Maurice Farman S.11 Shorthorn A2484 at Doncaster aerodrome.
During the evening of 31st May 1918 this No.49 Training Squadron aeroplane was flown on a training exercise that saw the pilot take off and land a number of times from Doncaster aerodrome. After landing at 20.45hrs the pilot taxied across the aerodrome but was not watching where he was going, he collided with another aeroplane where that pilot had the right of way. The identity of the second aeroplane is not known.
Pilot - 2Lt James Hamilton RAF. Injured.
James Hamilton was born on 12th January 1889 in Glasgow and had received a commission in the Scottish Rifles prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in late-1917. In March 1918 he was posted to No.14 Training Squadron but the date he arrived at No.49 Training Squadron is not stated on his service records. He was hospitalised in Sheffield after the accident on 31st May 1918 but later returned to flying training at Doncaster but to No.47 Training Depot Station who formed when No.49 Training Squadron folded. He was posted to 49 TDS and 46 TDS before February 1919 when his service file seems to suggest the RAF found no trace that he held an appointment in the RFC or RAF so his commission was cancelled.