ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 221051
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| Date: | Monday 12 March 1917 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 |
| Owner/operator: | 37 (Reserve) Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | 4870 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tannery Farm, Tanners Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Radford Aerodrome, Coventry, Warwickshire |
| RFC Scampton, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
12.3.17: Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 4870, 37 (Reserve) Squadron, RFC Scampton, Lincolnshire. Written off (destroyed) when spun into the ground shortly after take-off and caught fire on impact, Tannery Farm, Tanners Lane, Berkswell, Coventry, Warwickshire. Both crew - 2nd Lt David Stross (pilot, aged 24 on attachment from the Royal Field Artillery) and Air Mechanic 2nd Class Arthur William Giles (Service Number 47268, aged 35) - were killed
R.E.8 4870 was being collected from Radford aerodrome, to be delivered to 37 (Reserve) Squadron at RFC Scampton, Lincolnshire. It crashed at Tannery Farm, after spinning. 2nd Lt David Stross and 2nd Class Air Mechanic A. W. Giles were both killed. Stross had been attached to the Machine Gun Corps and the Royal Field Artillery. He left a wife and child at 53 Grange Avenue, Chapeltown Road, Leeds and his parents lived at West Hampstead.
His brother was Maurice Stross, Oak Bank, Harehills Lane, Leeds. Giles left a wife and a one year old child at Kelsall, St Anne’s Road, Headington, Oxford. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade and had transferred from the Devon Regiment. His brother-in-law was Henry Meadows, of Yarnton Manor near Oxford.
According to the aircraft accident record card for R.E.8 4870:
"Court of Inquiry 87/7954
16/3/17
Flying accident. Nose dived into the ground after failed to recover from spin from 1,000 feet. Cause unknown. Machine in good order before flight. Court of Inquiry was of the opinion that the accident was caused through spinning nose dive, the cause of which the Court was unable to ascertain."
The Jewish Chronicle, 23 March 1917, page 16 notes the "Death in action of Lt David Stross, Royal Flying Corps. Mother lives in Leeds. He was aged 24 and was formerly a member of the firm of S. Stross & Sons Ltd, rag merchants, of Dewsbury."
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1917.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/410430/stross,-david/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/393165/giles,-arthur-william/
4. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/stross-d.-david
5. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/giles-a.w.-arthur-william
6. http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1917.htm
7. Jewish Chronicle, 23 March 1917, page 16 at https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/dewsbury/jc.htm
8. https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/dewsbury/Jews_of_Dewsbury.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2019 19:41 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Jan-2019 19:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2019 13:00 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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