Avro Anson K6301 near Brough.
Full details of this incident have yet to be located. On 13th January 1938 this aeroplane appears to have been flown on a ferry flight but the details of where it was heading and also where it had started the journey are unclear. It appears to have been registered to or in the care of No.2 Aircraft Storage Unit, based at Cardington but a newspaper report relating to the incident gives Waddington as where it had taken off from. Waddington could be correct if it had landed there to refuel. Whether there was a problem with the aeroplane as it crossed the Humber and over East Yorkshire is unclear. The pilot made an approach to land at Brough from the north but clipped the upturned shafts of a land roller just prior to landing which damaged the aeroplane. On landing at Brough the aeroplane touched down on the airfield but would not stop on the available space so overshot. The pilot attempted to climb to take off again but the damage sustained in the initial collision with the farm machinery prevented this. He applied the brakes but crossed a land drain, ran along and damaged the fencing that borders the Humber side of the airfield and came to rest on the reeds on the Humber foreshore.
Pilot - F/Sgt Reginald Heber Thomas RAF (364329). Injured.
Reg Thomas was one of the finest middle distance runners of his era and represented Great Britain at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. He remained in the RAF during WW2 and was awarded the Air Force Cross on 8th June 1944. Unfortunately he was killed on 14th March 1946 when Lancaster KB705 crashed at Brownshill, Gloucestershire. He is buried at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath.