Sopwith 1F1 Camel D8122 near Beverley aerodrome.
On 29th August 1918 this No.72 Training Squadron aeroplane appears to have just taken off from Beverley aerodrome and had climbed to 300 feet when the engine began to choke. The pilot attempted to turn back toward the aerodrome but had insufficient speed or height, the aeroplane stalled and crashed. The pilot appears to have been taken to hospital in Hull and died at 16.40hrs the following day.
Pilot - 2Lt Harold Frederick Barlow RAF, aged 19. Died 30th August 1918. Buried Wednesbury Cemetery, Staffordshire.
Harold Barlow was born on 16th December 1898 and as a young man he worked as a bank clerk at Walsall from 1914 to February 1917. He initially served with the 52nd (Graduated) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry becoming a Lewis Gun instructor, he later transferred to the RNAS as he was at RNAS Hornsea Mere for a time. In early 1918 he begun pilot training and transferred to the RAF when it formed in April 1918. He was posted to Beverley in June 1918. He appears to have been granted a commission just two days before his death.