Ed. Queen Mary's Grammar prev. Wolverhampton Police; aircraft inspector, surveyor/auctioneer/estate agent RAeC certificate 18822 dated 23 Jun 1939 at South Staffs Aero Club, on DH.82 prev. exp. 180 hrs m. 1935 in Wallsall, Staffs, Ruth [Griffiths] Declared bankrupt in 1940: "BLAMES FAILURE OF BUILDERS Affairs Of Former Walsall Auctioneer. Admitting that his failure was largely due to making himself liable for other people, Alfred Leonard Russell (31), of Leighswood-road, Aldridge, formerly in business in Walsall as an auctioneer and estate agent, appeared for public examination in Walsall Bankruptcy Court today. Liabilities were estimated at £620 19s. 7d. with a deficiency of £l98 19s. 3d., and he attributed his failure to bad debts and losses on business owing to the crisis of September 1938, and the present war. Russell said he had lost £500 in fees and in other ways through the failure of builders. He said he was now employed as an inspector in an aircraft factory, his qualification being that he was a pilot and had been interested in flying since 1931." - Wolverhampton Express and Star - 18 March 1940 Address in 1941: 39 Paget Rd, Wolverhampton Postings: 6FPP 2 accidents, one not his fault: - 22 Jun 1941, he made a forced landing in Harvard H7044 after the undercarriage failed to operate, but did not "employ all the emergency devices available" - 2 Oct 1941, a forced landing in Battle P6624 after engine failure. He was under instruction; he and the pilot (F/O C M Rambaut) were uninjured. Experience in ATA: Magister 30:15 hrs, Harvard 1:10, Moth 5:30, Piper Cb 7:40, Queen Bee 2 hrs, Wicko 1:10 Later a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm Sailed to India (alone) in October 1946, apparently intending to settle there. He applied to be released from bankrupcy and return to being a valuer and estate agent in 1957, but was refused; the Judge said that "he had no qualifications and now wanted to start again in the same business." d. Oct 1972 - Walsall
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