Avro 504 8600 at Atwick aerodrome.

This RNAS Home Defence Flight aeroplane was damaged in a gale at RNAS Atwick on 16th April 1916.


Avro 504 8600 was built by A.V.Roe Ltd in Manchester to contract C.P. 145456/15 and was delivered to RNAS Scarborough for erection on 31st January 1916. After testing and acceptance it was transferred to RNAS Atwick Home Defence Flight where it suffered damage in a gale on 16th April 1916. It was repaired on site and went to RNAS Scarborough Home Defence Flight for anti-Zeppelin patrol duties on 3rd May 1916. It suffered damage at Scarborough on 3rd August 1916 while being flown by a RNAS Redcar Flying School instructor so I presume it had been transferred to them at some stage, or perhaps was being collected for transfer when the accident occurred. It was repaired and returned to RNAS Redcar Flying School only to crash there on 30th January 1917. It was later deleted on 8th September 1917.

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