On Monday, 11th December 1950 this civilian aircraft was chartered by the passenger from Boston Air Transport Ltd to fly him from Skegness to Blackburn for a business meeting. The pilot was also the manager of Skegness airport and almost certainly knew the passenger personally as he owned a Miles Messenger which probably operated from the same airport. The weather in Lincolnshire was fine with good visibility but as they headed west the visibility became poor over the Pennines. While in the general Huddersfield area the pilot appears to have become lost. Out of precaution, once the pilot flew into a Pennine valley he could not see the hill tops at the head of it so turned around and made a landing in a field. It transpired that this was in a field near Storthes Hall Mental Hospital, Kirkburton. The landing was made without damage to the plane. Later in the day, when the weather improved the pilot attempted to take off. The field was slightly boggy and on the first take off run it could not gain enough speed up going slightly up hill. A second attempt was made downhill and while it left the ground it had not gained enough height to clear the boundary wall. It clipped the wall which caused it to flip over and crash in the ajoining field. The pilot sustained injuries and was admitted to hospital in Huddersfield. The passenger was uninjured and continued his journey by train.

Pilot - Mr William Peter Bushby. Injured.

Passenger - Mr Cedric Edmund Fry.