Avro 504 D6369 near Eastburn aerodrome.
On 21st September 1918 the pilot of this No.21 Training Depot Station aeroplane made a turn down wind while flying close to the ground and without sufficient flying speed. The aeroplane stalled and dived into the ground at 15.40hrs. The location was probably close to Eastburn aerodrome, where the unit was based, or in the area close to Driffield. He appears to have been sent to Brooklands Hospital in Hull.
Pilot - Lt Phillip Adolph Katte RAF. Injured.
Adolph Katte was born in 1895 in London. He had previously served in the Worcester Regiment and must have transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 but this part of his service file is not available. He transferred to the RAF when it formed and was injured when Avro 504 A2663 crashed into the sea at Aboukir on 15th April 1918 after losing a propeller in the air. These injuries cannot have been serious but he was posted to England in July 1918. He arrived at Driffield on 17th August 1918 and joined No.21 TDS. Following injuries sustained at Driffield in September 1918 he was hospitalised and returned to his unit the following month. What then happened is unclear from his service records but in June 1919 he attended a general court martial which saw him dismissed from H.M.'s Service. He died in 1965.