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| Date: | Thursday 23 March 1922 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.10 Amiens Mk IIIA |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | E5497 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Manston, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent (MSE/EGMH) |
DH Amiens E5497: Written off when stalled on take-off from RAF Manston. 23/03/1922
One of the crew of two was killed, the other uninjured:
Crew:
F/O Denys Newson Dickson (pilot) RAF killed
LAC Joseph McCausland (???) RAF 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, ] |
| 08-Jul-2023 20:56 | Nepa | Updated |
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