Originally Posted by
VictorGolf
I believe he met an untimely end crashing in to a sewage farm in an early Beagle Pup.
Not a Pup, but an Auster (Cirrus Autocar G-ARDA). It crashed on takeoff from Blackpool Squire's Gate on 6th February 1966.
Whyham, the sole occupant, was fatally injured and died five days later.