Hillock, Charles Alexander

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-12-31

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Toronto, Ontario

Alexander Hillock & Anna Coleman

Home: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RAF

Unit

(OT) AFTS- Advanced Flying Training School (RAF)

Base

1 Fighting School, Turnberry, England

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

154732

Home
Google MapToronto, Ontario
First Burial
Google MapDoune Cemetery, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
January 1917 No.1 Fighting School, Turnbury opened.1918-12-31: Hillock died on 1919-01-08, of his injuries, eight days after the crash in DH.9, E-679 when his student pilot 2LT James Milligan (British) tried to turn back to the aerodrome after suffering engine failure. He made a flat turn, stalled and spun into ground. Both occupants were killed.

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DH.9 E679

Second-Lieutenant Hillock, Charles Alexander (RAF)
pilot-instructor
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-December-31
Doune Cemetery, Girvan, Ayrshire, UK

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Airco DH.9 (Source Wikipedia

The Airco DH.9 (from de Havilland 9) also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 was a British single-engined biplane bomber developed and deployed during the First World War.

The DH.9 was a development of Airco's earlier successful DH.4, with which it shared many components. These were mated to an all-new fuselage and the BHP/Galloway Adriatic engine, which promised increased performance. Anticipating its usefulness, the type was ordered in very large numbers for Britain's Royal Flying Corps (RFC).

Upon entering service, the DH.9's performance was found to be unsatisfactory. The Adriatic engine was unreliable and failed to provide the expected power, which gave the DH.9 poorer performance than the aircraft it had been meant to replace. The performance deficit was blamed for the heavy losses they suffered over the Western Front. The redesigned DH.9A was fitted with a more powerful and reliable American Liberty L-12 engine which rectified the shortcomings of the original DH.9 model.Wikipedia

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