On 25th June 1951 Prentice VS371 of Leeds University Air Squadron was involved in a taxying accident at Sherburn in Elmet airfield. Repairable damage resulted.
Pilot - Name unknown.
Prentice VS371 was built to contract 6/ACFT/622 by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. at Brough and was awaiting collection on 23rd December 1948. A week later on 30th December 1948 it was involved in a flying
accident when it crashed on the delivery flight from Brough to 5 MU at Kemble though the location not given in the published records. Cat.4 damage was the damage assessment and it was taken back to
Blackburns at Brough for a repair in works. Once servicable it was flown to 5 MU at Kemble on 3rd March 1949. On 18th June 1951 it was taken on charge by Leeds University Air Squadron at Yeadon. As
a result of the taxying incident at Sherburn on 25th June 1951 Cat.3R damage resulted and it was repaired on site. On 20th December 1951 it went to 9 MU at Cosford. On 26th April 1952 it went to Queens
UAS at Aldergrove then on 9th September 1952 it was placed in store at Rochester. On 12th December 1952 it went to 9 MU at Cosford, on 3rd November 1953 it went to Home Command Communication Flight at
White Waltham and on 28th September 1954 it went to 29 MU at High Ercall. On 6th July 1956 it was declared a non-effective airframe and several months later on 1st November 1956 it was sold to Aviation
Traders Ltd. On 1st October 1956 it was registered on the UK civilian register as G-AOWO but was then stored at Stansted for Aviation Traders Ltd. In 1961 it was broken up and on 22nd November 1961 the
registration was listed as cancelled.
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