Gipsy Moth BD166 at Linton on Ouse airfield.
On 29th April 1941 this aircraft was damaged in a ground accident at Linton on Ouse airfield but the reasons behind the incident are not yet known.
Pilot - Name unknown.
At the start of the Second World War the aircraft was placed into storage at York. It's civilian registration was cancelled on 6th August 1940 when the aircraft
was impressed by the RAF and it became BD166, it remained in Yorkshire and was flown to Linton on Ouse to be used by their Station Flight five days later. On
29th April 1941 Cat.B damage was initially recorded after the incident detailed above on 2nd May 1941. From here it was dismantled and transported by road
to the D.H.Aircraft Co. Ltd at Witney for assessment. On 20th May 1941 it had been assessed and was deemed beyond economical repair and was struck off charge
with Cat.E1 damage logged on the paperwork.
This aircraft was built by The De Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd. at Hatfield and was first registered as G-AAWR in May 1930. Exact dates of a number of
purchases and sale are not yet known but it was owned by a number of groups in the 1930s. It was initially purcahsed by Major C.M. Pickthorn and was operated
out of Brooklands aerodrome in the early 1930s, on an unspecified date it was sold to Midland Air Services and was then operated out of Castle Bromwich aerodrome
before being sold to E. Batchelor and operated out of Leicester on an unknown date, then purchased by Yorkshire Aviation Services Country Club Ltd (YASCC Ltd)
of Newton House, Leeming and was operated out of York aerodrome in the mid 1930s. While with this owner it sustained damage in Yorkshire on 1st January 1935,
recorded as Cat.R/FA, when it crashed at North Rigton, near Harrogate injuring the then pilot Mr Thomas Pick. It was rebuilt over a long period of time and
re-registered as G-AAWR on 18th February 1937 with the owner being Commander Charles W. Croxford RN but was then operating the aircraft through YASCC Ltd.
The ownership of the aircraft passed solely to YASCC Ltd. on 6th December 1937.