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[RAF Elsham Wolds] [Local Crashes] [17 July 1935 Hull Aero Club]

17 July 1935 – Hull Aero Club at Hedon Aerodrome – DH 60 Cirrus Moth – G-AAPA – Albert Bishop Croskin – Duty. Private flight

Location – Crashed just east of Hedon Aerodrome at Westlands

DH 60 Cirrus Moth

The aircraft was registered to the Hull Aero Club at Hedon Aerodrome. The pilot, Albert Bishop Croskin, was undertaking aerobatics including looping the aircraft. During a series of loops the aircraft dived into the ground. The passenger Keith Leonard Atkin was killed. The pilot was thrown clear but sustained serious spinal injuries and never walked again

Albert Bishop Croskin – 41 - Anlaby Park, Hull – Seriously injured

Keith Leonard Atkin – 26 - Faraday Street, Hull - Hull Northern Cemetery, Yorkshire.

 Albert Croskin was born in Caistor, Lincolnshire on 12th March 1894. He married Florence Allen in the Hull area in 1918 and their son Antony Croskin was born in Hull on 30 July 1920. Albert was awarded a Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificate (Cert.No.11281) at the Hull Aero Club, Hedon on 23 July 1933. He was appointed into the social committee of the Hull Aero Club in 1934. His son served in the RAF in WW2. He was also awarded the Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificate (Cert.No.20612) at RAF Bishopscourt, Northern Ireland on 3rd October 1945.

Compiled by David Fell.

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