Father: Frank Mather, Mother: Alice Ed. Huntingdon; University College, Notts prev. Heating and Sanitary Engineer; Sgt Pilot, RAFVR Dec 1938 - Apr 1940, based at Little Rissington prev. exp. 54 hrs on Miles Magister, Harvard Address in 1941: 110 Cator Lane (later 27 Gwenbrook Ave), Chilwell, Nottingham Postings: 3FPP, 6FPP, RNAS Lee m. 1941 in Nottingham, Olive [Tyler]
Off sick from 13 Sep to 1 Oct 1943 with 'injury to forearm', and 15 to 31 Jan 1944 with lumbar fibrositis
5 accidents, only 1 his fault: - 29 Oct 1941, he crashed Lysander T1466 on landing at Scampton. He knew the ASI was faulty, so should not have flown the aircraft on a windy day - 16 Aug 1942, forced landing in Mosquito IV DK288 after the tailwheel failed to lock down - 31 Aug 1942, the escape hatch of his Wellington III X3812 blew off in flight, due to insecure fastening - 11 Dec 1942, he crash-landed Oxford II R6034 in a field near Leicester, after complete failure of port engine in bad weather - 20 Jun 1943, due to a hydraulic leak, he over-ran the runway at Tollerton in Boston III W8266 attempting a forced landing due to a faulty fuel warning light, damaging the nose wheel and main undercarriage
"A good type of officer & a good pilot" "Must appreciate the importance of his appearance when entering RAF Messes"
Royal Aero Club Certificate 21729, dated 4 Sep 1946, taken at Tollerton Flying Club Address in 1970: 37 Westfield Rd, Brockworth, Gloucester Olive d. 1988 d. 1991 - Gloucester Download ATA Pilot Personal Record (.zip file): |
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