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Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:December 1926
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact
Photo ID:518540Submit Correction
View count: 224
The prototype DH.66 Hercules. Registered 11 Dec.1925. First flight 30 Sept.1926. While on a trial mail flight from India to Australia 19 April 1931, it suffered fuel starvation in bad weather on the leg from Surabaya to Koepang and with all three engines stopped, it made a forced landing 10 miles from Koepang, Timor. After landing it struck rocks, lost its landing gear and came to rest. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair but the two crew were uninjured. Cancelled June 1931.
Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:December 1926
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact
Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:December 1926
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact
Photo ID:518540Submit Correction
View count: 224
The prototype DH.66 Hercules. Registered 11 Dec.1925. First flight 30 Sept.1926. While on a trial mail flight from India to Australia 19 April 1931, it suffered fuel starvation in bad weather on the leg from Surabaya to Koepang and with all three engines stopped, it made a forced landing 10 miles from Koepang, Timor. After landing it struck rocks, lost its landing gear and came to rest. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair but the two crew were uninjured. Cancelled June 1931.
Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Airport:London - Croydon (EGGC) (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:December 1926
Photo by:L. Baker (via Mike Cain)Contact
Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:380998Submit Correction
View count: 363
The protoype of the DH.66 Hercules airliner. Similar, but a bit smaller smaller and more elegant than the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, it was designed for the Cairo to Karachi route. Photograph presumably taken at Stag Lane. Photo from: De Havilland
Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:380998Submit Correction
View count: 363
The protoype of the DH.66 Hercules airliner. Similar, but a bit smaller smaller and more elegant than the Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, it was designed for the Cairo to Karachi route. Photograph presumably taken at Stag Lane. Photo from: De Havilland
Registration / Serial:G-EBMW
Aircraft Version:De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules
C/n (msn):236
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:30 September 1926 to 18 December 1926
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive