Anne Savile
Lady Anne Savile aka Princess Anne of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg (1864-1927) was an English socialite and aviation patron and enthusiast. She was the second woman both to attempt and to perish in a transatlantic aircraft flight
1864 May 25th. Born in London the daughter of John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough, and his second wife Agnes Louisa Elizabeth Raphael.
She flying as a passenger aboard aircraft in 1914.
She then befriended Captain Leslie Hamilton, a World War I flying ace nicknamed the "Flying Gypsy." and she was a passenger when Hamilton flew in the 1923 King's Cup Race.
During her participation as a passenger in aviation events, she usually flew under her maiden name, "Lady Anne Savile".
1922, Anne rode as a passenger in her own aircraft in a cup race from Croydon to Edinburgh, Scotland.
1925, she and Hamilton attempted a flight from London to Paris. Following their departure, their aircraft was not seen after it passed Folkestone and a search of the English Channel was begun. After an all-night search, the aircraft was found near Pontoise, a northwest suburb of Paris, where it had been forced down due to engine trouble.
Throughout her 13 years of flight, Anne achieved several aviation records in her own right
1927 She financed Captain Leslie Hamilton's attempt to set an aviation record by being the first aviator to fly over the Atlantic Ocean from east to west from England to Canada. She decided to join Hamilton's expedition as a passenger because she hoped to become the first woman to "fly the sea". Anne, Captain Hamilton, and Colonel Frederick F. Minchin took off from the aerodrome at Upavon, Wiltshire at 7:32 a.m. on 31 August 1927 in a large Fokker F.VII monoplane powered by a 450 hp Bristol Jupiter engine known as the Saint Raphael bound for Ottawa. The 'Saint Raphael' headed west from the coast of Ireland and was last seen by the crew of the SS Josiah Macy. Wireless communications with all points along the coast of Labrador failed to find any trace of the Saint Raphael following its disappearance in flight.
Further searches failed to yield signs of the aircraft and its crew, and by 5 September, the remaining hope was that fish-carrying steamers or whalers had rescued Anne, Hamilton, and Minchin after the Saint Raphael plunged into the ocean, as it was supposed.
1927 August 31st. Died in North Atlantic Ocean