Flt. Lt. Robert C Jenkins - St Andrew - Wroxeter, Shropshire - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

A memorial plaque in St Andrew's church, Wroxeter, to Flt. Lt. Robert C Jenkins, killed in a flying accident in 1922, consisting of a rectangular tablet set on a wooden backboard with black lettering.

Inscription -
IN DEVOTED AND UNDYING MEMORY OF
FLIGHT LT ROBERT C. JENKINS M.B.E., M.C., R.A.F.
THIRD AND LAST CHILD OF THE LATE
EDGAR F. JENKINS & Mrs E.J.W. JEUDWINS
BORN 1st JAN 1893
KILLED IN FLYING ACCIDENT FARNBOROUGH HANTS.
8th FEB 1922
HE SERVED WITH EXCEPTIONAL DISTINCTION IN
FRANCE WITH THE 2nd DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LIGHT
INFANTRY IN 1915 AND WITH THE R.A.F. IN EGYPT
AND PALESTINE FROM 1916 TO 1922 AND WAS
ON THE STAFF IN MESOPTAMIA 1920 - 1921
AN IRREPARABLE LOSS.

"Date: 08-FEB-1922
Time: day
Type: Avro 504K
Owner/operator: 4 Sqn Royal Air Force (4 Sqn RAF)
Registration: H9829
C/n / msn:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: RAF Farnborough, nr Farnborough, Hampshire - United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Farnborough, Hampshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Avro 504K H9829, 4 Squadron, RAF Farnborough: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 8/2/22 when hit tree on take-off,
Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire. Of the two crew on board, one was killed, one was injured:

Flt Lt Robert Charles Jenkins MBE MC (aged 26) killed
Flying Officer Allan Hesketh DFC (pilot) injured

According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine:

"Three R.A.F. Fatalities.
WE have to record three unfortunate accidents which resulted in the death of three R.A.F. officers and a member of the R.A.E. The first occurred on February 8 last, when Lieut. R. J. Jenkins, M.C., R.A.F., was killed through an Avro, piloted by Observer Officer Hesketh, D.F.C.—who escaped with slight injuries—crashing into some trees just as it was leaving the ground at Farnborough."

F/O Hesketh not only survived this crash, but rose through the ranks to become an Air Vice Marshall, before finally retiring from the RAF in 1952"

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