On 23 October 1917 Temporary Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant J P Crawford-Wood was killed in a flying accident while undergoing pilot training at RNAS Eastchurch. His observer K L C Oxhey was also killed.
The aircraft they were flying was either an Avro 504G N5310 or a Be2c, 9465.
Temporary Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant J P Crawford-Wood is buried at Alkerton (St Michael) Churchyard.
Only surviving son of J Crawford-Wood, Alkerton House, near Hanbury, Oxfordshire.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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