ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221314
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| Date: | Sunday 22 April 1917 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Sopwith Baby Seaplane |
| Owner/operator: | RNAS Fishguard |
| Registration: | N1033 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goodwick, Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Fishguard, Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire |
| RNAS Fishguard, Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
22.4.17: Sopwith Baby N1033, RNAS Fishguard. Written off (destroyed) when hit cliff face after take-off, Goodwick, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Sopwith Baby Seaplane N1033, which had recently been fitted with a new engine, banked on take off, struck cliff, two 16 pound bombs being carried exploded and the aircraft was completely wrecked. Pilot - Flt Lt Richard Eldon Bush (aged 26) - was badly burnt, and died 24.4.17 (two days later) of injuries sustained.
According to a newspaper report (Wales Online 3.3.2015 - see link #4):
"On April 22nd 1917 Lieutenant Richard Eldon Bush was testing a Sopwith Baby seaplane near Fishguard Harbour. The aeroplane failed to clear power lines when taking off and it crashed, and a sentry dragged the injured pilot from the plane before it exploded. Lieutenant Bush was billeted at the Fishguard Bay Hotel, and was taken there to be treated for his injuries. He died on 24th April 1917"
N1033, one of the latest Blackburn-built ‘Baby’ float planes, with a revised wing section had only been delivered to the new RNAS anti-submarine station at Milford Haven the day before the accident (April 21, 1917)
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1917.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/394300/bush,-richard-eldon/
3. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/bush-r.e.-richard-eldon
4. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gallery/fishguard-bay-hotel-begun-sharing-8758334
5. https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/71237-2-lt-graham-shurmur-bush/?do=findComment&comment=2652524
6. http://www.stanwardine.com/cgi-bin/malvernww1.pl?id=71
7. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1917-04Apr.htm
8. https://www.kingstonaviation.org/sopwith-day-by-day/1917.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2019 19:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Feb-2019 01:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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