Date:	Monday 8 December 1919
Time:
Type:	Blackburn Kangaroo
Owner/operator:	Blackburn Aircraft Ltd
Registration:	G-EAOW
MSN:	B9970
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Suda Bay, Crete -   Greece
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Houslow Heath, Middlesex
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
On 21 November 1919, one Kangaroo (G-EAOW, ex-RNAF B9970) took off from Hounslow Heath in an attempt to win the Australian government prize of £A10,000 for the first Australian airman to fly a British aircraft from the UK to Australia within 30 consecutive days. The Kangaroo was forced to make an emergency landing at Suda Bay, Crete with a suspected sabotaged engine, and the aircraft was abandoned there

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Kangaroo
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EAOW.pdf
Jackson, A.J. (1968). Blackburn Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00053-6.
Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10014-X.
Lewis, Peter (1970). British Racing and Record-Breaking Aircraft. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00067-6.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
19-May-2013 00:48	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]