The 1934 Hillman's Airways de Havilland Dragon Rapide crash occurred on 2 October 1934 when a de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide of Hillman's Airways crashed into the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, killing all seven people on board.
The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Abridge Aerodrome to Le Bourget Airport, Paris.
[2] The aircraft had been entered in the 1934 King's Cup Race by Lord Wakefield but withdrew at Waddington following hail damage.
Cloudbase was 700 feet (210 m) and visibility was 2 miles (3 km) but decreased in rain within half an hour of the aircraft's departure.
[4] Visibility at the time was poor in patchy rain with a cloudbase of 300 feet (91 m)[6] The British coaster SS Snowcrete joined the search.
[5] Evidence was given that the aircraft had probably crashed into the sea at high speed and all victims had died from multiple injuries.