Career
He was killed in a bizarre helicopter accident in 1955. Mellersh joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1916. He trained as a fighter pilot and was posted to 9 Naval Squadron in 1917.
On 21 April 1918, Mellersh was a flight commander involved in the dogfight that brought down the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.
Mellersh claimed a Fokker Doctor.I triplane destroyed on that date. His last victory came two days later.
Mellersh debarked from a helicopter onto a quay on 25 May 1955. He had been invited to cruise on a yacht belonging to the Itchenor Yacht Club.
As the helicopter departed, one of its rotors hit the mast of a yacht.
As the copter crashed, the main rotor killed Mellersh.
