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| Date: | Friday 17 August 1928 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Airco DH.9A |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | J7795 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Digby |
D.H.9A J7795, 2 FTS, RAF Digby: Written off (destroyed) 17/8/1928 in a Midair collision with Avro 504N J9016, over RAF Digby, Scopwick Heath, Lincolnshire. Pilot and sole occupant of Avro 504N J9016 - Pilot Officer Adrian Gordon Cole (aged 22) - was killed. Both crew of D.H.9A J7795 - (Flying Off Alfred Rodney Feather (aged 26) and Pilot Officer Bertrand Guy d'Olier (aged 26)) - were also both killed. According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (August 23, 1928 page 737 - see link #5):
"Royal Air Force Flying Accidents
THE Air Ministry regrets to announce that as the result of of a collision in the air at Digby between a D.H.9a and an Avro machine of No. 2 Flying Training School, Digby, on August 17, Pilot Officer Adrian Gordon Cole, the pilot of the Avro machine, and Pilot Officer Bertrand Guy D'Olier, a passenger in the D.H.9a, were killed. Flying Officer Alfred Rodney Feather, the pilot of the D.H.9a, died of his injuries after admission to hospital."
Sources:
1. The Straits Times, 22 September 1928, Page 11: http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19280922-1.2.92
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1929.htm
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17344-RAF-fatalities-1928
4. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1920s-incident-logs#1928
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1928/1928%20-%200793.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2018 14:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Jun-2018 14:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 23-Nov-2018 17:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
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