Terrible Aeroplane Fatality: One of the worst airplane fatalities which have been recorded in this district occurred Wednesday afternoon at Mychett, resulting in the deaths of Lt. Lutyens. R.F.C. and David Pensent, a civilian observer. One of the large type machines, carrying pilot and observer left Farnborough at 4.15 p.m., and a quarter of an hour later, when at an altitude of over 4,000 ft., it is assumed that the petrol tank exploded, completely wrecking the machine and killing both pilot and observer. The death in each instance must have been instantaneous, but up till a late hour this morning the body of the observer had not been recovered. The Camberley police are out searching the gorse-covered ground as we go to Press.
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GRO0163 Devonport: David Hume Pinsent: 1891 – 1918