Curtiss JN-3 5724 (possibly) in the Beverley area.
On 2nd May 1917 this No.36 Reserve Squadron aeroplane was being flown on a training exercise when flying at 150ft it sideslipped, the pilot lost control and there was not enough height remaining to regain control before the aeroplane struck the ground. Both men flying in it were injured. The unit appears to have been based at Beverley at the time and I presume the accident occurred in the general area of Beverley.
Pilot - Lt Durham Donald George Hall MC RFC. Injured.
Passenger - Lt Duncan Watson McEwan RFC. Injured.
Durham Hall had earlier served in the 3rd Battallion, Yorkshire Regiment. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in late-1915. He was awarded the Military Cross for service in France, Gazetted on 13th December 1916. The citation stated it was awarded "For conspicuous gallantry in action. He has flown in the worst of weather and often at very low altitudes. On one occasion he flew very low und'er a heavy fire from the ground, in order to range our artillery". He was killed on 27th March 1918 in France when No.80 Squadron Sopwith Camel B9179 crashed. He is buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery, Somme, France.
Duncan McEwan had served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. He was posted to No.36 Reserve Squadron in April 1917.