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| Date: | Sunday 30 April 1916 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Curtiss JN-4 |
| Owner/operator: | RNAS Chingford |
| Registration: | 3431 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Edmonton, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Chingford, Essex |
30.4.16: Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" No. 3431, RNAS Chingford, Essex. Written off (destroyed) when crashed while attempting to loop the aircraft, over Edmonton, Middlesex. Pilot - Flt Sub-Lt Thomas Robson Liddle (aged 20) - was killed
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2001394/liddle,-t.-robson/
3. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1916-04Apr.htm
4. http://walthamforestmemories.net/files/Bayliss-Chingford-Airdrome.pdf
5. https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/indepth/features/8791417.HISTORY__Chingford_Aerodrome/
6. Flight magazine (May 4 1916 page 370): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%200370.html?search=Thomas%20Robson%20Liddle
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2018 18:21 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 05-Dec-2018 21:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
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