ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221371
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 April 1917 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 |
| Owner/operator: | 42 (Reserve) Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | A3176 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Whitton Park, Twickenham, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RFC Hounslow Heath, Hounslow, Middlesex |
| RFC Hounslow Heath, Hounslow, Middlesex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
24.4.17: Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 A3176, 42 (Reserve) Squadron, RFC Hounslow Heath, Hounslow, Middlesex. Written off (destroyed) when spun off turn, caught fire in flight, and dived into the ground, Whitton Park, Twickenham, Middlesex. Pilot - Lt Crugar Stanley Peach (aged 20, on attachment from the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment) - was killed. According to the aircraft accident record card for R.E.8 A3176:
"Court of Inquiry 87/7954
3/5/17
Flying accident. Failed to recover from a spinning nose dive. It was the opinion of the Court of Inquiry that the accident was due to an error of judgement on the part of the pilot"
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (May 3, 1917 page 418 - see link #4) which failed to name the pilot:
"Fatal Accidents
While flying at a fair height over Whitton Park, Twickenham, on April 24th, an aeroplane burst into flames, and fell to the ground, the pilot, a lieutenant in the R.F.C., being burnt to death"
According to a short published biography of the pilot (see link #4):
"Lt Crugar Stanley Peach, 42 (Reserve) Squadron (ex 16 Squadron RFC, as Observer) Royal Flying Corps (ex 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment), obtained his flying certificate at Shoreham on 28 March 1917, and was killed in flying training accident 24 April 1917 at Hounslow age 20. He is buried at Brookwood Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey. Born 14 July 1896 4 Upper Richmond Road, Wandsworth, London, attended Haileybury College 1910-12 , son of Captain Charles Stanley Peach of Queensmead, Farnborough, Hampshire"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1917.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/402204/peach,-crugar-stanley/
3. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/7000282147-peach-c.s.-crugar-stanley
4. Flight magazine (May 3 1917 page 418): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1917/1917%20-%200418.html?search=David%20John%20Barnes
5. http://www.storringtonlhg.org.uk/the-college/
6. https://myancestors.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/roll-of-honour-world-war-i/
7. http://ourfamily.relatedfamilies.com/individual.php?pid=I2571&ged=temp.ged
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2019 18:26 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-Jan-2019 18:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2019 12:10 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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