Accident Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b D9753,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169808
 
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Date:Saturday 7 September 1918
Time:
Type:Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b
Owner/operator:191 (Night) Trg Sqn RAF
Registration: D9753
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Right after takeoff the plane stalled and crashed right opposite the airfield at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire. Both occupants died. A memorial was erected in the year 2014. The deceased were 2nd Lieutenant Adam Howie Thompson, 26, and 2nd Lt Albert Ernest Parks, 21. R.I.P.

Sources:

1. http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/village-of-upwood-stands-still-to-remember-two-first-world-war-airmen-1-3768802
2. http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/2746292/
3. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Huntingdonshire/Upwood.html
4. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/parks-a.e.-albert-ernest
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2746291/parks,-albert-ernest/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2746292/thompson,-adam-howie/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Sep-2014 10:38 gerard57 Added
14-Sep-2014 11:43 gerard57 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration]
30-Oct-2014 10:15 James JUMP Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
11-Feb-2017 22:22 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Jan-2019 20:40 Dr. John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative]
17-Sep-2019 19:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Feb-2021 17:59 Anon. Updated [Location, Operator]

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