ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230008
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| Date: | Saturday 24 May 1919 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Airco DH-6 |
| Owner/operator: | 1 MOS RAF |
| Registration: | C7829 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Aldeburgh |
| RAF Aldeburgh | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Three airmen lost their lives when two DH-6s of No.1 Marine Observers School collided in the air near Aldeburgh, Suffolk at a height of 300 ft, and crashed.
Aboard C7829 were Lts Cyril Victor Clarence Wright and Edward William Sydney Jacobi, and in C6861 was Lt William Wyatt, who died of his injuries two days later.
All three are buried at Aldeburgh (Saints Peter and Paul) Churchyard.
R.I.P.
Source 2 lists the crew of C6861 as:
Lt A G Wyatt (Died of injuries)
401926 Sgt L D Adock (injured)
Sources:
1. RAFweb.org- Casualties 1919
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/files/_cascards.txt
3. Air Britain: "Royal Navy Aircraft Serials and Units 1911 -1919" (1992)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2019 23:22 | angels one five | Added |
| 16-Oct-2019 23:27 | angels one five | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 10:56 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Nov-2019 16:03 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Mar-2021 13:43 | Castleace | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2021 14:44 | Castleace | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2021 16:40 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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