This aircraft was built by Brush EE co Ltd of Loughborough and delivered to Redcar on the 13th of March 1916,
it was tested and accepted there on the 31st of March 1916.
On the 16th of April 1916 this aircraft crashed on landing at Redcar sustaining Cat R/FA damage, the pilot was
not thought to
have been injured. The aircraft was later repaired and would later be damaged a number of times at Redcar, again
on the 29th of October 1916, with Cat R/FA damage, again on 24th January 1917 which was severe enough to write
it off. It was finally deleted from stock on the 14th of February 1917.
(all detailed on this website).
Pilot - Flt Sub Lt W E Traynor RNAS, aged 22, of Putney, London, ok.
Flt Lt Traynor was killed on 2 February 1917, serving with 3rd Sqdn, RN Wing, RNAS. He is buried
Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, France. He was 23 years old.