1948 Beechcraft Model 18 disappearance
Beechcraft Model 18 aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 November 1948 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft Model 18 |
| Registration | F-BGAF |
| Flight origin | Paris, Le Bourget Airport |
| Destination | London |
| Occupants | 6+2 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
The 1948 Beechcraft Model 18 disappearance was an event in which, on 8 November 1948, an aircraft flying from Paris to London vanished over the English Channel, carrying pilot René de Narbonne, a radio operator, and six Czechoslovak ice hockey players: Zdeněk Jarkovský, Miloslav Pokorný, Vilibald Šťovík, Zdeněk Švarc, Ladislav Troják, and Karel Stibor.