Blackburn B.2 G-ADFO near Newport, Brough.
On 3rd September 1940 this aircraft suffered engine failure whilst flying near Brough airfield and crashed near
the small village of Newport not far from Brough, the pilot made a forced landing on farmland but overshot his
selected field and crashed into a hedge. Technically the aircraft should probably have been impressed into RAF service
and carried a military registration but this never happened and it flew with its civilian registration.
Pilot - Name unknown.
The aircraft was built by The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd. at Brough and registered to Flying Training Ltd
at London Aero Park, Feltham on 3rd April 1935. Flying Training Ltd carried out their flying from Hanworth aerodrome.
There is no record of this aircraft being transferred to 4 EFTS but the assumption is that the aircraft was being used at Brough by this
unit when it suffered the accident at Newport. The wreckage was taken to Brough and almost certainly it sustained Cat.W/FA in
this accident on 3rd September 1940. The civil registration was not cancelled by Flying Training Ltd until 14th July 1942.
The fuselage was salvaged in September 1940 and combined with Blackburn B2 G-ACBH's wings, this other aircraft had crashed
in March 1940 and after repair it continued to fly for some time so clearly G-ADFO did not exist after being used to make
up G-ACBH flyable.