ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221282
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Date: | Sunday 15 April 1917 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Grahame-White XV (Admiralty Type 1600) |
Owner/operator: | RNAS Chingford |
Registration: | 3610 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RNAS Chingford, Essex -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNAS Chingford, Essex |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:15.4.17: Grahame-White XV 3610 (Admiralty 1600 type) pusher biplane, RNAS Chingford. Written off (destroyed) when overturned after engine failure on take-off, RNAS Chingford, Essex. Of the two crew, one - Probationary Flight Officer Joseph Louis Lavigne (Canadian, aged 30) - was killed. The pilot - Flt Lt Frederick Warren Merriam - was unhurt
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (April 26, 1917 page 400 - see link #4):
"Fatal Accidents
At an inquest at Chingford on April 19th, on J. L. Lavigne, a young Canadian attached to the R.N.A.S., a verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned."
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1917.htm 2.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/356072/lavigne,-joseph-louis/ 3.
http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/lavigne-j.l.-joseph-louis 4. "Flight" magazine (April 26 1917 page 400):
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%200400.html?search=Joseph%20Louis%20Lavigne 5.
http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=18148 6.
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1917-04Apr.htm 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grahame-White_Type_XV Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jan-2019 18:27 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
29-Jan-2019 18:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
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