Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo N6931 at Ossett.
During the afternoon of Tuesday, 19th November 1918 this aeroplane was to be flown from the manufacturers Pegler Brothers and Co. at Doncaster to join No.9 (Newcastle) Aircraft Aceeptance Park at Newcastle. The route from Doncaster probably saw pilot head roughly west to pick up railway lines, following then north. Owing to thick fog the pilot headed west from Doncaster but then became lost. Eventually he descended and narrowly missed Ossett's Holy Trinity Church. The aeroplane then struck a telegraph pole with a wing and crashed into a field nearby. Off Wesley Street, Ossett is quoted. Fortunately the pilot escaped serious injury but the aeroplane was badly damaged.
Pilot - F/Lt Henry Lumsden Taylor RAF.
Comparing the photograph of the crash with period mapping and also modern mapping and aerial photographs it is clear that modern Ossett is very different to how it was in 1918. The site appears to be close to where the B6128 Kingsway was built and pretty much under No.6 Kingsway. The church spire and also the gaps between the rows of housing under the aeroplane's tail appear to be unchanged. It would be interesting to see a view from the upstairs of this house to compare the view to 1918.