Edward Scholefield

[2] In the 1901 Census of Bournemouth, Scholefield aged 6 is listed with his sister Vandine as a boarder at a School.

The following day he found himself in trouble when he had inverted an aircraft (a Vickers Wibault) and it would not right itself; he then used his newly acquired parachute and landed without injury.

[1] On 16 May 1929, Scholefield was killed when the aircraft crashed and burned at Shepperton on the shore of the River Thames.

W. Sherratt were test flying the Vanguard airliner from Brooklands Aerodrome when control was lost and the aircraft nose-dived from 2,000 feet (610 m) into the ground.

[5] Scholefield was killed in the burnt wreck, and Sherratt who had jumped from the aircraft died from the fall.