Swallow on Scalby Mills Golf Course, Scarborough.
This "Swallow" aircraft made a forced landing near Scalby on the North Cliff Golf Links just before 16.00hrs
on Friday, 26th August 1938 with fog reported in the area at the time. The aircraft circled the course twice
before making the landing, which was done without error just off the fairway on the second tee. The local press
reported the incident and stated that neither of the two RAF crew on board were injured. The aircraft
remained there until the weather improved sometime later. The identity of the aircraft is not yet known.
Only twenty eight Swallow Mk.I's were manufactured by The British Klemm Aeroplane Co Ltd at Hanworth from 1933 and 107
Swallow Mk.II's by The British Aircraft Manufacturing Co Ltd at Hanworth from 1935 and serving with
the RAF until 1945. It was manned by a pilot and had a single passenger seat in tandem. The Swallow 2 had
a maximum speed of 112 mph and a range of 420 miles.
Pilot - Name unknown, uninjured.
Passenger - Name unknown, uninjured.
This incident was reported in the local paper of the day, in the report it also makes mention of a glider landing on
the golf course earlier in the same summer of 1938. Flying from Sutton Bank, the pilot spotted a new batheing pool
in the North Bay from the air, he thought he would like to bathe there so landed his glider on the golf course and
went for a bathe! It is not known how he took off again.