Basil George Watson | |
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Born | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | 12 October 1893
Died | 28 March 1917 Point Cook, Victoria, Australia | (aged 23)
Cause of death | aeroplane crash |
Burial place | Boroondara Cemetery |
Occupation(s) | aircraft engineer, constructor, and pilot |
Basil George Watson (12 October 1893 – 28 March 1917) was an Australian aviation pioneer who died in an aeroplane crash while testing his self-constructed plane on the day before a Red Cross fund-raising carnival at which he was scheduled to give a display of aerobatics.