On 26th October 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane was damaged following a bad landing at RNAS Redcar.
Pilot - FSL Leslie Charles Jackson Barlow RNAS.
Leslie Barlow was born in Stourbridge on 8th January 1898. He enlisted for RNAS service on 6th August 1916. He was posted to RNAS Redcar Flying School on 26th August 1916. Following training at the Flying School he was awarded a Royal Aero Club aviators' certificate (Cert.No.4039) on 1st November 1916. He was then posted to RNAS Cranwell on 11th November 1916. Unfortunately he crashed Curtiss JN-4 8853 there on 21st November 1916 and received minor injuries. He was given an assessment this saw his commission in the RNAS terminated on 2nd January 1917 as he was deemed physically unfit. He next appears on service papers in November 1917 when he joined the RFC as an air observer. He transferred to the RAF on its formation in April 1918 and was serving in 82 Squadron RAF when he lost his life on 18th June 1918 in the crash F.K.8 C8452 crash in France. His pilot Lt A R Wardle survived. Leslie Barlow is buried at Villers-Brettonneux Military Cemetery, Somme, France and was twenty years old. The photograph of his grave was found on "www.greatwar.co.uk".
Caudron G.III 8944 was built by the British Caudron Company Ltd of Hendon and was delivered to AAP at Hendon on 23rd May 1916 where it was tested and accepted on 25th May 1916. Having been dismantled it was transported by rail to RNAS Redcar where it arrived on 11th July 1916. It served with the RNAS Flying School. It sustained damage on 11th September 1916 that saw a repair on site. It was again damaged on 26th October 1916 and was probably not repaired as it was finally deleted on 29th January 1917.