ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214684
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 December 1916 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airco D.H.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 10 (Reserve) Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | A4988 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dover, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RFC Joyce Green, Dartford, Kent |
| Dover, Kent | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lt Harold Staples Brewster (aged 22) (Canadian) killed 6 December 1916 in a D.H.2 A4988, 10 (Reserve) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, based at RFC Joyce Green, Dartford, Kent, due to an error of judgement, the aircraft nose-dived into the ground, at Dover, Kent. According to a contemporary report in Flight (14 December 1916 page 1102 - see link #7):
"The Roll of Honour
At an inquest on Lieut. Harold S. Brewster, Royal Canadians, attached to the Royal Flying Corps, who was killed December 6th, while flying, the evidence showed that when at a height of about 200 feet, his machine nose-dived and crashed to earth, Lieut. Brewster being killed instantly. It was thought he attempted to descend too steeply."
"A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned".
Sources:
1. http://wilfredsalmon.crayfordhistory.co.uk/library/pdf/Pilot-Casualties-at-Joyce-Green.pdf
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Joyce_Green#Accidents_and_incidents
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/425130/brewster,-harold-staples/
5. http://doingourbit.ca/profile/harold-brewster
6. http://regimentalrogue.com/rcr_great_war_cemeteries/rcr_gw_cem054.html
7. Flight magazine (14 December 1916 page 1102): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%201110.html
8. http://regimentalrogue.com/rcr_great_war_officers/rcr_offr_brewster_hs.html
9. Vancouver Daily (Vancouver, Canada, Monday, December 11, 1916 Page 8): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/63345368/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2018 08:00 | harro | Added |
| 25-Nov-2018 02:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2018 08:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2023 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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