On 7th June 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane landed at Redcar aerodrome but the pilot thought that he would overshoot into the boundary fence so applied power and attempted to take off again. The flying speed was not high enough and the aeroplane failed to clear the fence. It crashed and was badly damaged. The date was not 26th May 1916 as I had previously been informed. The incident features in the pilot's service file "ADM273/7/113" stating 7th June 1916.
Pilot - FSL George Richard Gordon Daglish RNAS.
The date George Daglish was born is not stated on his service records. He had initially enlisted into the Royal Marines and was granted a commission on 24th July 1915 to the rank of temporary Lieut but his commission was terminated on 21st September 1915 when he transferred to the RNAS the following day. He was posted to RNAS Killingholme on 12th November 1915 where he flew as a passenger but was unable to have any solo flying practice as they had no dual control aeroplanes to train him. He then received a posting to RNAS Redcar Flying School on 15th February 1916 and appears to have sustained injury in the crash of Caudron G.III 3864 on 7th June 1916. He then went to RNAS Cranwell on 15th June 1916 but was "sick" until 24th October 1916. He then resumed flying training. He was still serving at Cranwell when he was killed on 1st March 1917 flying either Bristol Scout 5410 or B.E.2c 8620 (sources vary). He was 27 years old and is buried in Wallsend (Church Bank) Cemetery, Northumberland. His brother Robert Findley Daglish also served as a pilot in WW1.
Caudron G.III 3864 was built by Aeroplanes Caudron and was delivered to AAP Killingholme on 22nd June 1915 where it remained for some months. It was transferred to RNAS Redcar Flying School on 9th February 1916. On 2nd April 1916 it was damaged at Redcar while the pilot was attempting to avoid a collision at Redcar. It was repaired and returned to service only to be written off in a crash on 7th June 1916 that saw it deleted from stock on 22nd June 1916.
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