On 5th October 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane was wrecked when it crashed on landing at Redcar aerodrome, it was not repaired and was later written off.
Pilot - FSL Alfred Edward Taylor RNAS.
Alfred Taylor was born on 16th January 1890 in Plymouth. He enlisted for RNAS service on 30th April 1916 and was at RNAS Redcar between 29th July 1916 and 18th November 1916. Unfortunately his service file states that "he showed no sign of becoming an efficient pilot" so on 2nd January 1917 a submission was made to terminate his commission which was carried out two days later.
Caudron G.III 8950 was built by The British Caudron Company Ltd. at Hendon under contract C.P.145456/15 and was delivered to Aircraft Acceptance Park at Hendon (rolled across the grass from the factory) on 10th July 1916. It was tested and accepted on 13th July 1916 then was due to be transferred to RNAS Redcar but on 18th July 1916 crashed at Shipton on the flight north. The repair took twenty one days so the aircraft may have been dismantled and taken by road for repair somewhere. It arrived at Redcar on 8th August 1916. It was badly damaged in a flying accident with the RNAS Flying School at Redcar on 5th October 1916 and was completely wrecked. It was deleted on 16th October 1916.
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