ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220526
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| Date: | Thursday 16 November 1916 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c |
| Owner/operator: | 18 (Reserve) Sqn RFC |
| Registration: | A5499 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Montrose, Forfarshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RFC Montrose, Forfarshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
16.11.16: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c A5499, 18 (Reserve) Squadron, RFC Montrose. Written off (destroyed) when crashed onto a house roof and caught fire, Montrose, Forfarshire. Pilot - 2nd Lt William Fowler (aged 29) - was killed. According to the aircraft record card for B.E.2c A5499 (see link #3)
"Court of Inquiry
87/8972
4/12/16
Flying accident, crashed onto a roof and caught fire."
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (November 23, 1916 page 1023 - see link #4)
"Fatal Accidents.
AT Montrose on November 16th an aeroplane piloted by Lieut. Fowler, Royal Flying Corps, collided with the chimney of a house and remained fast on the roof. The impact caused the petrol tank to catch fire, and before assistance could be rendered the pilot was dead, though whether death was due to burning or to the collision is not known"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/327472/fowler,-william/
3. http://www.rafmuseumstoryvault.org.uk/archive/7000271193-fowler-w.-william
4. Flight magazine (November 23 1916 page 1023): https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1916/1916%20-%201031.html?search=crash%20on%20roof%20Montrose
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jan-2019 17:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 13-Jan-2019 13:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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