Cenotaph here
Parents lived in Clarence Reserve, New Zealand
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM K1187, RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/2/31 when crashed at RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, killing both persons on board. Cause of crash attributed to loss of speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
Crew of Atlas K1187:
Flying Officer Anthony Frederick Paul Anning (instructor)
Flight Cadet Arthur Moreland Acton-Adams (pupil)
According to a contemporary report
The crash occurred in an Atlas aeroplane on February 13, 1931. when Flying Officer Antony Frederick Paul Anning, an instructor, and Flight Cadet Arthur Morland Acton-Adams were killed. Careful inquiry into the cause of this accident led to the conclusion that it was due to loss of flying speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
The instructor, who was an experienced pilot on this type of aeroplane, must have left the correction of this fault until a moment too late to pull the aeroplane out of the resultant dive.
Parents lived in Clarence Reserve, New Zealand
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM K1187, RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/2/31 when crashed at RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, killing both persons on board. Cause of crash attributed to loss of speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
Crew of Atlas K1187:
Flying Officer Anthony Frederick Paul Anning (instructor)
Flight Cadet Arthur Moreland Acton-Adams (pupil)
According to a contemporary report
The crash occurred in an Atlas aeroplane on February 13, 1931. when Flying Officer Antony Frederick Paul Anning, an instructor, and Flight Cadet Arthur Morland Acton-Adams were killed. Careful inquiry into the cause of this accident led to the conclusion that it was due to loss of flying speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
The instructor, who was an experienced pilot on this type of aeroplane, must have left the correction of this fault until a moment too late to pull the aeroplane out of the resultant dive.
Cenotaph here
Parents lived in Clarence Reserve, New Zealand
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM K1187, RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/2/31 when crashed at RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, killing both persons on board. Cause of crash attributed to loss of speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
Crew of Atlas K1187:
Flying Officer Anthony Frederick Paul Anning (instructor)
Flight Cadet Arthur Moreland Acton-Adams (pupil)
According to a contemporary report
The crash occurred in an Atlas aeroplane on February 13, 1931. when Flying Officer Antony Frederick Paul Anning, an instructor, and Flight Cadet Arthur Morland Acton-Adams were killed. Careful inquiry into the cause of this accident led to the conclusion that it was due to loss of flying speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
The instructor, who was an experienced pilot on this type of aeroplane, must have left the correction of this fault until a moment too late to pull the aeroplane out of the resultant dive.
Parents lived in Clarence Reserve, New Zealand
Armstrong Whitworth Atlas TM K1187, RAF College, Cranwell: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13/2/31 when crashed at RAF Cranwell, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, killing both persons on board. Cause of crash attributed to loss of speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
Crew of Atlas K1187:
Flying Officer Anthony Frederick Paul Anning (instructor)
Flight Cadet Arthur Moreland Acton-Adams (pupil)
According to a contemporary report
The crash occurred in an Atlas aeroplane on February 13, 1931. when Flying Officer Antony Frederick Paul Anning, an instructor, and Flight Cadet Arthur Morland Acton-Adams were killed. Careful inquiry into the cause of this accident led to the conclusion that it was due to loss of flying speed on a gliding turn during approach for a practice forced landing.
The instructor, who was an experienced pilot on this type of aeroplane, must have left the correction of this fault until a moment too late to pull the aeroplane out of the resultant dive.
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