Tiger Moth BB801 near Horbury, Wakefield.

On the 25th of May 1941 the engine of this aircraft failed while the pilot was undertaking a cross country training flight, the pilot attempted a force landing near Horbury, to the west of Wakefield and ended up in a quarry.

Pilot - LAC Cannings, slightly injured.


BB801 had been damaged earlier in the month at Yeadon.