1917-12-24: Cadet Corporal Manson died in JN4, C-684; when it got out of control and caught fire on hitting the ground. His instructor, 2Lt Lawrence John Rainboth (Canadian) was also killed in the crash.
Manson, Eric Douglas (Cadet Corporal)
Killed in Flying Accident 1917-December-24

Birth Date: 1893-April-14
Born: Lymm, Cheshire, England
Parents: Mrs. Blanche Elizabeth Lydston Douglas Lane, widow.
Spouse: unmarried
Home: Bury St. Edmunds, England (parents)
Enlistment: Vancouver B.C.
Enlistment Date: 1916-December-27
Service
RFC
Unit
81 (OT) CTS- Conversion Training Squadron (RFC)
Base
Camp Talliaferro, Ft. Worth, Texas, USA
Rank
Cadet Corporal
Position
pilot-trainee
Service Numbers
74479