Ed. St Pauls School, University College London 1927-8 [Electrician - Failed Diploma, awarded Certificate in Engineering 1931] RAeC certificate 12766 dated 1 May 1935, on DH Moth at the Insurance Flying Club, Hanworth prev. Engineer; Link Trainer instructor, Blackburn Aircraft prev. exp. 51 hrs m. 1940 in Holderness, Yorks, Clarice Marjorie [Whyand] Address in 1941: Field View, Shillings Lane, Brough, E Yorks Postings: 2FPP, 4aFPP Suspended with loss of pay 14 Jan 1942, for Loss of Ferry Pilots Notes 4 accidents, all his fault: - 29 Jun 1941, he taxied his Hector K8110 down-wind and downhill without stick forward; "guilty of bad airmanship and gross carelessness" - 28 Jul 1941, he taxied his Hind K6776 into a trench - 17 Dec 1941, he taxied his Master W8836 and sank into a soft patch of ground, "no man on the tail when there should have been" - 5 Jan 1942, he landed Hurricane BK233 with tail too high, tipped forward and broke the propeller. "has always been keen on his work although unfortunate to have had 2 accidents in his short time with [4a FPP]". [Contract Terminated] Temp. 2nd-Lt, Royal Navy from 1 Apr 1942; Lieut. (Acting Lt-Cmdr) from July 1942 m. 22 Jul 1944 in Colombo, Ceylon, Mabel Ellen [Scott] 1946, Lt-Cmdr, Assistant to 2nd Sea Lord d. 30 Mar 1948 - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, as a result of a gliding accident at HMS Sanderling Download ATA Pilot Personal Record (.zip file): |
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