ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201616
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| Date: | Saturday 27 August 1932 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: | Blackburn L.1C Bluebird IV |
| Owner/operator: | North Sea Aerial & Transport Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AATM |
| MSN: | SB.217 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Coal Aston Airfield, Derbyshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Coal Aston Airfield, Derbyshire (EGCA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First registered (C of R 2370) 4.2.30 to North Sea Aerial & Transport Ltd., Brough, East Yorkshire. C of A 2415 issued 4.2.30.
Written off (destroyed) 27.8.32: "A pilot is seriously injured when his plane crashed at a flying gala at Coal Aston", per a published report (see link #6). G-AATM was wrecked when it stalled on a turn during flour-bombing display, at Coal Aston Airfield, Summerley, near Apperknowle, Derbyshire. Pilot - Flt-Lt John Leonard Mayer DFC (aged 34)(RAFO) - died 6.10.32 of injuries sustained.
Flt-Lt Mayer, a member of the RAF Reserve, had served with distinction with the RNAS in the Great War. He was the founding chairman of the North Staffordshire Aero Club. The event he was participating in was, despite a listing as such in the Sheffield Almanac, not connected with Sir Alan Cobham although Sir Alan hosted events at the former RFC/RAFCoal Aston in July and October 1932, and was an active campaigner to get the former Northern Aircraft Repair Depot converted into an airport for Sheffield and Chesterfield. The event was arranged by the Sheffield Motor Traders Association to showcase cars in an aviation setting, and to raise money for Sheffield Royal Hospital. Some 15,000 people attended. The crash happened during a ''flour-bombing'' flight of skill with a moving car as the target. Flt-Lt Mayer was cut free from the wreckage. The aircraft struck a parked Seagrave Meteor belonging to the SMTA chairman George Kenning. Flt-Lt Mayer was taken to Sheffield Royal Hospital with severe head injuries and multiple fractures. He died six-weeks later with his new wife Alice at his bedside, and is buried in his home county of Staffordshire. A verdict of accidental death was recorded at his inquest. He had been loaned the aircraft for the display.
Registration G-AATM cancelled -.12.32 due to "destruction or permanent withdrawl from use of aircraft"
Sources:
1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/75-register-gb-g-aa
2. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AATM.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A1.html
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17601-RAF-fatalities-1932
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1934.htm
6. https://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/topic/7930-whitaker39s-sheffield-almanac-2/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2017 17:09 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 20-Apr-2022 17:43 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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