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18 August – Air Union Blériot 155 F-AIEB, named Wilbur Wright, crashed at Hurst, Kent whilst attempting a forced landing due to engine failure. Of the 15 passengers and crew on board, the pilot and two passengers were killed. 2 October – Air Union Blériot 155 F-AICQ, named Clement Ader, crashed at Leigh, Kent following a mid-air fire.
Type A Operating Licence holders [1]; Airline Image IATA code ICAO code Call sign Remarks 2Excel Aviation: BRO: BROADSWORD: AirTanker: 9L: TOW: TOWLINE: Operates a fleet of 14 Airbus A330 MRTT for the Royal Air Force, known as Voyager, under a 27-year contract to the UK Government; its call sign is a nod to its primary role of aerial refuelling tankers.
28 August – Prince William of Gloucester, a cousin of the Queen, is killed in an air crash near Wolverhampton. He is thirty years old, a bachelor and ninth in line to the British throne at this time. This means that Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester's only other son, automatically becomes heir to the dukedom.
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27 October – Frederick Charles Victor Laws, Royal Air Force officer, pioneer of aerial reconnaissance (born 1887) 25 November Edward Hyams, author, historian and gardener (born 1910) Moyna Macgill, actress (born 1895) 27 November – Ross McWhirter, co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (assassinated) (born 1925) 29 November
3 June – Freddie Laker is knighted. 8 June. Naomi James becomes the first woman to sail around the world single-handedly. [ 18] St Mary's Church in Barnes, London is gutted by fire. [ 19] 13–16 June – The Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena pay a state visit to the United Kingdom.
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