ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175724
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 October 1932 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Avro Tutor Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K2509 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Great Ponton Heath, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Grantham, Lincolnshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Avro Tutor K2509, 3 FTS, Grantham: Written off (destroyed) 12/10/32 when went out of control and spun into the ground at Great Ponton Heath, near Grantham, Lincolnshire.
Crew:
F/Lt Harold Claude Marett (NZ pilot) RAF killed
Acting P/O Adrian Kinross White (NZ pupil pilot u/t) RAF killed
Flt Lt Harold Claude Marett was able to bail out but his parachute did not open in time. He was buried in Grantham Cemetery, but it was not until December 2016, after a campaign by his descendants, that an official headstone were erected on his grave (see link #6)
Both Pilots were from Hawkes Bay New Zealand and where buried alongside each other at Grantham Cemetery, Harrowby Rd, Grantham NG31 9DT See links 7 & 8
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 16)
2. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/miscairdeaths.html
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17601-RAF-fatalities-1932&styleid=3
5. http://www.bcar.org.uk/1930s-incident-logs#1932
6. https://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/grantham-journal-feature-new-zealand-flyer-finally-gets-headstone-for-his-grave-1-7805704/
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199674747/adrian-kinross-white
8. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189630396/harold-claude-marett
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2015 05:46 | angels one five | Added |
| 28-Apr-2015 05:52 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 13-May-2018 19:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2018 16:36 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 01-Apr-2022 09:03 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jul-2023 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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