List of missing aircraft
1920–1939
Table:
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.[3]

May 26, 1927

Airco DH.9
(G-IAAB)[4]

2
(John James Crofts Cocks & LAC Rowston)

Un­known

NW Turkey en route Konya to Istanbul (between Konya & Eskişehir or Kütahya & Bandırma)[5]

Cocks and Rowston left on a private flight on May 11th from Lahore, British India to Lympne, England.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

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.[12] 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. 422 (Fleet Spotter) Flight, HMS Argus[13][14]

May 30, 1932

de Havilland DH.60 Moth
(CF-AGL)[15]

2

Un­known

Vicinity of St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador

Arthur Sullivan (pilot), Dr Kurt K. (Karl) Kuenhert vanished on pleasure flight.[16][17][18][19][20]

August 12, 1932

Avro 616 Avian IVM
(G-AAKA)[21]

2

Un­known

Gulf of Martaban en route from Moulmein, Burma to Rangoon[22]

English planters, G.W. Salt and F.B. Taylor left for England on a pleasure flight.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]

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. Skilling. It is most probable that the aircraft overflew Hawaii.

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[31]
(K5619)[32]

3

Unknown

Mediterranean Sea

The crew of this military patrol included Sub-Lt George Eric Lake, Lt Roderick W. MacDonald, & Telegraphist William H. Currie. They were all from the 821st Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm of HMS Courageous.[33][34][35]

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. At the time, the search for Earhart was the largest of its kind in history.[36]

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. Possible wreckage of the plane was sighted on the sea floor in 1999.

April 4, 1938

Vickers Vildebeest Mark II[37]
(K2944)[38]

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. Beisly & AC1 M.R. Hunter of No. 100 Sqn RAF, RAF Seletar, Singapore[39]

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)[40]

1

Unknown

North Sea off Blackhall Rocks, England

Lost: P/O Douglas St Quentin Robinson, No. 13 Sqn RAF, RAF Odiham[41][42][43]

August 8, 1938

Avro Anson
(K8831)[40]

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. 233 Sqn RAF, RAF Thornaby[40][41][43]

October 6, 1938

Handley Page H.P.54 Harrow
(K6971)[44]

3

Storm
(possible lightning strike)

English Channel off Dungeness, Kent

Lost: F/O D.A. Hamilton, P/O R.N. Haynes, P/O T.I.S. Munro, LAC C.S. Lodge & AC1 T. Prowse, No. 215 Sqn, RAF Honington, Suffolk.[45][46]

May 9, 1939

Westland Wallace
(K3570)[47]

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.[48]

August 9, 1939

Vickers Wellington I
(L4258)[49]

5

Unknown

North Sea on a flight from RAF Mildenhall

Lost: F/O T.A. Darling, P/O F.E. Board, A/Sgt A. Linkley, AC1 R.C.B, Collins & AC1 J.W. Sadler of No. 149 Sqn RAF.[50]

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.[51][52]

August 19, 1939

Supermarine Stranraer[53]

6

Unknown

North Sea between northern Scotland and Norway

Lost: Act. Flt. Lt. F.E.R. King, F/O A.F. Barber, LAC D. Fulcher, AC1 D.G.P. Ash, AC1 L.S. Freshwater & AC1 W.J. Jeckells, No. 209 Sqn RAF, RAF Invergordon, Ross & Cromarty.[54][55][56][57]

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