ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211632
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 December 1925 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Avro 504K |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | E2914 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Manston, near Ramsgate, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 504K E2914, 9 Squadron, RAF Manston: Written off (destroyed) 16/12/1925 in a Mid-air collision, with Avro 504K E3798 over RAF Manston, Kent. The Avro's were with No 9 Squadron for 'ab initio' training purposes. Pilot - and sole occupant of Avro 504K E2914 - L.A/C Edward Emmanuel Dunn (Service Number 345286, aged 23) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (December 24, 1925 page 842 - see link #3):
"R.A.F.Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as a result of a collision in the air at Manston, near Ramsgate, Kent, between two Avro machines of No. 9 Squadron, Manston, on December 16, No. 345286 L.A.C. Edward Emanuel Dunn, the pilot of one of the machines, was killed, and No. 342140 L.A.C. William Edward Parrish, the pilot of the other machine, was seriously injured."
L.A/C William Edward Parrish (Service Number 342140) in Avro 504K E3798 was seriously injured and taken to Ramsgate Hospital with injuries to head and right ankle. Parrish recovered from his injuries, and resumed training on 19/5/1926, but had another accident on the 23/7/26, in Avro 504K F2332, due, it was later discovered, to the instructor's strap catching around the control column and causing a spin when the controls locked in a loop.
He took to his parachute and landed in Margate; the aeroplane, in full view of the beach crowds, crashed into a field. Parachutes had just been issued but were not as a rule fully strapped for routine flying. Fortunately Parrish had his fastened and this subsequently altered the Squadron's attitude to the new equipment. Parrish visited Air Ministry to discuss his escape, since he was only the second person to use a parachute in an emergency in the R.A.F.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9514-9-Sqn-Avro-504K-Loss-July-1926
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1925/1925%20-%200842.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2018 20:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 09-Nov-2018 08:54 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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