This interesting thread has sparked a memory in that one of my old neighbors who was local to the area (north Nottinghamshire) told me of two biplane airframes in woodland near to the village which he had played on with the owners children as a boy. At first this may sound like another story, but the the land owner (Tommy Shipside) operated a Messenger out of an adjacent field and two other chaps one of whom was Brian Walker (a friend of W.R. Chorley) who is an authority on crashes in Nottinghamshire, have told me where one of the metal wing panels was later used as a fence in a hedge, but I was never able to find it.
The description of my old neighbor (who moved to the Leeds area some years ago) was “like a Bulldog”. However I think that these remains were in fact a Tutor and possibly a Cadet which had been derelict at Tollerton in the late 40’s. Shipside also operated out of Tollerton.
John
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