Felton Holt
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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.
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.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| New title Squadron raised | Officer Commanding No. 16 Squadron February – July 1915 | Succeeded byHugh Dowding |
| New title Wing established | Officer Commanding Home Defence Wing June 1916 – February 1917 | Succeeded byT C R Higgins |
| Preceded byEdward Masterman | Commandant of the Central Flying School 1923–1925 | Succeeded byWilfrid Freeman |