On the 20th of March 1941 a Hurricane crash landed at 16.25 hrs near Cross Butts Farm, just west of Whitby on the Guisborough road. The main reason for the crash landing was put at a fuel shortage, the gauges for the main tanks were found to be not working correctly. The pilot made the landing with the wheels up, he could not contact his base as his radio set was also not working correctly and that due to winds he had drifted out of range of radio contact. The aircraft was damaged to a "Cat R" degree.
The aircraft was built to contract 962371/38 by Gloster Aircraft Co. Ltd at Hucclecote and delivered to the RAF in January 1940. After acceptance at M.U. it was issued to 5 OTU at Aston Down on 15th March 1940. 5 OTU became 55 OTU at Aston Down on 1st November 1940. The aircraft moved with the unit to Usworth in February 1941. In the above incident it suffered Cat B/FA damage. It was repaired and possibly converted to Mk.II configuration. It was then issued to 1 AACU at Carew Cheriton on an unspecified date in 1941. It transferred to 1608 (AACU) Flt. at Aberporth on an unspecified date. It later went to 595 (AACU) Sqdn which formed on 1st December 1943 at Aberporth absorbing 1608 Flt. It was finally struck off charge on 17th June 1944.
Pilot - Sgt L W Rogers - ok.
The pilot had a total of 101 hours of flying time, only nine of which were on a Hurricane.
I would welcome any information about a more detailed crash location, to allow me photograph the general area of the crash.