechanical failure during flight.Share on:
