"Herbert Irwin" redirects here. For the Australian politician, see Les Irwin.
Herbert Irwin
Born
(1894-06-26)26 June 1894
Died
5 October 1930(1930-10-05) (aged 36)
Beauvais, France
Cause of death
R101 crash
Resting place
St Mary's Church, Cardington, Bedfordshire
Known for
Airship commander; also Olympic athlete
Spouse
Olivia Teacher
Awards
AFC
Aviation career
Full name
Herbert Carmichael Irwin
Air force
RNAS, RAF
Battles
First World War
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Flight Lieutenant Herbert Carmichael "Bird" Irwin, AFC (26 June 1894 – 5 October 1930) was an Irish aviator and Olympic athlete.[1]
During World War I, Irwin served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), where he commanded non-rigid airships. After the Great War, the "tall sensitive Irishman"[2] commanded larger rigid airships, initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) and later on secondment to the (civilian) Royal Airship Works as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme.
Both before and after WWI, Irwin also had a successful career as a middle- and long-distance and cross-country runner, and he represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
Irwin's aviation career culminated in his command of the airship R101, the largest airship in the world at the time;[3] he was killed along with another 47 people when it crashed in northern France on a flight from Britain to India.
^"Herbert Carmichael Irwin". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
^Masefield, p. 71.
^Report of the R.101 Inquiry, p. 7.
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