On 2nd January 1937 the weather across the eastern side of North Yorkshire was very poor, visibility was severely effected over the North Yorkshire Moors with a thick belt of fog covering much of the area. A number of aircraft which were in transit between two unknown airfields and were left to make forced landings in Yorkshire because of the weather. Two of the aircraft landed safely on Duncombe Park Plain, a large and reasonably flat grass area in front of the house. Lord Feversham's gamekeeper Mr Adam Gordon looked after the airmen until they were picked up though their names are not known.

Pilots - Name unknown. Uninjured.