Unidentified Tomahawk at Sherburn in Elmet airfield.
On 28th April 1943 this unidentified Tomahawk was damaged in a mishap at Sherburn airfield at 19.00hrs. Nothing more is known about the incident when this webpage was created.
Pilot - 1st Officer Marvin "Alabam" Dunlavy ATA.
On one occasion which could relate to the incident believed to have been at Sherburn it states that "he was flying a Curtis P-40 when he had some engine trouble and had to make an emergency landing in a field below. He missed the field and landed on top of a tractor while the driver who had seen him coming was running in the other direction. As soon as his plane landed, Alabam jumped out of the cockpit and ran as fast as he could away from the entangled machines."
Further research on the internet would suggest that he was born on 14th October 1916 in Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA and died on 17th October 2003. He is buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer.
The following website makes vague mentions to a number of minor mishaps this ATA pilot had during WW2 www.airtransportaux.com/members/dunlavy.html