By the 6 Dec , when he still hadn't started flying, he wrote to the ATA, "I was wondering if my Puss Moth which is in tip-top order would eventually be of use in the ATA, or do you advise me to try and sell it to be shifted overseas? I am still at the above address [Green Park Hotel, Bournemouth] waiting for your instructions when and where to report for duty. He then returned to Lossiemouth and landed there.
In spite of the fact that the brakes were out of action, the landing was made without damage to the aircraft. He had never flown the type before, and the ATA at that time could not provide handling notes. Elmer Ulich sic was shot down and killed by British anti-aircraft fire. The official accident report says "Insufficient evidence to establish cause but thought to be through bad weather causing aircraft to catch fire in the air.
Cotton, the Old Modernian, will wish him well in his married life. Last week Mr. Cotton married Miss E. Rawstron, of St. Ralph Douglas Cotton, who is a flying and physical training instructor, played Rugby football and cricket for the Bedford Modern School about twelve years ago, and was also prominent as an athlete. In the Public Schools Championships in he won the pole-vault challenge cup at nine feet, and four years later he pole-vaulted for England.
He played many fine games for the Blues and also for the East Midlands. On moving north he won a place in the Lancashire fifteen. He is a member of the Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club. Cotton is the only son of the late Mr. Cotton, and of Mrs Cotton, 16 St. His wife comes of a well-known St. Arthur Rawstron. Alpha House, St. Although he was the Creator and Commanding Officer of the ATA, d'Erlanger insisted that he and all his station commanders flew as often as possible. In fact, he was deemed responsible for one accident:.
He flew 54 different types of aircraft during his time with the ATA; everything from a Horsa glider up to Sunderlands and a Catalina. His instructors reported him a "safe good average pilot", but said his "aerobatics were poor". However, he showed a "real appreciation of the difficulties that can be encountered on flying boats. Ernest R. Bradbrooke, and John Evan Price Aus. Flight said: "Canada shares with Great Britain the loss of Capt.
