ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218875
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| Date: | Friday 17 March 1916 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Caudron G-3 |
| Owner/operator: | Ruffy-Baumann School of Flying |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RFC Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RFC Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex |
| RFC Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
17.3.16: Caudron G.III, Ruffy-Baumann School of Flying, Hendon. Written off (destroyed) when stalled and nose dived on take-off, RFC Hendon, Hendon, Middlesex. Pilot - John Ritchie Caldwell Laidlaw (New Zealander, aged 24) - was killed.
The incident was briefly mentioned in Flight magazine (March 30 1916 page 270 - see link #2):
"JOHN RITCHIE LAIDLAW, who, on March 17th, was killed at Hendon through a fall from an aeroplane, was the son of Robert Laidlaw, of Auckland, N.Z. His age was 24"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
2. Flight ,magazine (March 30 1916 page 270) https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%200270.html?search=John%20Ritchie%20Laidlaw
3. Otago Witness newspaper 29 March 1916: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19160329.2.111.3.1643.
4. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C18168
5. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19160321.2.56.11
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Dec-2018 01:01 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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