Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
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George Charlton Merrick ( -1913). Early aviator.
1913 3rd October. Died at Upavon in a Short biplane (70 hp Gnome engine). As a pilot he was inexperienced and was making a steep gliding descent when he slipped from his seat as he was not wearing a belt and fell on to the control column causing the machine to turn over and he fell out and was killed.
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