On 24th May 1959 this aircraft was being used to spray crops in the Broughton in Furness area but during a take off run it failed to become airborne so the
pilot abandoned the take off but it crashed and was damaged.
Pilot - Mr R S Milson.
The aircraft was formally an RAF aircraft registered as N5473 but was sold to the civilian market after the war and converted to spray crops.
On 19th November 1959 while being flown back to Cumbria following repair after the damage sustained in this earlier incident it flew into power lines near Ulverston
and crashed again. It was again repaired and appears to have crashed in the Norfolk area in 1963. The photograph of the aircraft shown above was posted
to an internet forum by Brian Doherty to whom I credit the photograph.
The location of where this incident occurred has not yet been found. If you can assist please contact me
HERE. Thank you.