On 29th October 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane crashed on landing at Redcar sustaining minor damage, the pilot is not thought to have been injured.
Pilot - Probationary FSL Maurice Ordish Fairhurst RNAS.
Maurice Fairhurst was born on 20th October 1893 in New Zealand. He enlisted for RNAS service on 25th June 1916 and served at Redcar between 15th July 1916 and 4th November 1916. Fairhurst would later join the RAF on formation in April 1918. He ditched an aircraft in the sea off the Scilly Isles on 14th June 1918 and unfortunately his observer at the time died. He survived WW1 and was transferred to the Unemployed List in February 1919 but was Mentioned in Despatches on 29th August 1919 for his wartime flying.
Avro 504 1486 was built by Brush EE Company Ltd. of Loughborough and was delivered to RNAS Redcar on 13th March 1916, it was tested and accepted there on 31st March 1916. It appears to have served with the RNAS Flying School throughout it's service. Following damage sustained on 16th April 1916 and 29th October 1916 it was repaired but a third incident on 24th January 1917 saw it written off. It was finally deleted from stock on 14th February 1917.
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