On 18th December 1916 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane was parked at Redcar aerodrome when Caudron G.III 8949 crashed into it.
Pilot - None.
Avro 504 was built by George Parnall & Co. Ltd at Bristol and was delivered directly to RNAS Redcar on 4th December 1916. It was tested and accepted there on 6th December 1916 and joined the RNAS Flying School. Following a ground accident on 18th December 1916 it was repaired and returned to service before suffering another accident on 16th February 1917, this time it was seriously damaged and was
not repaired. It was deleted from stock on 27th February 1917.
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