ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 276828
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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1926 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Vernon |
| Owner/operator: | 45 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | J.7143 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hinaidi -
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hinaidi |
| RAF Kirkuk | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft crashed into a stores shed on take-off from Hinaidi. Early investigation suggested engine failure.
Those killed were: Sqn Ldr Eric Miller Pollard, Flt Lt Reginald Carey Brenton Brading DFC (04 May 99-26 Jul 26), Fg off Oswald Kempson Stirling Webb (pilot), Mr Francis Crawfurd Inglis (Buildings & Works Dept), 155685 Sgt Edgar Kennedy, 345662 AC1 Horace Leslie Davis (removed from wreckage alive but died shortly afterwards), & 354222 AC2 Edgar Whittle (on the ground, working in the shed hit by the aircraft). Plt Off George Percy Mee (2nd pilot) was seriously injured & 128624 AC1 James Douglas Henderson was uninjured.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Brading
www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/brading.php
The Times, 27 & 28 July 1926
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2022 07:48 | Steve Brew | Added |
| 25-Mar-2022 07:49 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Mar-2022 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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