Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR.3 XV792, Crashed after a technical defect, an uncontrolled roll developed, when coming into a hover approach at RAF Gütersloh, West Germany. The subsequently RAF/MoD Board of Inquiry attributed the cause of the crash to failure of an aileron control linkage rod. The pilot ejected at 100 feet AGL, and 80-90 degrees of bank, but was killed
DFC LG 15 February 1946 pg. 962 - "In recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"; MID LG Sup 1 January 1946 pg. 129