Inquests on Airmen: Extraordinary disappearance: At the inquest on Lieut. Lutyens, pilot of an aeroplane, which collapsed in mid-air on Wednesday, and at which a verdict of “accidental death” was returned, it was stated that the machine, while flying at a tremendous height, suddenly broke into five parts and though constant search had been made by the police and 1,200 soldiers in the country and ponds in the vicinity and of Basingstoke Canal, no trace could be found of the body of the civilian observer, Pinsent, who was flying with Lieut. Lutyens at the time of the accident. …
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GRO0163 Devonport: David Hume Pinsent: 1891 – 1918