Bristol F.2B Fighter B1227 in the general Marske area.
On 9th July 1918 this No.2 Fighting School aeroplane appears to have sustained some form of flying accident owing to a fault with the engine. Where this occurred is not clear but as the flying unit was based at Marske it was probably there or in the locality. The pilot must only have received minor injuries as the incident/injury does not feature on his service records.
Pilot - Lt Martin Francis Joseph Ronayne Mahony RAF. Injured.
Martin Mahony was born on 28th February 1895 in Ireland and briefly studied at Merton College, Oxford as a young man. He had served in the Inniskilling Fusiliers prior to transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in Spring 1917. The date he arrived at No.2 Fighting School is not recorded on his service file but he left on 7th August 1918 and was fairly swiftly posted to France where he joined No.48 Squadron. He was wounded on 24th August 1918 and returned to duty on 2nd September 1918 but was then made a PoW on 20th September 1918. He was then repatriated to England and resumed RAF service until November 1919 when he relinquished his commission and returned to Army duty. He subsequently died in Nairobi, Kenya on 20th September 1936 and is buried at Nairobi Forest Road Cemetery.