Saturday, August 16, 2014
16 August 1914
Perry, Beadle & Co. was formed by E.W. Copland Berry, a pilot, and F.P. Hyde Beadle, a technician. The firm developed several tractor biplanes but ceased operation when Perry was killed in a flying accident on 16 August 1914, making him the first RFC officer to die in France in the Great War.
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