 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.