Date:	Thursday 31 August 1916
Time:	day
Type:	Bristol Scout Type C
Owner/operator:	Royal Navy Aviation School, RNAS
Registration:	1255
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RNAS Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RNAS Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Bristol Scout Type C 1253: Royal Navy Aviation School, RNAS. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31 August 1916 when crashed at RNAS Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.

On 3 November 1915, Flight Sub Lieutenant H Fowler RNAS took off in Bristol Scout No 1255 from HMS Vindex and so performed the first take-off by a wheeled aircraft from a British warship.

1. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=3211.0
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Scout#Type_1_Scout_C
3. https://www.baesystems.com/en-uk/heritage/bristol-scout
4. https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/bristol-scout-c-no-1255-rnas.26221/
5. https://www.fleetairarmoa.org/fleet-air-arm-history-timeline
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Eastchurch#Royal_Navy_use

Flight Lt Harold Frederick Towler RN in Scout C, No. 1255, makes the first take-off from a carrier ship in wartime, HMS Vindex. Date 3 November 1915. Bristol Scout Type C 1255 at RNAS Eastchurch 1916

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— Bristol Scout (@ScoutBuilder) November 3, 2022

3 November 1915. The first land aeroplane (with conventional wheeled undercarriage) flown from an aircraft carrier (HMS Vindex) was Bristol Scout C 1255 @ScoutBuilder piloted by Flight Lieutenant H.F. Towler RNAS. pic.twitter.com/spFenKhOyc

— Ron Eisele (@ron_eisele) November 2, 2022

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