ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228599
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 November 1918 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Sopwith Camel |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Somme/Pas-de-Calais area -
 France
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Bancourt, Pas-de-Calais |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed from a spin. The pilot, who had achieved five air victories in the Great War that had concluded with the Armistice of just two days before, was killed instantly.
He had attained fame in the RFC and RAF for his electrifying ground level displays of aerobatics in a Sopwith Camel, including performing flick rolls with the wing tips almost brushing the grass, and looping straight off the ground on take off.
On 13/11/18 the pilot was visiting the airfield of another RAF squadron, not far from his own, when in the course of his aerobatic display he recovered from an intentional spin too low and, in attempting to pull up from the dive, inadvertently induced another spin and crashed.
Captain D'Urban Victor Armstrong DFC, RAF is buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF.Org Casualties 1918
' Sagittarius Rising ' by Cecil Lewis, pub. by Frontline Books, London
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2019 20:21 | angels one five | Added |
| 30-Aug-2019 12:59 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 30-Aug-2019 21:14 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2019 18:53 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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