Hawker Hind K5528 near Cayton Bay.
At 08.20hrs on 13th June 1937 this aircraft left Turnhouse airfield near Edinburgh with the intension of flying to London.
A known route for such flights was made by simply following the coastline and using airfields along the way for re-fuelling.
Good progress was made but over the Yorkshire Coast in the Scarborough area the crew ran into thick fog. The pilot attempted a
forced landing in a field near Cayton Bay at the top of the cliffs but this did not go fully to plan, the aircraft suffered
engine failure whilst making an approach to land. The aircraft stalled and crashed damaging the wings and under-carriage with
the propeller being broken. The damage was severe enough for it to be written off. The two airmen on board were not injured, their names
are recorded here as they were spelt in the local Scarborough newspaper at the time.
Pilot - Sgt Allason RAF. Uninjured.
Observer - Cpl Wakelin RAF. Uninjured.
Hawker Hind K5528 was built to Contract 404654/35 by Hawker at Kingston upon Thames and delivered to 2 ASU at Cardington
on 23rd June 1936. It was issued to 83 Squadron at Turnhouse on 31st July 1936. After the crash near Scarborough it was dismantled on
site and taken away for assessment before being struck off charge on 5th August 1937 with a total of 180 hours, 10 minutes flying time.