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179:. When the breeze that had prevailed all day died down, Cammell took off to make a preliminary circuit. After his first circuit, Cammell took the aircraft up to about 100 feet (30 m) and attempted a spiral vol plane (a gliding spiral). Being unfamiliar with the controls, he turned the machine too sharply and losing control of the aircraft it plummeted to the ground. Cammell was thrown clear of the wreckage, but hitting the ground with his head, he suffered a severe concussion of the brain. The first to reach Cammell discovered that he was still alive but dead by the time he reached the Central London Sick Asylum, which adjoined the aviation grounds.
230:. His mother and sister were the chief mourners while practically all the officers of the Air Battalion followed in the funeral procession. The coffin was carried to the graveside by non-commissioned men of the deceased's own battalion, and his brother officers acted as pallbearers. Cammell was unmarried and left his estate valued at ÂŁ3,412 2s 8d to his recently widowed mother. Unusually, he and his father (who had died in March 1911) have adjoining entries in the Probate Register. His obelisk memorial opposite the
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