Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial crash, Feb 12, 1926 (1 killed)
Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial accident on February 12, 1926 near Porton Down Wiltshire, United Kingdom with 1 fatality. Cause: Limited visibility in...
- Date: February 12, 1926
- Aircraft: Vickers FB.27 Vimy Commercial
- Location: Porton Down Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Limited visibility in fog during the flight.
A Royal Engineers Experimental Station Vickers FB 27 Vimy Commercial (J7451), equipped for smoke screen work, clipped trees in fog while attempting an emergency landing near Old Sarum on 12 February 1926. One crew member, S/L Alfred George Horsley Carr, was killed and two others were injured.