ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211726
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| Date: | Thursday 15 July 1926 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe |
| Owner/operator: | RAF College Cranwell |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Cranwell, Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe, RAF College, Cranwell; Written off (destroyed) 15/7/1926 in a flying accident, RAF Cranwell, Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Pilot and sole occupant - Flight Cadet Humphrey Francis Morell Pickford (aged 20) - was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (July 22, 1926 page 453 - see link #3)
"R.A.F. Flying Accident
The Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of an accident at Cranwell, Sleaford, Lines, to a Sopwith Snipe, on July 15, 1926, Flight-Cadet Humphrey Francis Morell Pickford, the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, was severely injured and died later in the day."
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
2. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/51770
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1926/1926%20-%200515.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-May-2018 18:04 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-May-2018 18:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2023 21:26 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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