On the 1st of April 1916 the engine of this aircraft was reported to have failed mid-flight, the pilot made a force-landing but crashed doing so on the racecourse at Redcar seriously damaging the aircraft. It was assessed and deleted as BER on the 14th of April 1916. The aircraft was made by Blackburn, of Roundhay, Leeds it was delivered to RNAS Killingholme on 15th September 1915 and accepted there on the 1st October. It was transferred to Redcar on the 27th of February 1916 and damaged at Lackenby during its acceptance flight there. Following repair it was returned to service at Redcar before its Cat W/FA accident in April 1916.

Pilot - Flt Sub Lt Bruno Philip Henry de Roeper RNAS, ok.

Bruno Philip Henry de Roeper.