Details of crash on 20th Jan 1920

Taken from 19 Sqn ORB and added to…

As a result of a flying accident Fg Off Edward Gordon Cayley was killed and Mr Philip Aubrey Wells seriously injured when their aircraft a de Havilland DH.60 Moth. G-EBPS, owned by Mr Wells crashed on the Aerodrome. The aeroplane wa son a flight between London and Cambridge. Cayley was flying when it became involved in spin when near the aerodrome, as a result it nose-dived and crashed head on into the ground Cayley being killed by the impact. Wills’ who received severe scalp wounds, was removed to hospital in Cambridge, in a serious condition.