On 28th August 1918 this aeroplane took off from Marske aerodrome to undertake a training flight as part of No.2 Fighting School. As part of the flight it made a flat turn around three hundred feet from the ground when the engine failed. The aeroplane's speed decreased and it stalled, the pilot lost control and there was not enough height to recover control so it spun into the ground. Sadly one member of the crew was killed. The pupil may have been flying it at the time. Exactly where the aeroplane crashed is not known, it was probably in the Marske area and the pilot's death was registered in the Guisborough district in which Marske lies.
Pilot (Instructor) - 2Lt Arthur James Goring RAF. Seriously injured.
Observer - Flt Cadet Hiram Hill RAF, aged 18. Buried Stalybridge (St.Paul) Churchyard, Cheshire.
Hiram Hill was born 24th November 1899. His service file contains very little information of interest to recording this incident other than it stated that he failed initial pilot training but was suitable to be an observer, I therefore assume that he was in this role at the time of his death.
Arthur Goring was born on 28th July 1899 at Lichfield and attended Queen Mary's Grammar School, Lichfield between September 1912 and August 1917. He appears to have enlisted into the Royal Flying Corps in November 1917 which later became the RAF in April 1918. He was posted to No.2 Fighting School on 23rd July 1918. He recovered from his injuries sustained on 28th August 1918 though may not have returned to flying duties. He was placed on the Unemployed List on 5th September 1919. In 1920 he joined the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary and served in Ireland but later moved to Singapore and worked as a police officer. He returned to the UK and died in London in May 1950.
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