Date:	Thursday 18 October 1928
Time:	evening
Type:	de Havilland DH.60 Moth
Owner/operator:	Lieutenant Commander Henry Crawford MacDonald
Registration:	G-EBWV
MSN:	566
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Aircraft missing
Location:	missing Atlantic Ocean, 600 miles off St John's Newfoundland -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Harbour Grace, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
Destination airport:	Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middlesex
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
c/no. 566 DH.60X [Cirrus II]: registered G-EBWV [C of R 1590] 28.3.28 to the De Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd, Stag Lane, Edgware, Middlesex. No C of A issued since used for tests and completed as long-range endurance model; fitted with Gipsy I engine in 7.28.

Achieved height record of 19,980 ft on 25.7.28, flown by Capt. Geoffrey de Havilland (with Mrs de Havilland) from Stag Lane; (not G-AAAA as sometimes reported). Fitted with extra fuel tanks and flown by Capt. Hubert Broad for continuous 24 hours 16-17.8.28 at Stag Lane - an unofficial British light plane endurance record.

Loaned to (or bought by) Lieutenant Commander Henry Crawford MacDonald for solo Transatlantic flight and shipped to Newfoundland from Liverpool, arriving 27.9.28. Possibly only "on loan", as not re-registered to Lt Cdr H C Crawford (per registration document). Departed Harbour Grace, St Johns, Newfoundland 17.10.28 attempting to recreate the Lindberg flight and become the first British Pilot to fly the Atlantic solo, despite having relatively little flying hours.

Lieutenant Commander Henry Crawford MacDonald departed Harbour Grace, St Johns, Newfoundland 18.10.28 and was last seen some 7.5 hours later by the steamer 'Hardenberg' at latitude 53.29N: longitude 41.30W – some 600 miles out to sea. This was the last contact with the aircraft that disappeared in the ocean. No trace of the aircraft nor the pilot was ever found. He was presumed to have ditched in North Atlantic and drowned.

DH.60 Moth Registration G-EBWV cancelled 9.10.28 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft". Lieutenant Commander Henry Crawford MacDonald was born 10.10.1896 and is presumed to have died on or about 18.10.1928, aged 32

The departure point of Harbour Grace is a town in Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, located about 90 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, St. John's

1. MACDONALD STARTS ACROSS ATLANTIC IN TINY PLANE; LONDON HIS DESTINATION; OFF ON A LONE FLIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC. New York Times 18 October 1928: https://www.nytimes.com/1928/10/18/archives/macdonald-starts-across-atlantic-in-tiny-plane-london-his.html
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-EBWV.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E4.html
4. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
5. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-de-havilland-dh60g-moth-atlantic-ocean-1-killed
6. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/component/content/article/15-aeroplanes/82-register-gb-g-eb?highlight=YToxOntpOjA7czoxMjoiZ2xvc3RlciBnLjE0Ijt9
7. http://victoriarifles.com/about-victoria-rifles/distinguished-brethren/distinguished-brethren-l-r/henry-crawford-macdonald
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accb1929.htm
9. https://www.geni.com/people/Henry-Macdonald/6000000008862092446
10. Pilot's Naval Service Record 1909-1919: National Archives (PRO Kew) File ADM 196/119/49: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7616210

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
27-Sep-2008 01:00	ASN archive	Added
09-Dec-2011 17:08	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
15-Mar-2017 22:39	angels one five	Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
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27-Nov-2021 03:25	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
28-Nov-2021 00:06	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
10-Dec-2023 08:26	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category]