Date:	Tuesday 22 January 1918
Time:
Type:	Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a
Owner/operator:	2 Sqn AFC
Registration:	A8936
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Auchel airfield in the Pas-de- Calais, NW France -   France
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Auchel (Fr.)
Destination airport:	Savy (Fr.)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a (A8936)
On 20/01/1918 at 15:00, Lt. L.H. Holden made a 25min practice flight in A8936. On 22/01/1918,
Lt. Les Holden left Auchel for a travel flight to the new No.2 Sqn base at Savy, but crashed on take-off due to carburettor trouble. Lt. Holden was uninjured but A8936 was a wreck again. The A/c was struck off charge and returned to 1ASD Repair Park, arriving at St. Omer on 26/01/1918. On 24/02/1918, A8936 was noted as on charge under reconstruction with the Repair Park at 1ASD, now fitted with the 200hp (150kW) Hispano–Suiza liquid-cooled V8 engine No.115690. On 13/03/1918 Lt. Statham of 1ASD was uninjured when A8936 hit a bump landing at Sat. Omer and the A/c turned on its nose. On 25/03/1918 A8936 was struck of charge for the last time. The final fate of A8936 is unreported.

First World War Diaries - AWM4, Sub-class 8/5 No 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
2 Sqn ORB's - AWM
Plus various cross referenced research - incl RAF A/c records and possibly from McGuinness but now so long ago that the detail has been lost to me - sorry. Narrative is an excerpt from my own WIP works on individual SE5A service with the AFC.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
14-Nov-2011 10:29	Nepa	Added
14-Nov-2011 11:20	Nepa	Updated [Total occupants]
12-Feb-2021 14:45	Nepa	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
19-Aug-2023 05:29	Sharpienoone	Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Operator]]
07-Apr-2024 10:46	Nepa	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]