ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77727
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| Date: | Thursday 18 December 1919 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Viking I |
| Owner/operator: | Vickers Aircraft |
| Registration: | G-EAOV |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cote d'Evrard, approximately 25 miles North of Rouen -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Brooklands Aerodrome, West Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey |
| Le Bourget Airport, Paris (LFPB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Viking flying boat was going to Paris to be displayed at the Paris Aircraft Exhibition. It was seen flying in bad weather near Rouen when it crashed from a low altitude. The pilot was removed from the wreckage by local people and was found to be seriously injured. He died not long after. He was Sir John W. Alcock KBE, DSC.
Sir John had found fame earlier in the year, when he and Sir Arthur Whitten Brown had won a 10,000 pounds prize offered by the newspaper Daily Mail for the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (December 25, 1919 - see link #6)
"THE DEATH OF SIR JOHN ALCOCK
IT is with most profound regret that we have to record the fatal accident to Sir John Alcock, which occurred on the afternoon of December 18,' while he was engaged in taking a new Vickers machine to Paris in connection with the Salon.
It appears that the machine, when nearing Rouen, had great difficulty in negotiating a strong wind. A farmer at Cote d'Evrard, about 25 miles north of Rouen, saw the machine come out of the fog, commence to fly unsteadily, and - it was then about 1 o'clock - it suddenly crashed to the ground.
Sir John Alcock was taken from the wreck, but unfortunately there was considerable delay in getting medical assistance as the farmhouse near where the crash occurred is out of the way. As soon as the accident was reported, doctors rushed from No. 6 British General Hospital, Rouen, but they were too late. It is probable that an enquiry will be held by the French authorities, at which the Air Ministry and Messrs. Vickers will be represented. Arrangements are being made for the conveyance of the body of Sir John Alcock to England for burial in Manchester, his native city.
The death of Sir John Alcock is an irreparable loss to aviation. His great flight across the Atlantic is too fresh in the mind of readers of FLIGHT for further reference to be made to it here"
Sources:
1. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F00F11F6395F1B728DDDA90A94DA415B898DF1D3
2, http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-E1.html
3. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/81-register-gb-g-ea
4. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-viking-1-cottevrard-1-killed
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_Viking#Design_and_development
6. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%201644.html
Media:
Vickers Viking flying boat prototype G-EAOV at Brooklands in 1919:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2010 20:07 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Feb-2013 08:45 | ryan | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 02:44 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2017 17:48 | Sergey L. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Source] |
| 27-Mar-2019 22:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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