ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210682
Last updated: 17 March 2021
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| Date: | 23-MAR-1922 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.10 Amiens Mk IIIA |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS Royal Air Force (6 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | E5497 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Manston, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
De Havilland DH.10 Amiens Mk.IIIA E5497, 6 FTS, RAF Manston: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 23/3/22 when stalled on take-off, RAF Manston, Kent. One of the crew of two was killed, the other uninjured:
Flying Officer Denys Newson Dickson (aged 22) killed
L.A/C Joseph McCausland unhurt
F/O Dicks reportedly died of injuries sustained later the same day - not killed instantaneously in the crash. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (April 13, 1922 page 214 - see link #2):
"Killed
DENYS NEWSON DICKSON, R.A.F., who died on March 23 as the result of a flying accident, was the younger son of Algernon and Edith Dickson, of Tower House, Woolton Hill, Newbury He was aged 22 years."
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1925.htm
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1922/1922%20-%200214.PDF
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17098-RAF-fatalities-1922
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2018 15:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Nov-2018 19:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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