B.E.2c 1144 at Scarborough.
On 28th January 1916 this aeroplane was being delivered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company, Leeds to RNAS Scarborough where it would have joined the Home Defence Flight. It had been with Blackburns for repair following damage sustained in a landing accident near Thirsk some weeks earlier. While landing at Scarborough on the flight from Leeds it sustained damage.
Pilot - Name unknown.
B.E.2c 1144 was built to contract C.P.58282/14/X19112 by The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Company, Leeds but crashed near Thirsk on the delivery flight to Whitley Bay on 4th November 1915. From here it was probably put onto a train and taken back to Blackburn's where it was re-erected and it was delivered to RNAS Scarborough Home Defence Flight on 28th January 1916 where upon it suffered damaged on landing at Scarborough. It was again repaired but possibly on site. It later transferred to RNAS Atwick Home Defence Flight on 1st February 1916 and then went back to RNAS Scarborough Home Defence Flight on 10th February 1916. It carried out an anti-Zeppelin patrol on 11th February 1916. On 29th March 1916 it was transferred to RNAS Redcar for a day, probably with the Home Defence Flight. It then returned to RNAS Scarborough Home Defence Flight and carried out another anti-Zeppelin patarol on 5th April 1916. A few days later it was transferred back to RNAS Atwick Home Defence Flight where it was damaged in a gale on 16th April 1916. It was again repaired on site and later returned to RNAS Scarborough Home Defence Flight. It was used on another anti-Zeppelin patrol in the early hours of 28th November 1916 and again crashed on landing at Scarborough. The aeroplane was again repaired and transferred to RNAS Redcar on 5th February 1917. It was finally deleted from stock on 4th May 1917.