Three Crew killed were
Reinhold Kitzelmann aged 22
Karl J Focke aged 22
Adam Becker aged 28
1 Pow (Parachute) – Gefr R DACHSHEL
Also killed: licensee
Charles Edward Lappage aged 61
Fanny Elizabeth Lappage aged 58
Both of of Burchers Arms, Eastgate, Bourne (Husband and Wife)
Other Civilians killed
Minnie Gertude Cooper aged 62
Violet Frances Jackson aged 29 (Daughter of Minnie Cooper)
3 soldiers killed
Mackean Harrison aged 33 Private 3853065 The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
SCHOFIELD, HAROLD STUART aged 28 Lieutenant 174419 The Regiment (North Lancashire)
Ward Abraham F 23 Pvt., 1st Btn The Loyal Regiment (North Lancs)
Probably linked to this somehow
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17336049?searchTerm=Broadbent littlejohn&searchLimits=
Googling “Japan Underground Hangars” brings up some interesting stuff
From Poplar to Papua: Montana’s 163rd Infantry Regiment in the Pacific in …
By Martin Kidston
Page 152
“Japan had built underground hangars to hide its aircraft”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/okinawa-soba/6794728007
https://fareastfling.me/tag/yomitan-japanese-aircraft-bunker/
“The Japanese called these earth-bermed facilities”
So I assume that the October 1944 Document is some sort of intelligence report on Japanese activity at mingaladon?
INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TAKE COVER!!!!!!!!!!!
BTW “W N Yamamoto” aged 22 is I believe
(according to Find My Past)
Died age 22 in 1936 means born 1914
Yamamoto Nobuyuki Wm 1914 — 1933 California, San Francisco Passenger Lists,
Wm is usually William
Ancestry has Arrival record within period
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Immigration & Travel
Name: William Yamamoto
Birth: year
Departure: location
Arrival: date – Plymouth, England
Dr Ellin kindly replied (posted below with permission) and states the last paragraph of report says ‘body sent back to Japan’
“
In answer to your query, I teach aircraft design at Teesside University and, as an exercise in improving my skills and with an interest in older aircraft, I decided to see if I could reverse engineer the Satyr working from the photographs of the aircraft that exist and a knowledge of the influences Frederick Miles would have experienced at the time he designed it. I have been looking into the Satyr on and off for the last 4 years and have finally got to the stage that I feel that I know the aircraft sufficiently well that the only reason not to start building a replica would be if I never intended to. The lack of a suitable powerplant has long been an issue as Pobjoy Rs are both in short supply and relatively unreliable. The recent availability of the Verner 5 cylinder 80 hp radial has presented a potential solution here though it will probably need a 3 bladed rather than 2 bladed propeller.
As much as I searched, I could not find any drawings of the aircraft with all leads running cold but I did find some contemporaneous drawings by Basil Henderson (who did the drafting on the Southern Martlett for FGM) and they have certainly helped. The drawings I am using have therefore been developed from scratch and in the knowledge that the 3 view drawing in Lukins’ book of Miles aircraft, although broadly accurate, does contain some errors, as does the Janes All the World Aircraft entry on the Satyr. My aim is to get the drawings sufficiently accurate in detail that no one can call be a liar! The image attached gives some idea of what I have been doing.
Although I have started building, please do not expect any early completion as I have to fit this activity round the day job and other family commitments. I currently have one side of the forward fuselage in a jig and am building the first of the ribs for the lower wing in another. When I have something worth looking at in the flesh, I will take some photos and send them to you.
As far as the demise of the original is concerned, I am not sure what you have seen. In addition to the newspaper article, I have also found record of the aircraft in the official report on the 1936 Olympic Games; the article did mention that the aircraft was engaged in flying associated with the games which prompted me to look.”
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“Perhaps the only details left for query are why was the unfortunate Mr Yamamoto on his way to Stockholm, and was this gentleman interred in Denmark?”
The date of he official Olympic games in 1936 were 1st August 1936 to 16th August 1936 and prior to that there was an International Air Rally
The news report says “He was taking part in the Olympic flying and had started from Hamburg yesterday morning to fly to Stockholm.”
I think this statement is wrong as in the Olympic Report it says
“As a close to the International Air Rally, the German Aero-Club arranged flying tours together
with the foreign amateur fliers from August 5th to 8th to Silesia, from August 9th to 11th to
the Baltic Sea, and from August 11th to 14th to South Germany. These flights, in which many
nations participated, contributed their part towards fostering mutual comradeship.
