ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145647
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| Date: | Thursday 23 April 1931 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Siskin |
| Owner/operator: | 43 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | J8893 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Seahurst Park, near Chichester, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
| RAF Tangmere, West Sussex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Armstrong Whitworth Siskin J8893 of No. 43 Squadron RAF from RAF Tangmere was flying over Sussex. When the aircraft collided with de Havilland DH.60M Moth K1838 of No. 24 Squadron RAF from RAF Northolt over Seahurst Park in Sussex. Both aircraft crashed, killing the two on board the Moth (the siskin landed safely back at Tangmere). One of those who died was Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt CMG, DSO, RAF. He got a D.S.O after downing 12 German aircraft in Dunkirk, France during WW1.
Holt was flying solo in the Tiger Moth: "Having carried out an inspection of RAF Tangmere, he had taken off in his De Havilland Moth, with his PA flying another Moth when a formation of Siskins, seeing his PA’s aircraft decided to pay him an aerial salute. Unfortunately, the formation dived directly at the AVM, whom they could not see and the Siskin on the left of the formation caught the wing of his Moth. Going into a spin, the pilot recovered and the AVM took to his parachute, but they were too low, the AVM being killed when he hit the ground without a fully deployed parachute. The inquest brought a verdict of accidental death."
The Siskin made a safe emergency landing back at RAF Tangmere, but was damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=df09AAAAIBAJ&sjid=T0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4044,8144829&dq=air+accident&hl=en
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felton_Holt
3. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Holt.htm
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holt-2015
5. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2012 11:06 | ryan | Added |
| 11-Jan-2015 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2015 20:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 09:13 | Xindel | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2015 15:43 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 20:28 | AlLach | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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