Naval Squadron 7A before it became 14 Naval Squadron
On 27/28 October 1917 nine HPs left to bomb rail junctions at Cortemarck and Lichtervelde, and airfields at Engel and St Denis Westrem. Over this last objective a 7A HP, 3122, crewed by FSL G. Andrews, LM G A Kent and 2/Lt W W Hutton RFC, was shot down.
Source : Jock Whitehouse and David Hearn (Great nephew of Lt Reginald Binckes)
Date record last updated : 13 August 2023
O/400 C9646
O/400 C9646
C9646 crashed St Inglevert on take off on 17 July 1918. Reginald Binckes and D.R. Tullis were catapulted 30 feet from the cockpit. Reginal Binckes broke his back and died later and Tullis walked away without a scratch.
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