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DATHAM, Norman Gilly, Flight Cadet - died in hospital 30 November 1931 from injuries sustained 24 November 1931 in an Atlas of RAF Cranwell. “The Coroner warmly commended a young farm labourer named Frank Leslie Wilson who, with great bravery, pulled Datham out of the blazing wreckage.”
Service File:
Court of Inquiry held at Cranwell on 26.11.31. Killed as the result of a flying accident (Pilot) at Brauncewell on Atlas K1499. Due to pilot stalling when to near the ground
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Hello,
The correct name of this Flight Cadet was: Norman Gilly "DATHAN", not DATHAM. His birth/death registrations attest to this fact (Born: 1stQ, Southampton, Hampshire, March,1913; Death: 4thQ, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, December,1931).
WHITFIELD, Lawrence - the Western Daily Press of September 23rd 1931 carries the story of "Mr. Lawrence Whitfield, the airman and amateur jockey, who died on Thursday from injuries received at Hurst Park races early in the year." The National Probate Calendar states that he died at the Star and Garter Home, Petersham.
Is this the same chap, or am I barking up the wrong tree?
No you are not
Died of injuries 17 September 1931 received 16 January 1931, when ell at the open ditch in a Amateurs Handicap Steeple Chase at Hirst Park riding a horse called John Hasty . An X-ray examination revealed the jockey sustained
very serious injuries to spine and that would never ride again.
He died in the Star and Garter Home for disabled servicemen, Richmond, Surrey
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