On 3rd August 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane was damaged in a forced landing at Redcar and suffered slight damage.
Pilot - FSL Alfred Thomas Osborne Mann RNAS.
Alfred Mann was born on 23rd November 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales Australia and enlisted into the RNAS on 6th November 1915. He was training at RNAS Redcar between 23rd March 1916 and 25th August 1916, though was reported as sick three days later so was unable to travel to his posting to RNAS Cranwell. He was later posted to No.3 Wing and went to serve in France. On 29th November 1916 and while serving with No.3 Wing, RNAS he attempted to loop the loop but having done so lost control and crashed. He was killed and is buried at Luxeuil-les-Bain Communal Cemetery, France. He was twenty six years old.
Avro 504 3306 was built by Brush Electrical Engineering Company Ltd of Loughbrough and was delievered to RNAS Redcar on 16th May 1916 where it served with the RNAS Flying School. It suffered repairable accident damage on 3rd August 1916 and on 29th January 1917 that certainly saw a repair on site after the first incident and possibly after the second. On 21st August 1917 it underwent an inspection that saw it written off and whether this was to write off old damage or for a third mishap is unclear. It was deleted from stock on 8th September 1917.