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1914 March 10th. Died at Salisbury Plain while flying a B.E.2 tractor biplane (70 hp Renault engine). He was practising gliding turns and possibly the elevator became jammed down. When the pilot managed to jerked them free after a dive of 1,500 feet the sudden strain caused the wings to break up.
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