Avro 504k E3454 (probably) near Tadcaster aerodrome.
During the morning of 29th August 1918 this No.38 Training Depot Station was being flown on a training flight that appears to have involved the pilot making a series of spins, probably in the general area of Tadcaster aerodrome where it was based. While flying at 700 feet the pilot failed to recover from one of the spins and it dived into the ground, nose-first in the Tadcaster area at 11.15hrs. Exactly where this incident occurred is unknown, it probably occurred near to Tadcaster aerodrome. The pilot was seriously injured and died at Fulford Military Hospital, York at 19.00hrs later the same day.
Pilot - 2Lt George Sinclair Dinwoodie RAF, aged 26. Buried Glasgow (Riddrie Park) Cemetery, Glasgow.
George Dinwoodie was born on 17th December 1891 and was a grandon of the late Provost Dinwoodie, Lochmaben. He had initially served in the 7th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in Autumn 1917. He initially trained at No.68 Training Squadron before being posted to No.38 Training Squadron. The date he arrived is not stated on his service file but was probably after the RFC folded and the RAF was formed in April 1918. The date he received a commision in the RFC / RAF is not stated on his service file. His younger brother 2Lt D W Dinwoodie was killed on 19th April 1917.