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Date: | Sunday 9 August 1931 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bellanca CH-300 |
Owner/operator: | Trans American Airlines |
Registration: | N687E |
MSN: | 136 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Atlantic Ocean -
Atlantic Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Lerwick, Shetlands |
Destination airport: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Pilot Parker Dresser Cramer and aide Oliver Pacquette reported they were off Stavanger Norway before missing; On August 14, 1931 a body wearing flier's clothing was sited drifting west 20 to 30 miles northwest of Foula Islands-however weather conditions prevented recovery of remains. On March 19, 1932 Cramer's papers were recovered from the North Atlantic by a dutch vessel.
Sources:
1.The Pittsburgh Press Aug 11, 1931
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19310811&id=KXAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T0sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6516,6280863&hl=en 2.The Bulletin August 14, 1931
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1243&dat=19310814&id=iThPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=USEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5282,3128596&hl=en 3.Spokane Daily Chronicle March 21, 1932
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19320321&id=n9BXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3fQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3988,4451260&hl=en 4.http://www.earlyaviators.com/ecramer.htm
5.https://web.archive.org/web/20140309155554/http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1wv5t/id4.html#
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Feb-2016 09:15 |
phillip.fazzini@zoom |
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18-Feb-2020 18:01 |
Sergey L. |
Updated [Date, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2020 17:37 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
05-Dec-2021 18:57 |
Cobar |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
05-Dec-2021 18:58 |
Cobar |
Updated [Registration] |