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alex_revell · 25 June 2009, 07:24 AM

Hello everybody,
H N Charles the old 56 Sqdn Engineering Officer, gave his reason for the crash when I interviewed him while writing

HITEB. His reason fits the eyewitness acounts of what they saw, plus what we know about McCudden as a pilot - from pilots who knew him - have told us. We will never know precisely what happened, to be able to say, this is what definitely caused the crash, but when all the accounts fit with what facts we do know, then I think we're pretty near the reason. I would stress that when I interviewed Charles he was not aware that there was any controversy over the cause of the crash. His interest in WW1 aviation ended in 1918.

25 June 2009, 07:24 AM	#15 (permalink)
alex_revell Shot Down Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,378	Hello everybody, H N Charles the old 56 Sqdn Engineering Officer, gave his reason for the crash when I interviewed him while writing HITEB. His reason fits the eyewitness acounts of what they saw, plus what we know about McCudden as a pilot - from pilots who knew him - have told us. We will never know precisely what happened, to be able to say, this is what definitely caused the crash, but when all the accounts fit with what facts we do know, then I think we're pretty near the reason. I would stress that when I interviewed Charles he was not aware that there was any controversy over the cause of the crash. His interest in WW1 aviation ended in 1918.