ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 218596
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 May 1915 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Bleriot XI |
| Owner/operator: | HMS Pembroke II RNAS Eastchurch |
| Registration: | 1540 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thames Estuary off Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent |
| RNAS Eastchurch, Kent | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
11.5.1915: Bleriot XI 1540, RNAS Eastchurch. Written off (destroyed) when crashed in sea off Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Pilot - Flt Sub-Lt Harold James Batchelor (aged 26) - was killed (drowned). According to one source, the pilot was killed when he fell out of the aircraft whilst it was in flight, as he was not wearing a seatbelt
Flight Sub-Lieutenant Batchelor was the third son of Captain Batchelor. Before the war he had served in the Merchant Navy. Sub-Lieutenant Batchelor was unmarried. On November 15, 1914, he was appointed probationary flight sub-lieutenant from the rank of acting sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve at the training station H.M.S. Pembroke III. He earned his aviator’s certificate on December 22, in the short biplane at the Royal Naval Flying School, Eastchurch. Killed in action on May 11, 1915. Name commemorated on panel 13 of the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/4003604/batchelor,-harold-james/
3. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1915-05May.htm
4. https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/117509-flight-lt-henry-james-batchelor-rnas/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2018 17:09 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 04-Apr-2020 19:38 | Investig | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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