B.E.2c at Scarborough.
The aircraft was landing at Scarborough on the 28th of November 1916 when it crashed
at 01.30 hrs, the pilot survived. The pilot had just undertaken an anti-Zeppelin, the pilot survived. He had taken off at 00.40hrs, returning without success..
Pilot - Flt Sub Lt J F Roche, ok, suffered from shock.
Following its re-erection at Blackburns after its crash near Thirsk in 1915 (also detailed on this website), it was delivered to RNAS Scarborough on 28th January 1916
where upon it suffered damaged on landing (also detailed on this website). It was again repaired and
transferred to RNAS Hornsea on 1st February 1916 and back to Scarborough on the 10th February. It
carried out an anti-Zeppelin patrol on the 11th February 1916. On the 29th March 1916 it was
transferred to RNAS Redcar for a day. It then returned to Scarborough before carrying out
another anti-Zeppelin patarol on the 5th April 1916. Afew days later it was transferred back
to Hornsea where it was damaged in a strong gale on the 16th April 1916. It was again repaired
and returned to Scarborough. The aircraft was again repaired after this incident and transferred to Redcar
on 5th February 1917 and was finally deleted from stock on 4th May 1917.