On 17th August 1915 this Home Defence Flight aircraft took off from RNAS Whitley Bay in the morning to fly a dawn patrol of the area between Blyth and Redcar. Forty five minutes later it landed at RNAS Redcar.
At some stage, either whilst in the air, during landing or while on the ground at Redcar a fuel pipe was broken and this prevented the pilot from making the return flight to Whitley Bay that day. It was quickly
repaired and was flown back to Whitley Bay at 07.00hrs the following day.
Pilot - F/Lt Peter Legh RNAS.
Observer - A.M. Adamson.
Peter Legh was born on 4th September 1896 and was the son of Hon.Gilbert Legh, his family lived at Thornham, Kings Lynn. He learnt to fly at Hendon and was awarded the Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate (Cert.No.927) on 8th October 1914.
He joined the RNAS in December 1914 and was at Whitley Bay through until March 1916. He resigned his commission in the RNAS in January 1917 and then undertook test flying work
for Armstrong-Whitworth Co.Ltd. and later British Aerial Transport Co.. While flying a F.K.25 Basilisk F2906 over Finchley on 3rd May 1919 the aircraft caught fire in the air,
he attempted to jump into a tree but was killed. Where he is buried is not yet known when I made this webpage.
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