Felton Holt Explained

Felton Holt
Birth Date:23 February 1886
Birth Place:Westminster, London
Death Place:Westhampnett, Sussex
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army (1903–18)
Royal Air Force (1918–31)
Serviceyears:1903–1931
Rank:Air Vice Marshal
Commands:Fighting Area (1931)
Central Flying School (1923–25)
22nd Wing RFC (1917–18)
16th Wing RFC (1916–17)
No. 25 Squadron RFC (1915–16)
No. 16 Squadron RFC (1915)
Battles:First World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches (2)[1]

Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, (23 February 1886 – 23 April 1931) was a squadron and wing commander in the Royal Flying Corps who became a brigadier general in the newly established Royal Air Force (RAF) just before the end of the First World War. During the inter-war years Holt remained in the RAF, serving in several staff appointments before becoming Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area.

Holt was killed in a flying accident not long after taking up his final appointment. He was flying in a de Havilland DH.60M Moth from RAF Tangmere to take him back to RAF Uxbridge when it crashed at Seahurst Park near Chichester, following a collision with an Armstrong Whitworth Siskin. Holt managed to get out of the aircraft, but his parachute did not open in time. |- |-

References

  1. Web site: F V Holt_P . 2023-02-07 . www.rafweb.org.