Argus HM175 near Bircotes.

On 27th October 1942 this aircraft was the care of No.6 Ferry Pilot Pool, ATA when it suffered total engine failure near Finningley. At 16.45hrs the pilot made a successful forced landing in a field small between some trees near to Bircotes. Bircotes is on the Yorkshire border so depending on where this aircraft landed it may have been within Yorkshire.

Pilot - First Officer Philip Penrose Bradley ATA (M.204).

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