Reginald Archibald Cammell (1886-1912), early aviator.
1886 Born in Inverness
1910 Gained his aviator's certificate at Lark Hill, Salisbury Plain
1911 "Last Sunday (17th September) he was commencing his experience with one of the British-built Army Valkyries with a view to flying it over to his headquarters at Farnborough."
At the inquest held at Hendon regarding the fatal accident to Lieut. R. A. Cammel, R.E., whilst flying a Valkyrie machine, a verdict of "death by misadventure" was returned by the jury. Dr. George Cohen, the Coroner, in summing up, said he thought that Mr. Cammell must have had some temporary loss of knowledge or control of the machine and mistaken it for another. There could hardly be any doubt he was intending to run a preliminary trial. There was no evidence to show that the machine was affected.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Royal Aero Club records