Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial crash, Jun 15, 1919, Clifde...
Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial accident on June 15, 1919 near Clifden Connacht, Ireland with no fatalities.
- Date: June 15, 1919
- Aircraft: Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial
- Location: Clifden Connacht, Ireland
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight in a Vickers Vimy, leaving St John's, Newfoundland, on 14 June 1919. They landed at about 08:40 on 15 June 1919 in the Derrygimlagh bog near Clifden, County Galway, Ireland, after mistaking the bog for a green field. The aircraft nosed over on landing.