Vickers Virginia crash, Mar 21, 1927, Sheerness Kent
Vickers Virginia accident on March 21, 1927 near Sheerness Kent, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: Two main fuel cocks were turned off, so both...
- Date: March 21, 1927
- Aircraft: Vickers Virginia
- Location: Sheerness Kent, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Two main fuel cocks were turned off, so both engines stopped
A No. 9 Squadron Vickers Virginia (J7425) ditched in the Thames Estuary off Sheerness, Kent, on the evening of 21 March 1927 after both engines stopped. All four crew survived and were picked up about six hours later by the trawler Pickmere, which towed the wreck to Sheerness. The aircraft was written off.