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| Date: | Monday 1 September 1919 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro 536 |
| Owner/operator: | A.V. Roe & Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-EAGM |
| MSN: | ATC6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sands Aerodrome, Weston Super Mare, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Hounslow Heath, Middlesex |
| Sandhurst, Berkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 536: Registered as K161 10.7.19 to AV Roe & Co Ltd; operated by Avro Transport Co at Weston-super
Mare. C of A #85 issued 11.7.19. Registered G-EAGM [C of R 169] 31.7.19 to same owner; probably not used.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on landing at Sands Aerodrome, Weston-super-Mare 1.9.19; pilot Charles F Lee killed. The other two persons on board - Lt. A J Andrews and R W Smith - were both injured.
According to a biography of his son Richard Hugh Anthony Lee
[Charles F Lee] "had joined the Royal Flying Corps on 1st March 1914 at the invitation of Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Trenchard to assist in the build-up of the Corps. Lee became Trenchard’s adjutant, received a Mention in Despatches and was awarded the AFC and the US Aero Club Medal before retiring as a Brigadier-General in March 1919.
He then went to work with the AV Roe Aeroplane Company but was killed aged 36 on 1st September 1919 when Avro 536 G-EAGM, a new 5-seat design, went into a spin and crashed on a golf course at Weston-super-Mare. Lt. AJ Andrews and RW Smith were both injured
Registration G-EAGM cancelled in 10.19 as "withdrawn from use".
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/aeroplanes/15-aeroplanes/81-register-gb-g-ea
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-EAGM.pdf
3. https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/LeeRHA.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2014 18:22 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Oct-2025 05:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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