On 4th May 1917 the pilot of this No.46 Training Squadron, Royal Flying Corps aeroplane took off from his home aerodrome at Bramham Moor to undertake a cross country flight. During the flight he became lost and attempted to make a landing in a field but struck a previously felled tree while landing. The pilot sustained injuries as a result of the crash. Where the forced landing was made is not known but must have been in Yorkshire.
Pilot - 2Lt Llewellyn Stephens RFC.
Llewellyn Stephens was born on 29th November 1898 and was the son of Mr.E.O. and Mrs.A.E. Stephens, of Nicholas Gardens, Ealing, London. He had earlier served in the Artists' Rifles before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps (possibly) in November 1916. On 12th June 1917 he was killed when the F.E.2b he was piloting crashed while making a forced landing between Bramham and Doncaster. He was buried at Brompton Cemetery, London and was still just eighteen years old.
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