B.E.2e 6301, crash location unknown, possibly Ripon area.
On 24th May 1918 the pilot of this No.76 Squadron became lost while undertaking a night flight. He attempted to locate a field to make a forced landing in and while preparing to drop a parachute flare he put the nose of the aeroplane down. He then released the flare but the aeroplane then got into a spin. Owing to the ground over which he was flying being higher than that of the aerodrome (and presumably where he assumed he was over) there was not enough height to recover the aeroplane and it crashed into a wood. This incident is probably a high ground crash. No.76 Squadron were based at Ripon and it's probably fair to assume the higher ground to the west of Ripon is possibly where this crash occurred.
Pilot - 2Lt Brian Aurias Ross MM RAF. Injured.
Brian Ross was born on 22nd February 1887 in Marylebone, London prior to the First World War was already an artist. He initially enlisted into the Royal Berskhire Regiment and entered France with the regiment on 30th March 1915, he later received a commission on 13th October 1916. He was also awarded the Military Medal the same month. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps on 18th April 1917 and was eventually posted to No.76 (Home Defence) Squadron on 15th January 1918. Injured and hospitalised on 24th May 1918 he later recovered and returned to No.76 Squadron. He appears to have remained with the unit until being placed on the Unemployed List on 20th February 1919. He returned to being an artist under the name "David Anrias". He died in 1958.