Father: Joseph Andrew Walton, Mother: Ida Margaret [Peacock], of 26 Broadway East, N Gosforth, Northumberland Ed. Dame Allen's School, Newcastle RAeC Certificate 12475 dated 16 Nov 1934, taken at Newcastle on Tyne Aero Club Address in 1934: 7 Hazelwood Ave, Newcastle prev. Air Traffic Control Officer; Agent, Directorate of Civil Aviation prev. exp 104 hrs Postings: 1FPP, 2FPP, 4FPP 5 accidents, 4 his fault: - 4 Apr 1941, the nose of his Hind K6710 collided with the rear of a load on a lorry; - 5 Jul 1941, an incident involving Fairey Battle L5031, "emergency gear was ... order and should have been properly used" (?) - pilot held responsible, anyway - 23 Aug 1941, in another Battle, L5302, he attempted to turn too close to a fence by chocking one wheel ... - 9 Sep 1941, the tail wheel of his Lysander R9022 collapsed, due to failure of a previous weld - 16 Feb 1942, "bad airmanship", he made too low an approach into the setting sun and his Defiant N1615 hit a post.
"A good officer who works hard, always willing, but he has been unfortunate with accidents" [Contract Terminated] Pilot for Air Taxis Ltd, and in Canada and Australia, finally returning to the UK in 1955 In 1948 he and a Daily Mail reporter were fined £20 each for flying over Old Trafford cricket ground without permission, during the match on August Bank Holiday. poss. m. 1957 in Newcastle, Joan [Wrightson] d. 4 Jan 1988 - Newcastle upon Tyne
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