The Archive · 1939

Of Lieut, Camper

London, June 18.

Samuel Reeves, a resident of Hythe, was charged today with the manslaughter of Flight-Lieutenant Comper, the well-known aeroplane designer.

Flight-Lieut, Comper died on admission to hospital at Hythe yesterday, after being picked up unconscious in a street in that town. He is thought to have been the victim of an attack.

Among the planes which Flight-Lieut. Comper designed during his lifetime was the Comper "Swift" a midget, single-engined, single-passenger machine which became popular in civil flying circles owing to its low price and running costs.

—Reuter.

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