Felixstowe F.5

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew was completing a night training sortie out from RAF Calshot. While approaching the Calshot Spit, the pilot was attempting to land on glassy water when the seaplane landed hard and crashed. A crew member was killed and three others were injured. Crew: F/Lt Norbert Marie Sackville Russell, F/O Robert Collins, Cpl Herbert Essam, AC1 Reginald Frederick Charles Copsey. †

Royal Navy

Shortly after takeoff from RAF Calshot, the seaplane suffered an engine failure and crashed in the sea. All six crew members were rescued and the aircraft sank.

Royal Air Force - RAF

The crew departed Felixstowe on a training mission on behalf of the 230th Squadron. Shortly after takeoff, the seaplane stalled and crashed in the sea few hundred metres offshore. Two crew members were rescued while four others were killed. Crew: S/L Edwin Roland Moon, † F/O Albert John Fyfield, † Sub-Lt Guiltherine J. Da Fonseca, † AC2 Gerald Tipping Bass, † F/Lt Charles Oscar Modin, F/O Louis Henry Pakenham-Walsh.