Sopwith 1F1 Camel D8230 near Beverley.
On 18th July 1918 this No.72 Training Squadron was being flown on a training flight that involved the pilot making a diving pass on a ground target firing a machine gun. One gust of wind caught the aeroplane in the dive and caused the angle to be too steep, while the pilot managed to pull the aeroplane out of the dive he then made a climbing turn downwind, another gust of wind caught it causing the pilot to loose control and it crashed.
Pilot - 2Lt Stanley Anthony Thomson RAF. Injured.
Stanley Thomson was born on 21st July 1898 and was from Wimbledon, London. He initially served in the Machine Gun Corps before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps on 5th November 1917. He was granted a commission on 9th March 1918 and had trained at No.68 Training Squadron before posting to No.72 Training Squadron but the posting dates are not stated on his service file. Having sustained injuries on 18th July 1918 he was hospitalised then posted back to No.72 Training Squadron on 31st October 1918. He was later posted to No.34 Training Depot Station on 4th January 1919 and No.46 Training Depot Station on 15th April 1919. He was placed on the Unemployed List on 26th September 1919.