ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210656
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| Date: | Friday 10 February 1922 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | DeHavilland DH.14 Okapi |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Farnborough |
| Registration: | J1938 |
| MSN: | E44 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dropmore Park, Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Martlesham Heath, Suffolk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
DeHavilland DH.14 Okapi J1938, RAE Farnborough: Written off (destroyed) 10/2/22 when hit tree and crashed into flames, Dropmore Park, Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire. Both crew on board were killed:
Flying Officer Geoffrey Robinson MC (aged 28) killed
John Seymour Mitchell (Civilian Technical officer, aged 28) killed
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (February 16, 1921 page 114 - see link #7):
"Three R.A.F. Fatalities.
...In the second accident, Flying Officer Geoffrey Robinson, M.C, and Mr. J. S. Mitchell, of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, were both killed when their machine came down in flames at Dropmore Park on the 10th. Major J. H. Vickers, B.A.— R.A.F.—who was close by at the time of the accident, made heroic efforts to extract the unfortunate men from the burning wreckage."
Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.14_Okapi#History
2. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_airco_DH14_okapi.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1925.htm
4. https://www.baesystems.com/en/heritage/airco-dh14---dh14a
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p000.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17098-RAF-fatalities-1922
7. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1922/1922%20-%200114.html
8. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Feb22.html
9. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19220213.2.26
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2018 21:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-May-2018 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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