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Re: Hector losses
A few More.
26 April 1942
Hector K9765
1 GTS
Place. Thame
The aircraft made a normal landing but it then struck a ridge in the grass surface, causing the port wing to drop and the undercarriage to fracture under the strain.
19 May 1942
Hector K9747
102 GOTU
Place. Kidlington
The pilot came in low and misjudged his approach, striking a 2 foot high pile of gravel on the airfield boundary with the left wing and causing the aircraft to overturn.
14 June 1942
Hector K9743
102 GOTU
Place. Kidlington
The aircraft was being landed downwind but it swung at the end of the landing run and the pilot checked this with rudder and brake but a swing developed in the opposite direction and the aircraft tipped onto its nose.
22 June 1942
Hector K8093
101 GOTU
Place. Kidlington
The pilot made a heavy touchdown and the aircraft bounced, he attempted to correct this with use of throttle but the aircraft bounced again several times and the undercarriage collapsed before tipping onto it nose. After comming to rest, the aircraft was damaged further when it fell back onto its tail.
29 June 1942
Hector K9755
1 GTS
Place. Thame
During the take-off run with a Hotspur glider in tow the pilot felt a bump on the undercarriage but he continued the detail and climbed to 2000 feet before releasing the glider. On looking over the side the pilot noticed the port wheel was hanging loose and so made a circuit and crash landed as best he could but the aircraft cartwheeled onto it nose. The pilot Sgt. C M. Ward was praised for his handling of the situation.
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