David Pinsent: Difference between revisions

During the [[First World War]], Pinsent was deemed unsuitable for active military service. He trained as a test pilot instead and worked at the [[Royal Aircraft Establishment]] in [[Farnborough, Hampshire|Farnborough]], where he was killed in a flying accident in May 1918.<ref name="Loners" /> His body was found in the [[Basingstoke Canal]] a week after the accident.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=News in Brief |date=18 May 1918 |page_number=3 |issue=41793 |column= }}</ref>