Croydon aerodrome air safety
Hi folks from BDP Apr 9 2010
Dont know if this is already covered but when I joined KLM at Croydon
as a junior straight from school in 1947 there was talk about a DC3 that during a severe snowstorm crashed on take-off - killing 12 pax
- 3 of whom were nuns and burned to death.
Flying as SPENCER AIRWAYS - I beleive the a/c was overloaded (18 pax and 5 crew) and most likely stalled on take-off - crashing into another DC3 that was on the ground.
Both a/c were Czech registered - The date Jan 25th 1947.
On another point KLM did have a DC4 once land at Croydon but
never repeated - staying with DAKs untill they moved out to LAP
about 1948
During the war a Lancaster also attempted to land at Croydon
- regretably with fatal results