During the afternoon of 16th April 1952 this 207 Advanced Flying School aircraft was flown on a single flying training exercise using Full Sutton airfield. The exercise was to include making single engined approaches to land and then, after touching down for the pilot to apply power and climb away to fly an overshoot. These were known as roller landings. On board was an experienced flying instructor and a pupil pilot. After the initial take off at 14.30hrs the aircraft was flown on a circuit of the airfield and the starboard engine was shut down. The crew flew the circuit and then touched down on the runway at 14.33hrs, applied power and took off again. They then flew what must have been a slightly wider circuit because the next landing was five minutes later. They again touched down and took off again. This time the aircraft left the ground and began to climb away but it was being flown much slower. At 200 feet above the ground a turn to port was made to join the airfield's circuit and it then lost height, it suddenly turned over close to being inverted and crashed into a low railway embankment midway between Fangfoss Railway Station and Bolton Gatehouse. On hitting the railway the aircraft total disintergrated across an ajoining field beyond. Both airmen were killed in the accident. An investigation found that the aircraft had crashed with the undercarriage still down and also with the flaps partly extended though the main reason for the accident was that flying speed after taking off was allowed to decrease and when it got below the critical speed the aircraft stalled and flicked over.
Instructor Pilot - F/Lt Howell William Thomas Enoch DFC RAF (152141), aged 30. Buried Fangfoss Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Pupil Pilot - P/O David Arthur Joyce RAF (3507983), aged 19. Buried Fangfoss Churchyard, Yorkshire.
Both men were buried locally at Fangfoss. Howell Enoch was awarded the DFC for service with 50 Squadron, Gazetted on 16th January 1945. He later went on to be an instructor at the Central Gunnery School in 1949 and 1950, then later at 203 Advanced Flying School at Driffield.