All of the participants in the Air Rally shared the wish to make such gatherings a definite part
of the Olympic Games because the constant advancement in the conquest of the air is progressing
rapidly from Olympiad to Olympiad and new revelations will be forthcoming at each
Festival.”
Maybe Yamamoto just decided that while he was in Europe at the time he would just have a tour of Scandinavia.
I assume he is buried at Catholic St. Annes Church at Amager (near Copenhagen) as per newspaper article
http://www.saintanneschurch.dk/
I have sent the church an email to se if they know
Also now we know the date of the accident (and can now confirm it) we can see it mentioned here (translated by Google)
“August 7, 1936 plunges a small sports plane vertically down immediately after takeoff in Kastrup and so it was bad. Again attended William Falck emergency personnel. Falck had upon receipt of the message no ambulances at its Amager station, and instead sent ambulances from the main station in Vesterbro, which udrykningen was delayed. The airport traveled afterwards criticism that Falck had called ZR, which had station in Hollænderdybet on Amager, which William Falck stated: …. I can not see rather than that it must be the airport that alerts Zone Rescue Company. We can not have any obligation to do so … 7J). This was the Falck policy and it backfired: October 14, 1933 mentions Lolland-Falster Folkeblad in critical tones that Falck in Maribo failed to summon ZR in Maribo to a fire that Falck due. Other tasks could turn out to why Falck instead let summon Falck from Nykøbing F. and Nysted. Falck’s station manager in Maribo refused afterwards to “
I have contacted Dr Ellin and alerted him to this posting I hope he can supply some details
Paul
Solved!
Posted today on Air Britain Information Exchange:-
“The fate of the original Miles aircraft has often been the subject of question but, from a most unexpected source, Peter Amos has finally established what happened, courtesy of Dr Alex Ellin of Teesside University, Middlesbrough – who is building a replica.
The Kenyon Collegian, the newspaper of the Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio published the following on December 8 1936. ‘The Collegian has been awaited of this information from foreign newspapers concerning the death of WN Yamamoto, a member of the Kenyon Flying Club.’ The article went on:
“Again yesterday there was a fly accident and it took a young man’s life. The accident occurred at Kastrup Airfield yesterday morning at 11.24 (Aug 1 1936), where a 22-year old Japanese, WN Yamamoto fell to the ground from a height of 100 meters as starting for Stockholm. The young Japanese was badly crushed and died at 6 o’clock at Sundby Hospital. The young Japanese came to Copenhagen yesterday morning en route to Stockholm. He was taking part in the Olympic flying and had started from Hamburg yesterday morning to fly to Stockholm. His machine, an English “Satyr” is a very small sports machine only room for one person, namely the pilot. He landed at Kastrup to secure gasoline and oil and immediately afterwards started to fly on. Immediately after leaving the ground, he put the machine too straight up in the air. It almost completely stopped with the result that he had to dive, but as too close to the ground he crashed. Help was immediately sent to the spot where the young pilot was found quite unconscious in the ruins. As quickly as possible he was rushed to the hospital and immediately it could be seen that there was no hope. During the afternoon, he became conscious but at 6 o’clock he died.
“Eye witness to the accident tells us that when the machine hit the ground it made several hops along the ground and then collapsed. The wreckage was taken to a hangar and thoroughly examined for any fault, but as everything is badly crushed undoubtedly no opinion can be given.”
The article is accompanied by a photo of G-ABVG with Yamamoto standing alongside.
Hitherto, all that was known of the fate of G-ABVG was that it was put up for sale by Air Dispatch Ltd in August 1934 and its registration cancelled in September 1936 as withdrawn for use. It had also been reported that it was sold to a 19-year old Japanese in Belgium and who suffered a fatal crash there when he spun it in. So there was partial truth is this story – but the real answer is now known.”
Why do some people want to have a bash at Billy Bishop?
Aeroplane upto 1923 on Smithsonian out of copyright apparently
Just found this about 27.3.40 Blenheim IV L8753 110 Sqn
Western Daily Press
Thursday 28 March 1940 , Western Daily Press , Bristol, England
“BOMB-LADEN ‘PLANE CRASHES
With load of bombs beneath his wings, a R.A.F. bomber
pilot was about to attempt a landing in a park at Ipswich
when he saw children playing there. He at once changed his
course, narrowly missed houses in the main street, skimmed
between two chimneys, and over the roof of the town’s
power station and then crashed into the River
Orwell. Men in a boat rescued the three
occupants, one of whom was taken to hospital badly injured.
It was a wonderful piece of work on the pilot’s part.
said a police officer last night.”
PS Nothing for this aircraft in Final Landings by Colin Cummings for 1946 to 1949