| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | F-AIFD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lioré et Olivier LéO 21 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lioré et Olivier LéO 21 |
| Aircraft Version: | Lioré et Olivier LéO 21 |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Operator Titles: | (Air Union) |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | London - Croydon (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGGC IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | May 1927 |
| Photo by: | L. Baker (via Mike Cain) |
| Photo ID: | 519499 |
| Photo Comment |
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Registered 20 August 1926. Later modified to a Model LéO 213 and operated by Air France, formed by the merger of Air Union with other French airlines -7 Oct.1933. Shortly after departing Le Bourget on a mail flight to Croydon on 16 Nov.1933 the port engine caught fire. The two crew members bailed out and the abandoned aircraft stalled and crashed into an electricity pole and a factory roof before bursting into flames in a tributary of the Avelon River, near Beauvais. Both pilots were uninjured but the aircraft and its cargo of over a ton of mail were all destroyed. This photo is copyright © L. Baker, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 November 2022, and has since been viewed 825 times. |