Avro 504 B3275, crash location unknown.
On 17th January 1919 the pilot of this No.76 Squadron learnt forward in the cockpit to push the switch to operate the Holt flare but in doing so pushed the control stick forward. This pitched the nose of the aeroplane down and it dived into the ground. Where this incident is not stated on the pilot's casualty card but his service file states that following the accident he was admitted to Fulford Military Hospital, York which would suggest it was in the general area of York.
Pilot - 2Lt Charles Buckingham RAF. Injured.
Charles Buckingham was born on 10th April 1900 in Surrey and as a young man he worked as an insurance clerk from October 1916 to February 1918. He initially enlisted into the RNAS on 24th March 1918 but on 1st April 1918 the RAF was formed and the RNAS was taken over. He was posted to No.76 Squadron on 29th June 1918 and while he later left to undertake training elsewhere he returned on 24th October 1918. He spent some months in various hospitals after the crash on 17th January 1919 and once discharged in June 1919 he was transferred to the Unemployed List. He died in 1990.