On 3rd November 1916 this RNAS aeroplane made a forced landing enroute to join the RNAS Redcar Flying School from the south of England. Damage must have been very minor as it flown to RNAS Redcar, via RNAS Scarborough, a day later.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Curtiss JN-3 8402 was built by Curtiss in Toronto, Canada and was shipped to UK and following delivery to AAP Hendon on 15th November 1915 it was assembled, tested and accepted. It was immediately transferred to RNAS Flying School Chingford the same day as acceptance. On 20th March 1916 it was sent to the Fairey works for repair and conversion to a JN-3 (improved) and then returned to AAP Hendon on 18th August 1916 where it sat until it was again tested and accepted on 15th October 1916. Soon afterwards on 2nd November 1916 it was transferred to RNAS Redcar to join the Flying School, but was forced to land at Sledmere on route and was damaged on 3rd November 1916. After repair on site it was re-issued to RNAS Scarborough where it arrived on 4th November 1916, the nearest RNAS base, and after a brief stay there was transferred up to Redcar on 4th November 1916 where it finally joined the Flying School. After an accident on 21st November 1916 at Redcar it was repaired and returned to service with Redcar's Flying School before being finally destroyed in a crash on 15th March 1917. It was finally struck off when assessed as beyond economical repair on 3rd April 1917.
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