12th September 1934
Jersey Airways plane crashes in a field
A Jersey Airways plane came down in a field. It was the airline’s fifth accident in a month, although while most of the others, including a plane driven into the sea and another into a wall, had happened in Jersey, this one occurred after take-off from Heston.
In this instance, an engine on the Dragon biplane cut out as it cleared the airport boundary at around 100ft and the aircraft was badly damaged upon impact. The undercarriage was smashed and the nose and wing crumpled. There were no passengers aboard and the pilot escaped with minor injuries.
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Other events that occured in September
London solicitor appears in Jersey court for non-payment of bill
- A dispute over a guests's charges saw a Jersey holidaymaking solicitor taken to court for under-paying his bill.
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“Let ’em starve,” says Churchill
- By the late summer of 1944, the war had turned against Germany and things were getting very uncomfortable in Jersey, Guernsey and Sark.
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The Beast of Jersey loses his appeal
- Edward Paisnel was convicted of 13 counts of assault, rape and sodomy and sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in December 1971.
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A Jersey murderer is transported for life
- Jacques Fouquet was covicted twice of murdering his neighbour and sentenced to be transported for the remainder of his life.
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