Gas balloon Cosmo crash, Aug 27, 1888 (1 killed), Wickham...
Gas balloon Cosmo accident on August 27, 1888 near Wickham Bishops, near Witham, Essex, United Kingdom with 1 fatality.
- Date: August 27, 1888
- Aircraft: Gas balloon Cosmo
- Location: Wickham Bishops, near Witham, Essex, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
The aeronaut J. H. Simmons ascended from the Irish Exhibition at Olympia in London. He was killed when the gas balloon Cosmo came down in Essex, and two companions were injured.