Accident Details Required

Well done Paul! Percival P.10 Vega Gull G-AELE was a participant in the Kings Cup races.

http://www.airrace.com/Pre-warKing.htm

Excellent work Gentlemen! My grateful thanks to all of you. The information supplied was gratefully received. I owe you all a beer!

Nice detective work.

Not only pay rise – Promotion too!

Thanks to AB-IX

“
26.6.39 G-AELE c/n K.26 Vega Gull Ditched off Le Touquet,
on mudflats in mouth of River Canche [pilot Robert Morrison & 2 pass inj]”

The plane was first registered on 21.05.36

For extra browny points you can order a photo of said aircraft from here

http://www.ajjcollection.co.uk/details.htm

The Times, Tuesday, Jun 27, 1939; pg. 14; Issue 48342; col D

British Aeroplane Crash In France

M.P and Wife Hurt

From our Correspondent

Le Touquet June 26

Mr J R Robinson MP for Blackpool, Mrs Robinson, his wife
and Mr Robert Morrison, the pilot were injured this morning
when the plane in which they were flying to London crashed near
Le Touquet airport.

The machine had taken off shortly before noon, but as it was
passing over the River Canche at about a mile from the airport
it nosedived and crashed into the mud near the racecourse.

Mr and Mrs Robinson, and the pilot Mr Morrison were taken to the local
hospital and later in the afternoon were transferred to a Boulogne
nursing home. Mr Robinson has a broken leg, but none of the party was
seriously injured.”

All we need now is the Type and Registration – Date date ought to narrow it down

I hope you get that pay rise now 😉

Good try T-21! That is the route I went, no trace of such a plane or owner. The Rapide could be a red herring, but I did discover a great story about the Rapide and Franco which I will produce in a separate thread later today.:D

Lord Martonmere (John Robinson) served as an intelligence officer with No 71 Eagle squadron. His wife Maysie Gasque was the Woolworth heiress. The only Dragon Rapide i can find is G-ACZU registered in 1935 to The Rt Hon The Viscount Furness.

Well, good luck with impressing your new boss! I cannot trace any accident to the aircraft near that time.:)

How about
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20030805X01271&key=1
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulcahy_Stadium

Thanks ever so much, found both links very interesting.

How about
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20030805X01271&key=1
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulcahy_Stadium