Crashed Plane

Hmm little different but we thought well worth publishing, it crashed so the caption tells us at Marske, and although Derick Pearson informed us it was 1910. David Fleming has enlightened us : ”The plane is Airco DH6 B2728 and the date is 25th April 1918.”

Eric Johnson tells us: ”Marske aerodrome, was a private airfield little used until taken over by the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. It became the base of no. 4 Auxiliary School of Aerial Gunnery; with a diverse fleet of aircraft, Fk8s to Sopwith Camels and up to 50 aircraft were used for training. Four large double brick-built hangars; with administration, technical and domestic buildings were constructed. There was a constant stream of pupils, flying accidents were frequent, one pilot had three crashes in three days (fortunately 2nd Lieutenant W.E. Johns survived them); he went on to write the famous ’Biggles’ books .”

Thanks to Derick Pearson, Eric Johnson and David Fleming for the updates.