Chipmunk at Yedingham.
The Chipmunk took off from the old Middleton St George, now Teesside airport, on the 29th May 1974 with only a pilot on board.
It flew south-east over the Moors and landed at the former Wombleton airfield to pick up a passenger. Aerobatics were then being
practiced over the Vale of Pickering, near Malton when the aircraft got into trouble. It went into a spin which the pilot
was unable to recover from and the aircraft crashed at Derwent Farm, just north of Yedingham. The pilot was killed and
the other man who was in the rear of the cockpit sustained serious injuries but survived. The survivor is believed to have been a
retired RAF pilot from the War who flew Spitfires. This incident was the second fatality within the Teesside based flying club.
Mr Geoff Garnett, aged 37, of Northallerton - killed.
Mr Harry Price (poss Pears), of Nawton, Helmsley - seriously injured.
I have not yet located the exact crash site but I do now have a press photograph which clearly shows a farm in
the back ground which must be Derwent Farm.