Personnel Index - Detail
Name
JACKSON
First Names
Cedric Arthur
Nationality
British
Rank
Lieutenant
Service
RFC
Crew Position
Observer
Age
23
Date of Death
05/11/1917
Location
Drowned in the North Sea following a flying accident with Second Lieutenant R S Leventon.
Information from 'Flight & The Aircraft Engineer'.....November 15th 1917 (via Kent History Forum)
Lt Leventon began his military training at Christ Church, Oxford in February 1917 and was appointed to the R.F.C.
He obtained his commission in May 1917 and received his " wings " and pilot's certificate in August.
He should have proceeded with his squadron to the front last week. He was flying over the sea on November 5th, when his machine appeared to collapse suddenly, owing to the breaking of a wing, and he and his observer fell into the sea with the wreckage of the aeroplane.