Neville Browning

What a remarkable photograph. Poor old Neville knew what was coming but at least it stopped all the agonising and on-going pain from his acute arthritis.
There was a wonderful story, possibly apocryphal, of his spinning into the roof of the officers mess on his first solo in an Avro 504 when he attempted a loop. Can anyone confirm or deny………?????
Cheers and a great Christmas to one and all plus a great New Year in 2017.
:eagerness:

There is a scan of a newspaper report of the crash here with a picture of NB. scroll to the very end

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ccy8AAAAQBAJ&pg=PR22&lpg=PR22&dq=neville+browning+stapleford+tawney&source=bl&ots=vhhxwLdZoA&sig=ZGaQ4o5ECIDtekx7X80oyBVDk3c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikjf-XxIPRAhVFPBoKHf5qBd0Q6AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=neville%20browning%20stapleford%20tawney&f=false