ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221638
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| Date: | Saturday 2 June 1917 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Sopwith Schneider |
| Owner/operator: | RNAS Killingholme |
| Registration: | 3800 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Humber Estuary, off Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Killingholme, Lincolnshire |
| RNAS Killingholme, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
2.6.17: Sopwith Schneider No.3800, RNAS Killingholme. Written off (destroyed) when crashed due to engine failure; spun into the Humber Estuary, off Killingholme, Lincolnshire. Pilot - Flt Sub-Lt David Alan Duncan (aged 21) - was killed (drowned). His body was recovered, and buried in Kensal Green, London. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (June 7 & 14, 1917 pages 566 & 595 - see links #4 & #5)
"Fatal Accidents
A verdict of " Accidental drowning " was returned at an inquest held at an East Coast town on June 4th upon D. A. Duncan, R.N.A.S. While he was flying on June 2nd a loud explosion occurred, and his machine fell spinning into the water. The airman, being strapped in his seat, was drowned. An examination of the engine showed that the cylinder had cracked.
Flight Sub-Lieutenant DAVID ALAN DUNCAN, R.N.A.S., who was instantaneously killed through an accident whilst flying in the course of his duties on June 2nd, at the age of 21, was born at Valparaiso, Chile, and was educated at Charterhouse, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Sandhurst. He entered the cavalry in 1915, and subsequently joined the R.N.A.S"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1917.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2905677/duncan,-david-alan/
3. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/duncan-d.a.-david-alan
4. Flight magazine (June 14, 1917 page 595): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%200595.html?search=David%20Alan%20Duncan
5. Flight magazine (June 7, 1917 page 566): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%200566.html?search=Fatal%20Accidents
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/world-war-one-incident-logs#1917
6. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1917-06Jun.htm
7. http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/killingholme-seaplane-base-rnas-wwi
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2019 01:53 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 08-Feb-2019 02:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2019 02:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2019 02:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2023 09:06 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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