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| Date: | Friday 21 April 1916 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Sopwith Baby |
| Owner/operator: | RNAS Killingholme |
| Registration: | 8155 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | River Humber, near RNAS Killingholme, Immingham, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Killingholme, Immingham, Lincolnshire |
21.4.16: Sopwith Baby No.8155, RNAS Killingholme. Written off (destroyed) when crashed into the Estuary of the River Humber near RNAS Killingholme, Immingham, Lincolnshire. Pilot - Flt Sub-Lt William Hocking (aged 23) - was killed (drowned)
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3051117/hocking,-william/
3. https://www.kingstonaviation.org/sopwith-day-by-day/1916.html
4. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1916-04Apr.htm
5. https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/showthread.php?19689-100-Years-Ago-Today/page26&highlight=Sopwith%20Baby%208155
6. Flight magazine (April 27 1916 page 348): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%200348.html?search=William%20Hocking
7. http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/killingholme-seaplane-base-rnas-wwi
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 23:15 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 04-Dec-2018 23:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
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