In the course of the years I have found various images of the G-AESY. However I recently found one, that could add a great twist to the tale...if it is accurate.
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Airframe Info
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed |
| Model: | 10A Electra Search all Lockheed 10A Electra |
| Year built: | 0000 |
| Construction Number (C/N): | 1102 |
| Number of Seats: | N/A |
| Number of Engines: | 2 |
I recently found the images below on-line. While sifting through the files on the G-AESY I never found any mention of NEVILLECHAMBERLAIN using the G-AESY. To my knowledge he flew on Lockheed 14 he travelled by plane for the first time during the Munich crisis of 1938.
Two Standard Oil Men Killed in Plane Crash; British M.P. Also Is a Victim in Denmark
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();
August 16, 1939,
, Section , Page 1, Column , words
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug. 15.--Samuel J. Simonton of Allentown, Pa., and C.A. Castillo*, a Mexican, both representatives of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and Anthony C. Crossley, a member of the British Parliament, were among five persons killed in a plane crash in Denmark today.
*I took the liberty to correct my grandfather's name from Casteillo to Castillo
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