ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211795
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| Date: | Friday 10 September 1926 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Bristol F.2b |
| Owner/operator: | 2 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | West Down Camp, Tilshead, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Ramsgate, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Bristol F.2b Fighter, 2 Squadron, RAF Manston: Written off (destroyed) 10/9/1926 when crashed at West Down Camp, Tilshead, Wiltshire. One of the crew of two was killed:
Flying Officer Reginald Richard Reedman (pilot, aged 23) killed
Major Oliver Birkbeck, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) injured
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (September 16, 1926 page 607 - see link #3)
"Royal Air Force Flying Accident
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Tilshead, Wiltshire, to a Bristol Fighter of No. 2 Squadron, Manston, on September 10, Flying Officer Reginald Richard Reedman, the pilot of the aircraft, was killed and Major Oliver Birkbeck, 108th (Suffolk & Norfolk Yeomanry) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (T.A.), was seriously injured."
Sources:
1. Portsmouth Evening News, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 11 September 1926
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17306-RAF-fatalities-1926
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1926/1926%20-%200683.html
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2018 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 02-Jun-2018 00:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Feb-2019 18:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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