Curtis JN-3 3365 at Scarborough.
This aircraft was damaged on landing at Scarborough on 20th April 1916, the pilot was not injured.
Pilot - FSL Hubert C G Allen RNAS, uninjured.
Hubert Charles Gerrard Allen gained his aviators certificate on 16th June 1915 after training
at the RNAS school at Chingford (Certificate No.1335).
He survived the War having transferred to the newly created RAF in 1918. What he did after WW1 is not yet known.
He was granted a commission in the RAFVR as P/O on probation on 9th September 1939 in the Admin
and Special Duties Branch. Service number being 73842. He was promoted to F/O (war subs) on 9th
September 1940 and F/Lt (temp) on 1st March 1942 but resigned his commission on 25th December 1944,
retaining the rank of F/Lt.
This Curtis KN-3 was ordered in March 1915 and built to contract C.P.61533/15 by Curtiss in Toronto, Canada and delivered by sea to the UK.
It arrived at Hendon on 9th August 1915 and was erected and tested on 16th August. It was issued to No.5 Wing at Dover on 21st August
but whilst on its delivery flight suffered engine failure, and made a forced landing at Cherkley Court, near Leatherhead and overturned sustaining damage. The pilot in this case being FSL J R Potts, who was not injured. It was dismantled and returned to
Hendon by 31st August 1915 and then went to Fairey Aviation at Hendon on 3rd September for repair. It was passed
to RNAS Killingholme on 3rd November 1915 after repair and later transferred to RNAS Scarborough on 14th November
via Hornsea/Atwick. It was damaged on landing at Scarborough
on 20th April 1916 as detailed above and does not appear to have been repaired as it was deleted from RNAS records on 13th September 1916.