Douglas C.47 Dakota G-ALYF fuselage.
During the later months of 1980 and the early part of 1981 Yorkshire Television filmed a drama called "Airline" at various locations in Yorkshire. It was set in the early Post-WW2 period and was a story around a fictitious airline Ruskin Air Services. The film company used two airworthy Dakotas, G-DAKS and G-BHUB, owned by Aces High Ltd, of Fairoaks airfield, Surrey. An old fuselage of a third, G-ALYF was also used and initially they were all based at Rufforth airfield. In January 1981 they flew both flying Dakotas to Blackpool, then on 1st March 1981 both flying Dakotas were noted as being based at Leeds-Bradford airfield. Around the same time the existing fuselage of G-ALYF had a fake tail and wings added to it. It was then lifted onto the roof of what appears to have been a disused farmhouse in the Nun Monkton area where it was used by the film crew to simulate a plane crash sequence. It was then set on fire and blown up.
I have yet to learn which farm the mockup aircraft was blown up on but it does have a strong resemblance to Widdington Manor.