 On 3 October, Frenchman René Thomas, flying the Antoinette IV monoplane, collided with British Army Captain Bertram Dickson by ramming his Farman III biplane in the rear.Both pilots survived, but Dickson was so badly injured that he never flew again.The first fatal collision occurred over La Brayelle Airfield, Douai, France, on 19 June 1912.