1940 souvenir hunter in court

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Extract from the local paper Newark Herald : 24 April 1940… Air crash souvenir hunter lands in court A villager was hauled before Newark County Magistrates for helping himself to souvenirs from a crashed plane from which he had helped free the trapped pilot. Alfred John Clipson, 27 and from “a family held in high esteem”, had raced to the Kneesall ploughed field in which the plane was forced to land on 16 March after it developed engine trouble. Its undercarriage stuck in the clay, the machine flipped over onto its back and the pilot was “rather knocked about”. Alf returned at night while the plane was under guard and took a dashboard clock, worth 32 shillings [£1.60]. He reckoned the guard knew he was souvenir-hunting. The court chairman Major H. C. Wray DSO said Clipson had “behaved very badly”–but, after hearing from neighbours that he was a good lad, really, showed leniency by binding him over for 12 months to be of good behaviour. Publicity of the case was designed to deter hundreds of lads as plane crashes proliferated. Besides, the Maintenance Units needed all the spare parts they could salvage! Can anybody identify the aircraft for me please.