DH.60 Moth G-EBLS.
This aeroplane was the first received by the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club on 18th August 1925, who were then based at Soldier's Field, Roundhay, Leeds. They also appear to have been informally known as the Leeds Flying Club. The Club later moved to Sherburn in Elmet in January 1926. A British Pathe film exists of this aeroplane being taxied on snow during the opening of Sherburn airfield in 1926. After crashing at Sherburn on 5th June 1926 it appears to have been repaired and to be returned to the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club use. It's fair to say that this flying club did a very good job at promoting themselves in newspapers of the era, a weekly report was published that was very detailed. A report stated that another Moth arrived at Sherburn for use by club members on 12th June 1926 which was ordered prior to the crash of their original aeroplane a week ago (ie G-EBLS). It may have been the aeroplane damaged at Lartington on 12th August 1927 collecting grouse to be transported to hotels in London.
The civilian registration of G-EBLS was cancelled on 8th February 1928 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft" with the aeroplane being owned by The Yorkshire Aeroplane Club Ltd, who had their flying facilities at Sherburn in Elmet, at that time. I can find no evidence from contempary records that it was damaged in a flying accident at Sherburn in the days around 8th February 1928. The Yorkshire Aeroplane Club made a good account of their flying activities in various local newspapers during this period and there is no mention of a serious accident that would have seen this aeroplane written off. The weekly reports also do not mention this aeroplane at all for many months prior to February 1928. I would suggest the aeroplane was either transferred from the care of the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club well before this date or it was perhaps damaged somehow prior to February 1928.
This 8th February 1928 damage is listed in a history of the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club given in the Air Yorkshire newsletter of December 1988.