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| Date: | Tuesday 12 November 1918 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Avro 504K |
| Owner/operator: | North East Area FIS RAF |
| Registration: | C5818 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ampleforth College Cricket Ground Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Redcar |
| Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire |
On Armistice Day, 11th November 1918 an Avro 504 made a landing in the grounds of Ampleforth Abbey and College and was damaged on while taking off (see Avro 504 E3535).
The followi
ng day two other Avro 504's were dispatched from their base at Redcar to collect the two Collison brothers (the crew of E3535) who were by now stranded at Ampleforth having no aircraft to return to Redcar from whence they have come from.
On 12th November 1918, one of these second wave of aircraft crashed into railings while landing below the College, these railings used to surround the cricket field and were next to the old tramway. The aircraft's back was broken but the pilot is not believed to have been injured.
The school then had four RAF airmen to look after for the night and two crashed aircraft in their grounds. A lorry was later sent to gather up the wreckage of both aircraft. It is not known how the four crew members returned to RAF Redcar - although, presumably not by air!
Sources:
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/ryedale/c5818.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2013 08:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 24-Mar-2019 05:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 19-May-2024 08:53 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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