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| Date: | Saturday 7 September 1918 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b |
| Owner/operator: | 191 (Night) Trg Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | D9753 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire |
Right after takeoff the plane stalled and crashed right opposite the airfield at RAF Upwood, Huntingdonshire. Both occupants died. A memorial was erected in the year 2014. The deceased were 2nd Lieutenant Adam Howie Thompson, 26, and 2nd Lt Albert Ernest Parks, 21. R.I.P.
Sources:
1. http://www.huntspost.co.uk/news/village-of-upwood-stands-still-to-remember-two-first-world-war-airmen-1-3768802
2. http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/2746292/
3. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Huntingdonshire/Upwood.html
4. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/parks-a.e.-albert-ernest
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2746291/parks,-albert-ernest/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2746292/thompson,-adam-howie/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2014 10:38 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Sep-2014 11:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 30-Oct-2014 10:15 | James JUMP | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 11-Feb-2017 22:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2019 20:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Sep-2019 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Feb-2021 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator, ] |
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