11/04/2017 05:15:00 #53319
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On 24.8.1915 Gilbert Mapplebeck was killed while flying a 2RS Morane.
He was doing aerobatics and, while 100 feet from the ground, the aircraft was seen to dive suddenly and bury itself 2 feet in to the ground.
Mapplebeck was injured serverely, and died almost instantly.
I have seen a number of references that Mapplebeck was flying a Morane N Bullet, though with no reliable source for this information.
The Casualty Record Card is no help.
I cannot place a Morane N at 2RS in August 1915, so assume that he must have been flying a Morane G/H: can anyone confirm ?