BE2c 1135 at Brompton, Scarborough.

On 11th January 1916 this aircraft had taken off from Scarborough and was intending on flying to Redcar, it suffered an engine failure soon after taking off and was force landed near Brompton damaging it beyond repair.

Pilot - FSL H G Ford RNAS.


Nothing is known of the pilot.
BE2c 1135 was delivered from Blackburn's at Leeds to RNAS Redcar on the 21st August 1915 by Rowland Dring. It was transferred to RNAS Scarborough on the 4th October 1915 (as previously listed on this website), on this delivery flight it suffered damaged on landing at Scarborough. It was repaired on site on the 6th October 1915 before being transferred back to Redcar on the 13th October 1915, and then back to Scarborough on 26th November 1915. It then was transferred to Redcar again on the 29th November 1915, and back to Scarborough on the 8th December 1915, once again it was transferred back to Redcar on the 16th December 1915 and back to Scarborough on the 8th January 1916. It was written off with Cat.W damage on 11th January 1916 and deemed beyond repair on 3rd February 1916.