Carmichael, Ian Neil
Killed in Flying Accident 1916-07-20
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Hong Kong
Hugh Fletcher Carmichael & mother not mentioned
Home: Worthing, Sussex.
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RNAS
Unit
(CS) Stn Flight (RNAS)
Base
Naval Air Station Calshot
Rank
Flt sub-Lieutenant
Position
Flt sub-Lieutenant
Service Numbers
Home
Worthing, Sussex.
First Burial
Oban (Pennyfuir) Cemetery, Oban, Scotland
1916-07-20: Carmichael was flying as gunner-observer in a Short 184 seaplane piloted by FsL Douglas H. Whittier (British, no 2nd forename) who attempted a landing at Calshott Naval Air Station. In the approach he hit the mast of a transport ship and crashed on its deck. Both Carmichael and Whittier died in the crash.