On 21st August 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane was damaged following a force-landing at Redcar.
Pilot - FSL Charles Barclay de Tollie Drummond RNAS.
Charles Drummond was born on 19th July 1896 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and as a young man worked for or was part of a family steel company "Drummond, McCall and Co", of Montreal. He enlisted for RNAS service on 12th January 1916, was granted a commission to the rank of Probationary Fligh Sub-Lieutenant and was posted to RNAS Redcar Flying School on the same date. While it took no time at all to be awarded a Royal Aero Club aviators' certificate, which was awarded on 19th February 1916 at RNAS Redcar (Cert.No.2494) he finally left there on 25th September 1916. He had had a problem with his knee that saw him in hospital for a period but then returned to RNAS Redcar. He then went to RNAS Cranwell and onward to No.3 Wing in February 1917. He served in France between April and June 1917, returning to England as sick. He is listed in the Casualty List in Flight Magazine in May 1917 as being accidentally injured, probably in France. He was admitted to hospital and later allowed to return to Canada for two months. He returned to England and was re-assessed in November 1917 as being permanently unfit to fly but was passed fit for ground duties. He transferred to the RAF on formation in April 1918 and was later transferred to the Unemployed List on 19th April 1919. Little else is known about him other than he returned home to Canada becoming Vice-President of the Mechanical Equipment Company. He died in 1933.
Caudron G.III 8943 built by British Caudron Co Ltd at Hendon and was delivered to RNAS AAP Hendon on 11th of May 1916, it was tested there on 16th May 1916. It was then dismantled, left Hendon on 16th June 1916 and was transported to RNAS Redcar where it arrived on 22nd June 1916 and was erected. After testing it joined the RNAS Flying School. The aircraft was repaired after an accident at Redcar on 21st August 1916 and continued in the training role at Redcar before being finally deleted on 25th June 1917 (probably as outdated and obsolete).
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