HC Deb 07 June 1917 vol 94 cc346-7W
Mr. BILLING

asked the Under-Secretary of State for War how many accidents, fatal or otherwise, have occurred on RE 8 machines flying in this country since the introduction of this type?

Major BAIRD

I regret that I am unable to supply the figures for which the hon. Member asks. They would be entirely misleading unless they were accom- panied by a statement of the number of machines of this type in use and of the pilots who fly them which it would be against the public interest to give.

Mr. BILLING

asked what type of aeroplane Second Lieutenant Cyril Harvey Trollope was flying when he was killed at Doncaster on 4th May; and also what type of machine Lieutenant Fletcher was flying when he was killed in this country last month?

Major BAIRD

Both the casualties referred to occurred on an RE 8 machine.