English actresses who died due to Aviation accident or incident
Here are 1 famous actresses from England died in Aviation accident or incident:
Elsie Mackay
Elsie Mackay (November 27, 1893 Shimla-March 13, 1928 Atlantic Ocean) also known as Elsie Mackaye, Gordon Sinclair, Hon. Elsie Mackay or Poppy Wyndham was an English pilot, actor and interior designer.
Elsie Mackay was the daughter of Scottish industrialist and politician James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape. She became involved in the entertainment industry in the early 1900s, appearing in stage productions and silent films. Despite her success in those fields, Mackay's true passion was aviation. In 1927, she became the first British woman to receive a pilot's license from the National Private Pilots' License. Mackay’s aviation skills quickly garnered her public attention and she set records for altitude and distance flown by a woman.
Mackay's interest in aviation led her to fund and co-pilot an attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean with pilot Captain H. H. Railey in March of 1928. The attempt was ill-fated, and their plane, a Stinson Detroiter named "Endeavour", disappeared over the ocean, likely due to mechanical failure. The search for the missing craft, one of the largest ever conducted up to that point, was unsuccessful, and Mackay was presumed dead.
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