Sopwith Baby N2097 at Hornsea.
On 8th May 1918 this aircraft suffered engine failure as the aircraft was taking off at Hornsea Mere. The aircraft lost height and it collided with a fence on the water's edge which saw it the crash.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Sopwith Baby N2097 was built to contracts A.S. 10059 & C.P. 102625 by The Blackburn Aeroplane Co. Ltd. in Leeds. On 19th December 1917 it was delivered to Aeroplane Depot at RNAS Killingholme for erection. In March 1918 it was taken on charge by RNAS Hornsea (Mere). It was tested at Hornsea Mere on 1st April 1918, which became RAF Station, Hornsea Mere on 4th April 1918, but then crashed on 8th May 1918. It is not known if or indeed where the aircraft was repaired after this incident but it appears taken on charge by 453 Flight at Hornsea Mere on 25th May 1918 either in a repaired or a damaged state. It was then deleted from stock on 25th July 1918 hence the possibility it was not repaired after the May 1918 accident.