Brantford, Ontario.
1918-09-26: FE2b B-1856, 1 School of Navigation & Bomb-dropping, Stonehenge; Pilot hit on head by propeller while trying to put out a ground fire at Harlestone, Northants. Lt William Joseph Kelly (21) killed (pilot) (Canadian), 2Lt Arthur Craig Taylor unhurt (gunner) (Canadian).
Kelly, William Joseph (Second-Lieutenant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1918-September-26
Birth Date: 1897-April-06
Born: Barracks, County Tipperary, Ireland
Parents: Mrs. Margaret Mcmahon Kelly & the late Michael Kelly
Spouse: unmarried
Home: Brantford, Ontario.
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAF
Unit
(OT) (RNAS)
Base
1 School of Navigation & Bomb Dropping, Stonehenge
Rank
Second-Lieutenant
Position
pilot
Service Numbers
507627, RAF
Canadian Virtual War MemorialF.E.2 serial: B1856
(RAF Photo)(Source Harold A Skaarup web page)
Royal Aircraft Factory (Farman Experimental) F.E.2b, "Gold Coast No. 10".
Royal Aircraft Factory (Farman Experimental) F.E.2b, "Gold Coast No. 10".
Between 1911 and 1914, the Royal Aircraft Factory used the F.E.2 (Farman Experimental 2) designation for three quite different aircraft that shared only a common "Farman" pusher biplane layout.
The third "F.E.2" type was operated as a day and night bomber and fighter by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Along with the single-seat D.H.2 pusher biplane and the Nieuport 11, the F.E.2 was instrumental in ending the Fokker Scourge that had seen the German Air Service establish a measure of air superiority on the Western Front from the late summer of 1915 to the following spring. Harold Skaarup web page
F.E.2
Wikipedia F.E.2
Harold A Skaarup Web Page