Vega-Gull G-AEKD at Scarborough racecourse.
At dusk on 11th January 1937 a Vega-Gull force landed on the old racecourse at Scarborough after it had circled the area for some time trying to find a place to land, shortly after 16.00hrs a landing was made without real incident. The pilot was uninjured and finished his journey to Leeming Bar by taxi. He stated that the landing was made as it was getting dark and he had no navigation lights on board to fly at night. The aircraft remained in the field until at least the next afternoon. The Scarborough newspaper gave the incident a write-up but appears to misquote the aircraft's registration, they stated it was "G-AEKO" and was a Vega-Gull. The problem being G-AEKO was a BAC Super Drone. The correct aircraft and registration was almost certainly G-AEKD which was a Vega-Gull and this was also registered to the known pilot at the time.
Pilot - Lt Patrick Randolph, of Sherborne, Dorset.
Patrick Randolph was born on 25th January 1912 in London. He learnt to fly at the Airwork School of Flying, Heston and was awarded his Royal Aero Club aviator's certificate (Cert.No.10956) on 15th February 1933 while an officer in the Grenadier Guards. He was killed flying Vega Gull G-AEKD on 12th October 1937 when it crashed on landing at Sanganer Aerodrome, Jaipur, India following a flight from Bombay. His then passenger, Peter Q Reiss, was injured.