Grumman-American AA-5 Traveller G-BBSA at Doncaster airfield.
On 6th September 1979 a severe fire in a hanger at Doncaster airfield destroyed and damaged several aircraft. The fire was believed to have been started deliberately and the offender was reported to have been caught in the act. The identities of those destroyed are known and were:
Laverda F-8L Falco 4 G-AVUJ. Destroyed.
Grumman-American AA-5B Tiger G-BGCJ. Destroyed.
Grumman-American AA-5 Traveller G-BBSA. Later repaired.
Grumman-American AA-5 Traveller G-BCIL. Later repaired.
Reims-Cessna F.152 G-BHFC. Later repaired.
G-BBSA was registered to Watsons Anodising Ltd, Sheffield at the time of this incident and they would presumably have based the aircraft at Doncaster airfield. It must have been repaired as it was later sold and re-registered to John Ashcroft, of Sheffield, in September 1984.