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

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in the newly established

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(RAF) just before the end of the

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. 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

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from

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to take him back to

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when it crashed at Seahurst Park near Chichester, following a collision with an

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. Holt managed to get out of the aircraft, but his parachute did not open in time. , - , -

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