Air Vice Marshal Felton Vesey Holt, CMG, DSO (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.[1]

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.[1]

Military offices
New title
Squadron raised
Officer Commanding No. 16 Squadron
February – July 1915
Succeeded by
New title
Wing established
Officer Commanding Home Defence Wing
June 1916 – February 1917
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commandant of the Central Flying School
1923–1925
Succeeded by



References

  1. ^ a b c "F V Holt_P". www.rafweb.org. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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