ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201267
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| Date: | Sunday 9 November 1930 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.60X Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Nottingham Aero Club |
| Registration: | G-AAMT |
| MSN: | 1809 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cotgrave, near Tollerton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, Nottingham (EGBN) |
DH.60X [Cirrus III] registered as G-AAMT [C of R 2169] 16.9.30 to National Flying Services Ltd, Hanworth, Middlesex. C of A 2789 issued 17.10.30. Operated by Nottingham Aero Club, Nottingham Airport, Tollerton, Nottinghamshire.
Written off (destroyed) when crashed at Cotgrave, near Tollerton, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire 9.11.30; pilot Ronald Leslie (Peter) Wing (aged 20) killed. Registration G-AAMT cancelled 2.11.30 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawal from use of aircraft"
According to a contemporary local newspaper (Sheffield Daily Telegraph 11 November 1930 and 12 November 1930):
"Ronald Leslie (Peter) Wing only son of A Leslie Wing, chartered accountant principal of Messrs Wing and Sons.
a few weeks ago, gained his private pilot's certificate. he was articled to a Falkirk Brewery.
He was alone in the plane at Tollerton Aerodrome Nottinghamshire. The plane turned, took a dive, 2 somersaults, engine deep in the ground. found dead strapped to his seat. No mourning by request.
Ronald was unmarried. Born 28.7.1910. probate £2939-14-5 naming his father Arthur Leslie Wing
Parents married Nottingham 22.8.1906
Father
Arthur Leslie Wing 23.5.1882-1.2.1949.
Remarried 1943 Jessie Moody 9.4.1899-1984. probate £45,394-13-3 to Jessie.
Mother
Alice Christobel Everingham Shipstone 3.2.1885-29.1.1942. Buried beside her son, her probate £60,067-12-10 naming her husband"
NOTE: The DH.60 Moth with the registration G-AAMT, which appears in the 1985 film "Out of Africa" is NOT this aircraft, but another DH.60 Moth, an American-built aircraft (c/no 86, which was registered as N585M, and later as G-AAMY - the latter being originally reserved for a De Havilland-built DH.60X Moth in September 1930, but was not taken up)
Sources:
1. Sheffield Daily Telegraph 11.11.1930 and 12.11.1930.
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/12/C180: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576648
3. http://www.ab-ix.co.uk/dh60.pdf
4. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
5. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AAMT.pdf
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
7. http://lesleysimpson.co.za/out-of-africa-iconic-aircraft-g-aamy-returns-home-to-kenya/
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257063458/ronald-leslie_peter-wing
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotgrave
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2017 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 19-Nov-2023 17:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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