R101 Crew

The Crew of H.M.A R101

Welcome to the crew members who served on His Majesty's Airship R. 101.

The intention is to compile a full "Who Was Who" of the crew members. From our records we have been able to compile the following information derived from one of the only photographs of the crew together, donated kindly by AHT member Trevor Monk. As you can see some of the information is missing, and this is not the full crew of the final and tragic flight of the R101. Visitors to this page are invited to correct mistakes, fill in the blanks and supply better quality pictures and/or fuller biographies of these and other RAW and AGC personnel. From some of the "official" press flight information which was sourced from the National Archives, we have expanded the information on each crew member as part of an ongoing research project to present as much information online. If you have any information then please contact the Webmaster

Click here to see the organisational command hierarchy of the airship crew.

Click here to see the crew list and passengers on the final flight of the R101.

ATHERSTONE, N. G.Lt.-Cmdr. AFC R101 First Officer b. Unknown d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	FERGUSSON, Christopher John R101 Engineer b. 26^th January 1894 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	KEMP, F. R 1010 Rigger b. Unknown d. Unknown	OUGHTON, Leonard F. R101 Assistant Coxswain b. 1^st April 1901 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	SCOTT, George HerbertMajor AFC RAW Assist. Director Airship Flying b. Unknown d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim
BELL, A. V. R101 Engineer (#5 car) b. Unknown d. Unknown Survived R101 crash	FORD, Hector Eric R101 Assistant Coxswain b. 15^th November 1903 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	KEY, Thomas R101 Charge-Hand Engineer b. 9^th May 1895 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	POTTER, W. A.Flt. Sgt. R101 Assistant Coxswain b. Unknown d. 5^th October 1930 Identified at Allonne	SCOTT, Sydney Ernest R101 Charge-Hand Engineer b. 7^th May 1890 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified at Allonne
BINKS, J. H. R101 Engineer (#5 car) b. Unknown d. Unknown Survived R101 crash	FOSTER, Percy Archdale R101 Assistant Coxswain b. 19^th May 1902 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	KING, William Henry R101 Engineer b. 2^nd August 1895 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	PUDDEPHAT, L. R101 Engineer b. Unknown d. Unknown	SHORT, George William R101 Charge-Hand Engineer b. 1^st August 1896 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim
BLACKWELL, S. Crew role unconfirmed b. Unknown d. Unknown	GENT, William Rose R101 Chief Engineer b. 25^th January 1876 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	LACK, H. S. R 101 Rigger b. Unknown d. Unknown	RADCLIFFE, Walker George R101 Rigger b. 13^th January 1899 d. 6^th October 1930 Survived crash but died in Beauvais from his injuries	STEFF, M. H. Flying Officer R101 Second Officer b. Unknown d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim
*BLAKE, Richard* R101 Engineer b. 1^st November 1895 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified at Allonne	HASTINGS, Alfred Charles R101 Engineer b. 13^th November 1900 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	LITTLEKITT, Maurice Frank R101 Engineer (#1 car) b. 31^st October 1910 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	RAMPTON, Martin George R101 Assistant Coxswain b. 2^nd October 1898 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	STELLING, A. Engineer b. Unknown d. Unknown
BRODIE, F. Crew role unconfirmed b. Unknown d. Unknown	HOLMES, H. Crew role unconfirmed b. Unknown d. Unknown	MASON, Christopher Hugh R101 Assistant Coxswain b. 13^th June 1897 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	RICHARDSON, Arthur James R101 Rigger b. 4^th December 1900 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	TAYLOR, Cecil E. R101 Rigger b. 16^th October 1898 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London
BURTON, Charles Arthur R101 Engineer b. 28^th October 1900 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	HUNT, George W. R101 Chief Coxswain b. 5^th November 1888 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	MOULE, Wilfred R101 Engineer (#2 car) b. 14^th February 1900 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	ROBERTSON, D. Crew role unconfirmed b. Unknown d. Unknown	WALKINSHAW, J. Crew role unconfirmed b. Unknown d. Unknown
CHURCH, Samuel R101 Rigger b. 10^th February 1904 d. 8^th October 1930 Survived crash but died in Beauvais from his injuries	IRWIN, H. Carmichael Flt. Lt. AFC Captain of R101 b. 1894 Ireland d. 5^th October 1930 Identified in London	NOBILE, F. Crew role unconfirmed b. Unknown d. Unknown	RUDD, Ernest George R101 Rigger b. 7^th October 1904 d. 5^th October 1930 Identified at Allonne	WATKINS, Albert Henry R101 Engineer b. 18^th November 1901 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim
COOK, A. J. R101 Engineer (#4 car) b. Unknown d. Unknown Survived R101 crash	JOHNSTON, Ernest L.Sqn. Ldr. OBE, AFC R101 Navigator b. Unknown d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	NORCOTT, Arthur William J. R101Rigger b. 12^th August 1901 d. 5^th October 1930 Unidentified Crash Victim	SAVORY, V. R101 Engineer (#3 car) b. Unknown d. Unknown Survived R101 crash	WATSON, G. Engineer b. 1905 d. Unknown