Felton Holt
Felton Holt | |
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Born | Westminster, London | 23 February 1886
Died | 23 April 1931 Westhampnett, Sussex | (aged 45)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | British Army (1903–18) Royal Air Force (1918–31) |
Years of service | 1903–1931 |
Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
Commands | Fighting Area (1931) Central Flying School (1923–25) 22nd Wing RFC (1917–18) 16th Wing RFC (1916–17) No. 25 Squadron RFC (1915–16) No. 16 Squadron RFC (1915) |
Battles / wars | First World War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches (2)[1] |
Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, CMG, DSO (23 February 1886 – 23 April 1931) was a squadron and wing commander in the Royal Flying Corps who became a brigadier general in the newly established Royal Air Force (RAF) just before the end of the First World War. During the inter-war years Holt remained in the RAF, serving in several staff appointments before becoming Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area.[1]
Holt was killed in a flying accident not long after taking up his final appointment. He was flying in a de Havilland DH.60M Moth from RAF Tangmere to take him back to RAF Uxbridge when it crashed at Seahurst Park near Chichester, following a collision with an Armstrong Whitworth Siskin. Holt managed to get out of the aircraft, but his parachute did not open in time.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "F V Holt_P". www.rafweb.org. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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