On 3rd February 1917 this RNAS Home Defence Flight aeroplane was damaged on landing at Redcar aerodrome.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Avro 504 N5256 was built by The Sunbeam Motor Co. Ltd of Wolverhampton as a 504B variant but converted during manufacture to a 504H variant. It was delivered to RNAS Redcar by rail on 4th December 1916 and after testing it possibly joined the RNAS Home Defence Flight. It was transferred to RNAS Scarbrough Home Defence Flight on 29th January 1917 but returned to RNAS Redcar the next day. On 3rd February 1917 it was damaged at Redcar it was initially deemed repairable though this was done for some time. It was eventually returned to service only to be written off in an accident at Potto on 13th December 1917 (probably after transfer to the RNAS Flying School) and was deleted two days later.
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