Basil George Watson

Basil George Watson
Basil Watson, 1917.
Born(1893-10-12)12 October 1893
Died28 March 1917(1917-03-28) (aged 23)
Cause of deathaeroplane crash
Burial placeBoroondara 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.