ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225149
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| Date: | Friday 28 March 1913 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Bleriot |
| Owner/operator: | Japanese Military Academy |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | East of the Tokorozawa Airfield -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aoyama Drill Ground |
| Aoyama Drill Ground | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Tokuda, Kin'ichi, Military officer, became the first victim of an aircraft crash in Japan
Selected as a trainee aircraft pilot. In 1913, while he was flying a Bleriot type aircraft from Aoyama Drill Ground, the aircraft crashed to the east of the Tokorozawa Airfield because a sudden gust of wind snapped the right wing brace.
First lieutenant Suzutaro Kimura also died.
Sources:
Papers of the Japanese Diet
http://earlyaviators.com/edavelam.pdf
https://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/148.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2019 07:29 | penguin832 | Added |
| 03-Mar-2020 19:55 | Cobar | Updated [Date, Source, Embed code] |
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