Unidentified Whitley near Brompton, Scarborough.
The only mention I have found to this incident occurring was found in a brief hand written note in a policeman's notebook from the wartime period. This notebook
was part of a display at Ebberston Village Hall in their local memories project in 2004.
Little is known about the incident other than an unidentified Whitley landed near Rye Topping Farm, east of Brompton on 10th September 1940
in what is thought to have been a forced landing but with the wheels down. The aircraft is thought to have either been repaired on site and flown out or
it landed undamaged and was flown out and returned into service. There is no record of a Whitley sustaining damage anywhere in this area on this date
so if indeed it was damaged it must have only been slight. I have no details of the aircraft's serial number, base, squadron, crew etc.
Crew - Names unknown.
Rye Topping Farm, Brompton and the fields where the landing was probably made.
If it were a "crash" then probably the only real "damaged" aircraft this could relate to is that of also unidentified Whitley operating with 77 Squadron.
It was reported to have been damaged in action believed by flak on Ops to Berlin on the night of 10th/11th September 1940. At the very worst it is believed to
have sustained Cat.R (repairable) damage, but its is not known whether it actually force landed away from base of Linton on Ouse or it made it back to base and was assessed
there. The pilot being Sgt T.E. Coogan. There were a number of other Cat.R incidents on this date but all are thought to have occurred nearer their bases under
or overshooting landings.