prev a Flying School Promoter. Address in 1930: The Billet House, Ash, Sevenoaks, Kent m. 1931 Doris E M [Burgess] Formed the West Kent Aero Club at West Malling in 1931; "at present he has a Moth (Gipsy) and an Avro 504K, and Mr. C. G. Hancock will be his chief pilot and instructor." Flight Pilot Officer, RAF 1932, F/O 1934-37 Accident Report - 22 Dec 1942, when in the Training Ferry Pool; he landed on an unmarked, unserviceable area at Gravesend, his Spitfire II went through barbed wire, crossed a road and nosed over, damaging 'one propeller blade'. Chief Pilot of Transair in 1954 Cleared of taking off in an overloaded [by 400kg, allegedly] DC-3 belonging to Starways Ltd in 1960; Flight reported that he said "As a pilot trained in the old school, my first consideration is for the safety of my passengers. If this extra weight had been present, I could not have helped noticing it." d. Sep 1975, Chichester, W Sussex |
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