Unidentified primary gliders damaged at Welburn aerodrome.
Over the Summer of 1939 the Yorkshire Gliding Club ran a series of Air Defence Cadet Camps at Welburn aerodrome for boys to be given glider instruction and flying practice using winch launches. Initially the cadets were trained on primary gliders with wheels attached but when they were ready to leave the ground the wheels were removed in favour of the skid. With the field having historic ridge and furrow the wheels were found to acceptuate bounces and also increased what would have been a landing run on a reasonable small field. Five camps were held and 89 cadets attended with over 900 flights made. A report in Sailplane and Glider magazine given by the club makes mention of damage occurring to gliders with frequency but does not go into an detail.
Pilots - Names unknown.
BGA.306 from September 1937. Written off before WW2.
BGA.313 from July 1937. Written off before WW2.
BGA.314 from September 1937. Written off before WW2.
BGA.323 from January 1938.
BGA.332 from April 1938. Ownership retained by Slingsby's.
BGA.360 from August 1938.
BGA.372 from October 1938.
BGA.386 from February 1939.
BGA.403 from May 1939. Impressed as HM540 in March 1942.
BGA.218. Donated to YGC in June 1939 by the family of the late Angus Pick.
BGA.407 from June 1939.
At the time the Yorkshire Gliding Club are believed to have had the use of the following T.3 Primary gliders: