1936 KLM Croydon accident
The 1936 KLM Croydon accident was the crash of a KLM airliner on 9 December 1936, shortly after taking off from the Croydon Air Port (as it was known at the time) on a scheduled flight to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The aircraft was destroyed and 15 of the 17 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the accident. Two of the passengers who died were Arvid Lindman, a former Prime Minister of Sweden, and Juan de la Cierva, the Spanish inventor of the autogyro.
Alan MarshArvid LindmanCierva Autogiro CompanyDecember 1936Douglas_DC-2List of KLM accidents and incidentsList of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United KingdomList of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraftList of aircraft by tail numberList of fatalities from aviation accidentsList of heads of state and government who died in aviation accidents and incidentsMagnus Wegelius
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1936 KLM Croydon accident
The 1936 KLM Croydon accident was the crash of a KLM airliner on 9 December 1936, shortly after taking off from the Croydon Air Port (as it was known at the time) on a scheduled flight to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The aircraft was destroyed and 15 of the 17 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the accident. Two of the passengers who died were Arvid Lindman, a former Prime Minister of Sweden, and Juan de la Cierva, the Spanish inventor of the autogyro.
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Lijster
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KLM Douglas DC2, PH-AKL, pictured at Alor Setar, Malaysia
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1936-12-09
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Amsterdam-Schiphol Municipal Airport , Amsterdam, Netherlands
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The accident site after the flight crashed.
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Accident
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Croydon Air Port, Croydon, United Kingdom
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Croydon, United Kingdom
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PH-AKL
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Crash on take-off
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The 1936 KLM Croydon accident ...... nish inventor of the autogyro.
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1936 KLM Croydon accident
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Crash van de Lijster
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