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| Date: | Thursday 24 May 1917 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c |
| Owner/operator: | RNAS Holt |
| Registration: | 8498 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 40 miles East of Cromer, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Holt, Bayfield, Norfolk |
24.5.17: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c No.8498, RNAS Holt, Norfolk. Presumed written off (destroyed) when failed to return for operations while chasing a Zeppelin (believed to be the L.40/LZ.88) over the North Sea, 40 miles east of Cromer, Norfolk. Pilot - Flt Sub-Lt Harold Dent Smith (aged 21) - was killed, presumed drowned when his aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1917.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3053633/smith,-harold-dent/
3. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/smith-h.d.-harold-dent
4. https://airwar19141918.wordpress.com/tag/harold-dent-smith/
5. http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Hertfordshire/StAlbansWW1.html
6. http://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/holt/
7. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1917-05May.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2019 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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