Handley Page W.8b G-EBBI "Prince Henry" near Horsforth.
This aeroplane was owned by Imperial Airways, of Croydon and it's worth saying that prior to this eventual incident occurring it had already flown some 600,000 miles with an estimated 50,000 passengers having flown in it. A four day air pageant was organised by Aviation Tours (Ltd) to take place at Yeadon aerodrome from 19th to 22nd September 1931 with it advertised as "Air Days". Display flying was to take place alongside a variety of passenger flights over the Leeds area. On the first day, Saturday, 19th September 1931, prior to the event beginning, G-EBBI was to be flown from York to Yeadon to begin being used at the event as the main exhibit. On the flight and while over the Moortown area one of the engines suffered a failure of the main crank shaft and this led to the engine further damaging itself with parts of it falling away to land on Moortown golf course. The aeroplane began to loose height and while the pilot continued towards Yeadon it would not make the aerodrome. A successful forced landing was made in a field just off Scotland Lane. The location appears to have been in a grass field between Dean Grange Farm and The Rookery, around a mile east of the aerodrome. No further damage occurred and it was repaired on site in the hours that followed. While it was later flown off the field into the aerodrome the weather eventually put paid to most of the flying displays that were planned being cancelled.
Pilot - Cpt Earl Bateman Fielden.
Three mechanics - Names unknown.
Two further passengers - Names unknown.