Lt Edward Kier Pilot crashed due to throat strangling"!

[arantxa]

I recently got the enclosed photograph and look at the write up pilot died due to his trailing antenna getting caught around the pilots throat and strangling him  does any one have a pic of a trailing antenna or details.it all seems very bizarre and sad

[charlie962]

The extract from forum The Aerodrome continues with:

 

The aerial in an R.E. 8 is a very heavy wire wound on a drum, and having a heavy lead weight at the end to keep it taut when it was in use. If you were involved in an aerial fight and your aerial was still trailing out behind you, it could prove a death trap.

 

This sort of aerial was still in use in WW2 on a variety of aircraft.

 

 

 

[kingsnorth36]

The Great War Medals and Memorial Plaque of lieutenant Keir RFC.  

[kingsnorth36]

And the medals of his Pilot Cyril Wasey, MC, Legion D'Honneur.  May both of them Rest in Peace. 

 

Edited 10 May , 2019 by kingsnorth36

[MikeMeech]

Hi 

 

I have attached an image of a reel, wire and weight of one at the Science Museum in London, this is from 1918.  Other items are on display as well.  Other locations, such as the RAF Museum at Hendon in its WW1 exhibition also have examples.

 

MIke

 

[arantxa]

Thank you for all the pictures fascinating

thanks again for the trouble taken 

[Jenko]

I have a sword named to Edward Kier.

cheers Neil 

[Don Regiano]

2 hours ago, Jenko said:

I have a sword named to Edward Kier.

cheers Neil 

 

 

I am not trying to be funny here, I am just intrigued by the inscription on the sword (and the reference in the OP).  I have always been under the impression that it was the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), as stated in his entry on the CWGC website.  I have seen references elsewhere to "Royal Lancashire".  Was this an accepted alternative naming of the Regiment?  As I said, I am just interested to know.

 

Reg

[Jenko]

Yes it is Lancaster but I have occasionally heard them referred to as Lancashire, in the text above from the cross and cockade it states Lancashire as well.

So maybe it was occasionally stated as such.

Neil 

[Don Regiano]

OK Neil.

 

Thanks.

 

Reg