Sopwith Baby N1448 at Hornsea Mere.
On 30th June 1918 this seaplane crashed on take off at Hornsea Mere and was badly damaged. The aeroplane was being used by No.453 (Baby Seaplane) Flight and was being flown by a United States Naval Flying Corps pilot.
Pilot - Ensign Ellis J Butchart USNFC.
Ellis Butchart was born in 1897 in Minnesota, USA and lived in the Saint Louis area during the 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 census.