Blackburn B.2 G-ACER at Brough airfield.
On 11th September 1940 this aircraft stalled and spun into the ground on it's approach to land at Brough airfield, it caught fire in the resulting crash. The pilot sustained serious injuries and died the following day.
Pilot - LAC Harry Edward Taylor RAFVR (947642), aged 18, of Penylan, Cardiff. Died 12-9-1940. Buried Llanduff Cemetery, Cardiff.
The first accident is suffered at Brough on 8th May 1936 was after the cockpit caught fire, the pilot Reginald H W Bundle was seriously injured.
He sustained severe burns and was treated in Hull hospital. The pilots father was, at the time of the accident, the Vicar of Pickering; my
local church! The Rev. Bundle was Vicar of Pickering from 1929 to 1936.
Upon searching the internet a webpage was been created suggesting that Reginald Bundle was pilot of the aircraft in it's crash at Brough
on 11th September 1940, this is NOT correct.
The aircraft was built by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. at Brough and was first registered to them on 28th February 1933. It was
operated by North Sea Aerial and General Transport Ltd. out of Brough and on 8th May 1936 suffered an accident (with Cat.R/FA
damage recorded). It was repaired at Brough and on completion of the re-build was registered to Blackburn Aircraft Ltd of Brough
on 19th January 1937. It was then taken on and operated by 4 E&RFTS out of Brough. Cat.W/FA damage was recorded following the crash on
11th September 1940 and the registration was cancelled eight days later.