Next of kin: (father) Dr. Cecil Edward Last, c/o Queen Mary Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey (he was a surgeon there) Ed. Lancing College m. 1933 Margaret Lillian Burton [Leach] [divorced c.1940] prev. - 1926-28 Tea Planting in Ceylon (and a rifleman with the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps); - Director, British Air Transport (Croydon and Redhill), and - BOAC Stores Dept. Address in 1940: 32 The Waldrons, Croydon, Surrey Postings: 1FPP, 4FPP, 14FPP, 16FPP, 5FPP A less-than-stellar ATA career, on the whole; he was: - Suspended without pay three times; -- for 2 days in Feb 41 for flying a type of plane for which he was not classified; -- for 3 days in Apr 41 for flying in unsuitable weather, causing him to make a forced landing, and -- for 4 days in Apr 43 for unauthorized aerobatics near Luton Airfield; - Reprimanded in Feb 42, for "not starting a delivery flight until after 11:45", and - Posted to 16FPP in Jun 42, at the request of the Officer Commanding 14FPP "on account of unsatisfactory discipline." Off sick from 27 Sep 1942 to 8 Jan 1943 after a motor accident. "This officer, after a somewhat tempestuous start, settled down enormously and has become a most efficient and hard-working pilot." "Discipline poor." Contract Terminated 15 Apr 1943 - Resigned.
m. 1973 Brenda N [Baxter] d. May 1991 - Worthing, W Sussex Download ATA Pilot Personal Record (.zip file): |
1932
As a Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve, 1943
