2 December 1913

On December 2, 1913 Capt. Gilbert V. Wildman-Lushington, Royal Marines, was killed in the crash of his Maurice Farman 'Longhorn' (No. 23) while landing at Eastchurch. His passenger suffered minor injury. Earlier in the year Wildman-Lushington had instructed Winston S. Churchill, First Lord of Admiralty, giving him three lessons in a Short Bros. S.38 biplane.