Queen’s right-hand-man named as pilot killed in helicopter crash yesterday

A pilot who died in a helicopter crash yesterday has been named as Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, Barry Dodd. He was killed when the aircraft came down near the village of Aldborough, North Yorkshire, at 1.23pm yesterday.

North Yorkshire Police today tweeted: ‘Pilot named following helicopter crash near Aldborough. ‘Whilst we await formal identification, we believe he is Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire, Mr Barry Dodd CBE.’

Mr Dodd, who lived near Carlton-in-Cleveland with his wife, was appointed as Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire in September 2014.

Mr Barry Dodd CBE Barry Dodd is a successful entrepreneur and wealth creator especially interested in creating employment in rural areas. Amongst his many achievements is the creation of a multinational Global Services and Manufacturing Group with four manufacturing plants in the UK. He is Chairman and major shareholder in two high tech software and systems companies and a fast growing distributor of mobile computing products. For the past eleven years Barry has devoted a day per week to unpaid public service. In addition to his duties as the Lord-Lieutenant, Barry???s public sector activities include: Member of the Automotive Industry Council; Chair and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Hull and Chair of the joint Hull York Medical School; until 1 February 2018 he was the Chairman of the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Enterprise Partnership (LEP). Past appointments have included Chair of Yorkshire Forward, CONNECT Yorkshire and of the Yorkshire and Humber Sustainable Development Company and Vice Chair of Business Link, York and North Yorkshire. In 2014 he was awarded a CBE for services to the UK economy. A list of the Lord-Lieutenant???s current patronages can be found here. Barry and his wife Frances live near Carlton-in-Cleveland, between Northallerton and Stokesley . HM The Queen approved the appointment of Mr Dodd as Her Majesty???s Lord-Lieutenant for North Yorkshire in September 2014, on the retirement of Lord Crathorne. The 10 Downing Street Press Release can be found here.

A website for the position – which is to act as representative for Her Majesty – said that he was a successful entrepreneur and wealth creator who focused on rural areas.

His biography says: ‘Amongst his many achievements is the creation of a multinational Global Services and Manufacturing Group with four manufacturing plants in the UK.

‘He is Chairman and major shareholder in two high tech software and systems companies and a fast growing distributor of mobile computing products.’ The Downing Street website also has a profile for him that says: ‘Barry Dodd is a serial entrepreneur who has a passion for creating employment in rural areas and for providing job opportunities for ex-offenders and the young unemployed.

‘For the past decade he has devoted at least one day per week to unpaid public service, including as Chairman of the York and North Yorkshire with East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership, Pro-Chancellor and Chair of Council of the University of Hull and Chair of the joint Hull, York Medical School.’

? Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/05/2018. Aldborough, UK. Emergency services attend the scene of a helicopter crash near the village of Aldborough in North Yorkshire. Photo credit: Nigel Roddis/LNP

Helicopter crash Field near Aldborough Google Maps

We got a call at 13:26 to reports of a helicopter crashing into a field near Aldborough (close to Boroughbridge). A number of fire engines from Boroughbridge, Knaresborough, Harrogate and Ripon are in attendance, and are using hose reels to dampen down the scene.
— North Yorkshire Fire (@NorthYorksFire) May 30, 2018

The scene of the crash was close to the village of Aldborough. A North Yorkshire Fire Service spokesman said: ‘We got a call at 13:26 to reports of a helicopter crashing into a field near Aldborough, close to Boroughbridge.

‘A number of fire engines from Boroughbridge, Knaresborough, Harrogate and Ripon are in attendance, and are using hose reels to dampen down the scene.

‘North Yorkshire Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service are also in attendance. ‘We are unable to confirm details about casualties at this time.’