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| Date: | Monday 26 April 1915 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Sopwith Admiralty Type 860 |
| Owner/operator: | HMS Ben-my-Chree RNAS |
| Registration: | 928 |
| MSN: | 4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Southampton Water, Calshot, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Southampton Water, Calshot, Hampshire |
| Southampton Water, Hampshire |
RNAS Serial No.928 was wrecked when it crashed into Southampton Water, at Calshot, Hampshire on 26th April 1915, after just two days in service and on its first test flight from HMS Ben-my-Chree, “Type 860” floatplane No.928 crashed from 600 feet, after banking slightly with the engine throttled back, possibly intending to alight but side-slipping into a nosedive beside the ship. Both crew - Flt Sub Lt Stephen Medlicott RNAS (aged 23) & Air-Mechanic Henry G Hughes (aged 26) - were killed.
Sources:
1. Air Enthusiast 56
2. http://www.islandeye.co.uk/history/aircraft_aerospace_and_airfields/wight-no-2-navy-plane.html
3. https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A430886
4. http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
6. http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/3055969/
7. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/3055969/MEDLICOTT,%20STEPHEN
8. http://www.thepeerage.com/p19394.htm
9. https://www.kingstonaviation.org/sopwith-day-by-day/1915.html
10. https://s3.amazonaws.com/oldweather/ADM53-35178/0017_1.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2017 19:40 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Feb-2017 18:22 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Nov-2018 01:52 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Nov-2018 16:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2019 16:13 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Jul-2023 05:45 | Anon. | Updated |
| 24-Jul-2023 18:24 | Nepa | Updated |
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