Unidentified F.E.2b crashed in the Selby area.

On 12th June 1917 the pilot of this No.46 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps aeroplane took off from his home aerodrome at Bramham Moor at 12.30hrs to undertake a cross country flight to Doncaster. During the flight he attempted to make a landing in a field after around thirty minutes flying but the aeroplane's flying speed dropped and it stalled at around 200 feet above the ground resulting in a crash in the Selby area. Exactly where this crash occurred is not known. The pilot sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash, he was found alive but died either on route to Fulford Hospital or shortly after admission. The pilot's casualty card gives "6925" as a possible identity for the aeroplane but the F.E.2b batch closest to this number began at 6928. The aeroplane's identity therefore remains unclear.

Pilot - 2Lt Llewellyn Stephens RFC, aged 18. Buried Brompton Cemetery, London.

Llewellyn Stephens was born on 29th November 1898 and was the son of Mr.E.O. and Mrs.A.E. Stephens, of Nicholas Gardens, Ealing, London. He had earlier served in the Artists' Rifles before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps (possibly) in November 1916. On 4th May 1917 he was injured at No.46 Training Squadron when making a forced landing in Airco DH-1 A1614 on a cross country training flight from Bramham Moor but struck a felled tree while making the forced landing.

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