On 18th July 1917 this RNAS Flying School aeroplane crashed on landing at Redcar aerodrome.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Longhorn N5055 was built by Brush E.E. Co. Ltd at Loughborough and was delivered to CSD White City from where it was dispatched to RNAS Killingholme AAP for assembly, testing and acceptance on 17th February 1917. It was then transferred to RNAS Redcar on 14th March 1917 along with a number of other Longhorns to serve with the Flying School there. It was damaged in an accident at Redcar after apparently sustaining damage in a crash at Redcar on 18th July 1917. It was finally deleted from stock on 8th September 1917.
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