Crash of a De Havilland DH.9A at RAF Kenley: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 12, 1920
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F1646
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Kenley - Kenley
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Kenley. Shorty after takeoff, while climbing, the airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed, bursting into flames. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Victor Oliver Reynolds,
AC2 Percy Braithwaite.