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The R101 Airship Disaster - Casualties
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On October 5th 1930 the British-built airship "R101" crashed into a hillside near Beauvais in France killing everybody on board. [The underlined words were in the text supplied to GENUKI - but see "R101 Survivors"]
The following are listed as having been killed:-
| ATHERSTONE N.G. | Lieut Cdr. |
| ATKINS G.K. | |
| BISHOP P. | Major |
| BLAKE R. | |
| BRANCKER Sir Sefton | Air Vice Marshall, RAF |
| BUCK J. | Lord Thomson's attendant |
| BURTON C.A. | |
| BUSHFIELD A. | |
| CHURCH S. | |
| COLMORE R.B.B. | Wing Commander, RAF |
| ELLIOTT F. | Wireless Operator |
| FERGUSSON C.J. | |
| FORD H.E. | |
| FOSTER P.A. | |
| GENT W.R. | First Engineer |
| GIBLETT M.A. | Mr |
| GRAHAM E.A. | Cook |
| HASTINGS A.C. | |
| HODNETT F. | |
| HUNT G.W. | Chief Coxswain |
| IRWIN H.C.H | Flight Lieut, RAF |
| JOHNSTON E.L. | Sqdn Leader, RAF |
| KEELEY S.T. | |
| KEY T.A. | |
| KING W.H. | |
| LITTLEKIT M.F. | |
| MASON C.H. | |
| MEGGINSON J.W. | Galley Boy |
| MOULE W. | |
| NORCOTT A.W.J. | |
| O'NEILL W.H.L. | Sqdn Leader |
| OUGHTON L.F. | |
| PALSTRA W. | Sqdn Leader, R.A.A.F |
| POTTER W.A. | |
| RADCLIFFE W.G. | |
| RAMPTON M.G. | |
| RICHARDSON A.J. | |
| RICHMOND V.C. | Lt Colonel |
| ROPE F.M. | Sqdn Leader |
| RUDD E.G. | |
| SAVIDGE A.H. | |
| SCOTT G.H. | Major |
| SCOTT S.E. | |
| SHORT G.W. | |
| STEFF M.H. | Flying Officer |
| TAYLOR C.E. | |
| THOMSON | Lord (Air Minister) |
| WATKINS A.H. |
Documents on the R101 are held in the Public Record Office in Kew under AIR 3,5,& 11. Photographs of the wreckage are under AIR5/1070 via 6/573/1/.