ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153317
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 August 1923 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Brokker Glider |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | Unknown |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Milton Hill, near Pewsey, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire |
| Pewsey, Wiltshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Brokker was a glider which got its name from the fact that it was constructed from the wings of a Fokker D.VII and the fuselage (less engine) of a Bristol F.2B Fighter. Since it was constructed from surplus parts of ex-WW1 aircraft, the total construction costs were less than £1! As such, it first flew on 21 October 1922 at Itford Hill, on the South Downs near Lewes, East Sussex
On 28 August 1923 Flight Lieut. N C Waltho killed when he fell from the cockpit after the glider hit the ground at the foot of the hill whilst trying to land. According to a contemporary report in Flight dated September 6 1923:
"LAST week the first fatal glider accident in England occurred when Flight-Lieut. Neville Charles Waltho was piloting a monoplane glider at Milton Hill, near Pewsey, Wilts. It appears that Waltho had been gliding for several minutes and was about to land, when the machine went into a dive.
The pilot was thrown out and killed instantly. The machine used was, we believe, the " Brokker," flown by Squadron Leader Gray at Itford last year."
It was the first fatal glider accident in England since Percy Pilcher's death in 1899.
Sources:
1. Nottingham Evening Post,Thur 30 Aug 1923
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1923/1923
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brokker_(glider)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2013 09:48 | k8b | Added |
| 19-Dec-2013 02:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2013 02:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
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