1578840 Conquest of the Atlantic. Capt. J Alcock and Lt. A Whitten Brown leaving Newfoundland on 14th July 1919, for the first non-stop flight over the North Atlantic.; (add.info.: Conquest of the Atlantic. Capt. J Alcock and Lt. A Whitten Brown leaving Newfoundland on 14th July 1919, for the first non-stop flight over the North Atlantic. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy[2] bomber from St. John\'s, Newfoundland, to Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, Ireland); Universal History Archive/UIG; out of copyright.