ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221219
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 April 1917 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 |
| Owner/operator: | 45 (Reserve) Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | A4909 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RFC South Carlton, West Lindsay, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RFC South Carlton, Lincolnshire |
| RFC South Carlton, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
11.4.17: Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 A4909, 45 (Reserve) Squadron, RFC South Carlton. Written off (destroyed) when spun into the ground, RFC South Carlton, West Lindsay, Lincolnshire. Pilot - Captain Philip Austin Kirkup (on attachment from the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry) - was killed. According to the aircraft accident card for F.E.8 A4909:
"Court of Inquiry 79/7954
15/4/17
Flying accident. Spinning nose dive at 1,000 feet. Error of judgement on the part of the pilot in switching the engine off in flight"
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (April 19, 1917 page 381 - see link #4)
"Fatal Accidents
At a hospital in the Lincoln district on the 12th inst. an inquest was held on Capt. P. A. Kirkup, R.F.C. He was practising attacking at a great height when the machine got into a spin and crashed to the ground. Capt. Kirkup was an experienced pilot, and had flown in France as an observer. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned."
Philip Austin Kirkup was born in Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom in the Spring quarter of 1894 to Jane Winter Davison and Major Kirkup. In the 1911 census he was recorded as living at his parents address, 16 Thornhill Gardens, Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. On 4th November 1916, he was appointed as a Captain in the British Army, in the 7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry.
He later joined the RFC and was stationed at South Carlton, Lincolnshire with No. 45 (Reserve) Squadron when killed on 11 April 1917 whilst flying solo in FE.8 A4909. At the time 45 (Reserve) Squadron had the responsibility of training pilots for pusher scouts, equipped with FB5s, FB9s, HF F.20s and a few DH2s and FE8s. He was buried at Ryhope Road Cemetery, in Sunderland.
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1917.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/353901/kirkup,-/
3. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/kirkup-p.a.-philip-austin
4. Flight magazine (April 19, 1917 page 381): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%200381.html?search=%20Stanley%20Edward%20Lukyn
5. http://www.sunderlandfirstworldwar.com/PhillipAustinKirkup.html
6. https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/2608727
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2019 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 28-Jan-2019 17:32 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Jul-2023 09:00 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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