On 21st November 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane crashed on landing at Redcar, the undercarriage collapsed damaging the propeller, engine and bottom wings. If the information is correct then this was the pilot's first crash of two on this date.
Pilot - FSL Norman Black RNAS.
Norman Black was born on 21st October 1897 and enlisted into the RNAS on 28th June 1916. He learned to fly with the RNAS Flying School at Redcar, being posted there on 26th August 1916 and being awarded his Flying Certificate on 22nd November 1916 (Cert. No. 3872). He was then posted to RNAS Cranwell until May 1917 then served as an instructor at Vindome, France. On 11th October 1917 he was seriously injured when 9 Naval Squadron Sopwith Camel S6358 crashed behind enemy lines. He died of his wounds the following day as prisoner of war. He is buried at Larchwood Cemetery, Belgium and was nineteen years old.
Avro 504 2930 after this accident at Redcar.
Avro 504 2930 was built by Saunders Ltd for the RFC and was transferred to the RNAS on 11th May 1916. It arrived at RNAS Redcar on the same day suggesting it was already in the North of England and joined the RNAS Flying School. On 14th July 1916 it was fitted with the fin of Avro 504 aircraft 3307 for an unknown reason (see the photograph above). Following the crash at Redcar on 21st November 1916 it sat until being assessed and deleted as beyond economic repair on 19th January 1917.