On 22nd July 1916 the pilot of this aircraft was forced to land due to thick mist in the Vale of York, he did so near Northallerton without incident and the aircraft was undamaged. Later when the fog cleared, the pilot attempted take-off but crashed doing so and the aircraft overturned and was badly damaged as a result. The aircraft must have been transported to RNAS Redcar and kept with the aim of repairing it, but it is thought that this was never done,

Pilot - Flight Sub-Lt Norman William George Blackburn RNAS.

Norman Blackburn was aircraft manufacturer Robert Blackburn's brother. He was born on 25th May 1896 and learnt to fly at the Grahame-White School of Flying at Hendon, London gaining his Aviator's Certificate on 5th June 1915 (Cert. No.1311). He was injured in service in the weeks before October 1916 and was married on 9th December 1917 at Roundhay Congregational Church, Leeds. Having survived the First World War he the RAF in February 1919 following transfer to "The Unemployed List". He returned to Yorkshire and begun working for his brother Robert's company. He managed the RAF Reserve training school at Brough between 1924 and 1940. In 1940 Robert Blackburn asked his brother to take charge of the Swordfish production at the Sherburn-in-Elmet factory but later he returned to Brough in 1943 and was in charge of all Blackburn factories in Yorkshire from 1944. In retirement he lived in Bridlington. He died in January 1966.