List of missing aircraft
1920–1939

List of missing aircraft

Section Title: 1920–1939
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Date	Aircraft	People missing	Type of incident	Location	Remarks

May 8, 1927	Levasseur PL.8	2 (François Coli & Charles Nungesser)	Unknown	North Atlantic	This was an attempted transatlantic flight competing for the Orteig Prize.

May 26, 1927	Airco DH.9 (G-IAAB)	2 (John James Crofts Cocks & LAC Rowston)	Unknown	NW Turkey en route Konya to Istanbul (between Konya & Eskişehir or Kütahya & Bandırma)	Cocks and Rowston left on a private flight on May 11th from Lahore, British India to Lympne, England.

August 19, 1927	Dallas Spirit (NX941)	2	Unknown	Pacific Ocean en route from Oakland to Honolulu	Competitor in Dole Air Race, searching for Miss Doran & Golden Eagle.

August 31, 1927	Fokker F.VIIA (Saint Raphael)	3	Unknown	North Atlantic in the vicinity of Newfoundland	Attempted transatlantic flight (east to west).

December 23, 1927	Sikorsky S-36 (The Dawn)	4	Unknown	North Atlantic en route from NYC to Newfoundland	Intended to attempt Newfoundland to London flight.

January 10, 1928	Ryan B-1 Brougham (G-AUNZ, Aotearoa)	2 (John Robert Moncrieff & George Hood)	Unknown	Tasman Sea	Departed from Sydney, Australia for Trentham, New Zealand. Radio signals ceased when the aircraft should have been about two hours out from New Zealand.

March 13, 1928	Stinson SM-1 Detroiter (Endeavour)	2 (Walter G. R. Hinchliffe & Elsie Mackay)	Unknown	North Atlantic on a course en route from Crookhaven to Newfoundland	Attempted transatlantic flight (east to west).

May 25, 1928	Italia (airship)	6	Crash landing	Barents Sea	One person died in the crash, subsequent searches were unsuccessful. Notable people who disappeared included Aldo Pontremoli.

June 18, 1928	Latham 47.02	6	Unknown	Barents Sea	Ironically, this group was searching for survivors of the missing airship Italia. Two notable people, Roald Amundsen and René Guilbaud were among the missing attempted rescuers.

September 6, 1928	R.1 Blackburn (N9834)	3	Unknown	North Sea	Pilot Officer Samuel Hatton, Lt. Charles Sheldon Booth RN and Telegraphist Edmund George Bourke Grigson missing; No.

May 30, 1932	de Havilland DH.60 Moth (CF-AGL)	2	Unknown	Vicinity of St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador	Arthur Sullivan (pilot), Dr Kurt K. (Karl) Kuenhert vanished on pleasure flight.

August 12, 1932	Avro 616 Avian IVM (G-AAKA)	2	Unknown	Gulf of Martaban en route from Moulmein, Burma to Rangoon	English planters, G.W. Salt and F.B. Taylor left for England on a pleasure flight.

September 14, 1932	Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket (NR796W, The American Nurse)	3	Unknown	North Atlantic, 640km (400mi) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain	Attempted New York City to Rome flight

June 20, 1933	Br.19 TF Super Bidon (Cuatro Vientos)	2	Unknown	Vicinity of Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico	The duo were on their final leg of the flight that went from Seville to Mexico City.

December 3, 1934	Airspeed Envoy (Stella Australis)	3	Fuel Starvation	Pacific Ocean in vicinity of Hawaii en route from Oakland to Australia	Charles Ulm disappeared along with copilot G.M. Littlejohn and navigator/radio operator J.S.

November 8, 1935	Lockheed Altair (Lady Southern Cross)	2 (Charles Kingsford Smith & John T. Pethybridge)	Unknown	Andaman Sea en route from Allahabad to Singapore	Attempt to break the England to Australia speed record

February 10, 1936	Latécoère 301 (F-AOIK, Ville de Buenos Aires)	6	Storm	S Atlantic, vicinity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago	Notable people lost include Émile Barrière. The nonstop flight from Natal, Brazil was operated by Air France.

December 7, 1936	Latécoère 300 (Croix-du-Sud)	5	Unknown	S Atlantic en route from Dakar to Natal, Brazil	A final incomplete radio message reported engine failure minutes after the last position report. Notable lost passengers included Jean Mermoz.

February 15, 1937	Blackburn Shark (K5619)	3	Unknown	Mediterranean Sea	The crew of this military patrol included Sub-Lt George Eric Lake, Lt Roderick W. MacDonald, & Telegraphist William H.

July 2, 1937	Lockheed Electra 10E (NR 16020)	2 (Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan)	Fuel Starvation (most likely)	On approach to Howland Island, Pacific Ocean	This is perhaps one of the most famous aerial disappearances of all time. Amelia Earhart, and Fred Noonan were on their last leg of an attempted round-the-world flight when they went missing.

August 13, 1937	Bolkhovitinov DB-A (prototype)	6	Unknown	Arctic en route from Moscow to Fairbanks	Sigizmund Levanevsky was among the passengers that went missing. This was an attempted long-distance flight from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska via the North Pole.

April 4, 1938	Vickers Vildebeest Mark II (K2944)	3	Unknown	South China Sea, vicinity of Horsburgh Lighthouse, Pedra Branca, Singapore	The flight crew consisted of Sgt. W.D.M Roberts (pilot), AC1 E.J.

April 17, 1938	Taylor Cub	1 (Andrew Carnegie Whitfield)	Unknown	Vicinity of Long Island en route from Roosevelt Field to Brentwood	This was a private flight.

July 28, 1938	Martin M-130 (NC14714, Hawaii Clipper)	15	Unknown	909km E of the Philippine coast, en route from Guam to Manila

August 6, 1938	Hawker Hector (K9759)	1	Unknown	North Sea off Blackhall Rocks, England	Lost: P/O Douglas St Quentin Robinson, No. 13 Sqn RAF, RAF Odiham

August 8, 1938	Avro Anson (K8831)	4	Unknown	North Sea off Bridlington, England	Lost: Sgt. Cecil Joseph Le Patrick Gordon (pilot), AC2 Thomas Charles Andrews, AC1 Melville George Brand, AC1 Leslie Freeman, No.

October 6, 1938	Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow (K6971)	3	Storm (possible lightning strike)	English Channel off Dungeness, Kent	Lost: F/O D.A. Hamilton, P/O R.N.

May 9, 1939	Westland Wallace (K3570)	2	Fouling of tail by towing cable	North Sea flying over the Theddlethorpe firing ranges	Lost: P/O M.T. Lloyd & AC J. Flannery of No. 1 Air Armament School.

August 9, 1939	Vickers Wellington I (L4258)	5	Unknown	North Sea on a flight from RAF Mildenhall	Lost: F/O T.A. Darling, P/O F.E.

August 11, 1939	Ryan C-2 Foursome (Shalom)	2	Unknown	N Atlantic en route from the St Peter's NS to Ireland	NYC to Palestine flight by Betar activists Alex Loeb and Richard Decker.

August 19, 1939	Supermarine Stranraer	6	Unknown	North Sea between northern Scotland and Norway	Lost: Act. Flt.

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