ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155734
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| Date: | Monday 11 November 1918 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 504K |
| Owner/operator: | North East Area FIS RAF |
| Registration: | E3535 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ampleforth College Cricket Ground, Ampleforth, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Redcar, North Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro 504 E3535, was delivered to the RAF in October 1918 and served with the North East Area Flying Instructors School (FIS) at Redcar. On 15th January 1919 North West Area FIS moved into Redcar and the aircraft there operated with both units. On 23rd May 1919 North West Area FIS absorbed North East Area FIS but on 12th June 1919 the unit disbanded.
The incident is documented locally but no-one has identified the first aircraft before. The local accounts are all similar, they state that on Armistice Day 1918 two ex-Ampleforth College Boys, who had become members of the RFC and by now were serving in the newly formed RAF, returned to Ampleforth by air to give the school notice that the Armistice had come. Both were former Ampleforth pupils.
One of the brothers had contacted the school to say that his commanding officer had allowed them to fly an aircraft with his brother to the school and land. The aircraft landed on the school's cricket field with no problems occurring.
One of the Monks at the school was later to be given a ride in the aircraft but on take off a problem occurred and the aircraft crashed at the east side of the cricket field. Repairs were being carried out to a narrow gauge railway at the time and an iron rail has been left by the side of the field, the aircraft's undercarriage caught the rail causing the crash but neither on board were injured.
Sources:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/ryedale/e3535.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2013 01:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Mar-2019 05:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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