Lt Col Vincent Crane Richmond OBE FRAeS
(1893-1930)

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, designer of the ill-fated R101 airship, Lieutenant Colonel, and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Died aged c. 37

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London, United Kingdom

Lt. Col. Vincent C Richmond OBE 1893-1930. The designer of the ill-fated R101 airship lived here as a boy, attending the nearby Selwyn Avenue school. He was one of 48 who perished when the R101 crashed near Beauvais, France in October 1930. Richmond Crescent was named in his honour

24 Silverdale Road, Highams Park E4, London, United Kingdom where they lived