paulmcmillan
10th August 2017, 09:27
All
The K File has the following for Avro Tutor K2512
K2512 Deld to HAD 29.1.32; 3 FTS 16.6.33; Crashed 27.11.34; SOC 1.1.35 [314 hrs]
This is also stated on
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1934
However,
Published: Friday 30 November 1934
Newspaper: Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press has the following
An R.A.F. plane of Tudor type made a forced landing in some fields known as the Cesters, Newthorpe, about three o'clock on Monday , afternoon. The machine. which was being piloted by Squadron-Leader Harold Jace Roach, was flying from Sealand to Grantham and was forced down through bad visibility. The pilot made a safe landing and the machine was undamaged. It was impossible take off again under the conditions. The machine was dismantled and taken to Hucknall.
Jace was later a AVM
http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Roach_HJ.htm
But what is interesting is that he was at 3 FTS at the time
13 Dec 1933: Engineering Officer, No 3 Flying Training School.
3 FTS was RAF Spitalgate (sometimes called Grantham)
So if you read the above you can surmise that Jace was flying from Sealand (5 FTS) to Grantham (3 FTS) on Monday when he had the above incident.
Monday was actually 26th November 1934 so there is some ambiguity that they are not referring to the same incident and he was flying Tutor K2512. Unless 3 FTS had another Avro incident the day after.
The K File has the following for Avro Tutor K2512
K2512 Deld to HAD 29.1.32; 3 FTS 16.6.33; Crashed 27.11.34; SOC 1.1.35 [314 hrs]
This is also stated on
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1934
However,
Published: Friday 30 November 1934
Newspaper: Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press has the following
An R.A.F. plane of Tudor type made a forced landing in some fields known as the Cesters, Newthorpe, about three o'clock on Monday , afternoon. The machine. which was being piloted by Squadron-Leader Harold Jace Roach, was flying from Sealand to Grantham and was forced down through bad visibility. The pilot made a safe landing and the machine was undamaged. It was impossible take off again under the conditions. The machine was dismantled and taken to Hucknall.
Jace was later a AVM
http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Roach_HJ.htm
But what is interesting is that he was at 3 FTS at the time
13 Dec 1933: Engineering Officer, No 3 Flying Training School.
3 FTS was RAF Spitalgate (sometimes called Grantham)
So if you read the above you can surmise that Jace was flying from Sealand (5 FTS) to Grantham (3 FTS) on Monday when he had the above incident.
Monday was actually 26th November 1934 so there is some ambiguity that they are not referring to the same incident and he was flying Tutor K2512. Unless 3 FTS had another Avro incident the day after.