Avro Tutor K3308 of the Duxford Station Flight crashed in the Vale of Edale on the 7th November 1940 while flying from Duxford near Cambridge to Kirkbride in Cumbria.

While flying from Duxford to Kirkbride the pilot became lost and low on fuel, this is despite the fact that he had actually flown less than half way to Kirkbride, so the aircraft should have used about half of its fuel (if filled to capacity, though more likely the pilot had planned to stop en-route to take on more fuel so took off with less fuel than he could carry). The pilot attempted to land in a field but his proved too small and on his final attempt deliberately ran the aircraft into trees along the side of the River Noe somewhere between Barber Booth and Edale End. Attempts to track down exactly where have so far proved fruitless.

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