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(but don't forget that Winnie Brown was not really 22, having being born in 1899...)
Winsome Winnie with Ron Adams |
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Norman Blackburn's Bluebird (pictured the year before, when Leonard Slatter flew it to Durban) |
and some of the other also-rans... |
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Saturday, July 5, 1930. Hanworth
Weather: fine
Story of the Race: The largest field for any King's Cup Race, and the first woman winner.
Pilot |
Aircraft |
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Race No |
Fate |
Mr Francis S Symondson |
D.H.60M Moth |
G-AARU |
1 |
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Mr Ian R Parker |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-EBYV |
2 |
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Mr Arthur GG Marshall |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-EBYZ |
3 |
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Lieut Caspar John, RN |
Avro 594 Avian III |
G-EBWU |
5 |
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Mr E Fulford |
D.H.60M Moth |
G-AAWU |
6 |
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Mr Derek S Schreiber |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAEW |
7 |
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Mr James B Buckley |
D.H.60 Moth |
G-EBQW |
8 |
16th |
Capt C D Barnard |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-AAXW |
9 |
13th |
Flt-Lt Richard LR Atcherley |
Segrave Meteor |
G-AAXP |
10 |
retired at start - starboard engine fuel problem |
Lieut-Col Andrew H Gault |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAGA |
12 |
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Mr Thomas H Naylor |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AABO |
13 |
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Mr W A Dudley |
Spartan Arrow |
G-AAWZ |
14 |
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Mr George Vlasto |
D.H.60X Moth |
G-EBVD |
15 |
retired before Newcastle |
Mr W H Sutclifle |
D.H.60 Moth |
G-EBOT |
16 |
retired before Newcastle |
Lieut-Col Louis A Strange |
Simmonds Spartan |
G-AAGN |
17 |
retired after Hull |
Mr Carill S Napier |
Westland Widgeon III |
G-AADE |
18 |
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Capt H H Balfour |
Spartan Arrow |
G-ABBE |
19 |
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Capt Maxwell H Findlay |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-AAFA |
20 |
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Flt-Lt Tommy Rose |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AACC |
21 |
6th |
Capt Norman WG Blackburn |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AABV |
22 |
retired at Hull |
Hon Lady Mary Bailey |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAEE |
23 |
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F/O H T Andrews |
Simmonds Spartan |
G-AAGO |
24 |
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F/O J FX McKenna |
Spartan 3-seater |
G-ABKJ |
25 |
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Capt Hubert S Broad |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-ABBH |
26 |
9th |
Flt-Lt G GH Du Boulay |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AATO |
27 |
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Sqn-Ldr Leonard H Slatter |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AAVG |
28 |
retired after Hull |
Colonel the Master of Sempill |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AAIR |
29 |
retired at Hull |
F/O John W Gillan |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AAOI |
30 |
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Flt-Lt Henry RD Waghorn |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AATN |
32 |
3rd |
Sqn-Ldr David S Don |
Hawker Tomtit |
G-AALL |
33 |
18th
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Mr Walter L Runciman |
D.H.60X Moth |
G-EBWT |
35 |
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Sqn-Ldr Harold A Probyn |
Westland Widgeon III |
G-EBRQ |
37 |
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Mr Austin B Ferguson |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAEF |
39 |
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Flt-Lt Frank G Gibbons |
Simmonds Spartan |
G-AAMG |
40 |
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F/O S A Thorn |
Avro Avian IV |
G-AAHJ |
41 |
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Mr Alan BH Youell |
Desoutter I |
G-AATK |
42 |
retired at Castle Bromwich |
F/O Joseph Summers |
Vickers 172 Vellore III |
G-AASW |
43 |
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Capt W Lawrence Hope |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAHP |
44 |
10th |
Flt-Lt J R Addams |
Spartan Arrow |
G-AAWY |
45 |
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Mr E G Hordern |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-AAXT |
46 |
retired at Manchester |
Mr John WP Chalmers |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAYY |
47 |
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Flt-Lt Herbert V Rowley |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AAUW |
48 |
retired before Newcastle |
Mrs Christina M Young |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-ABAE |
49 |
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Flt-Lt J FT Barrett |
Robinson Redwing |
G-AAUO |
50 |
retired Manchester - compass trouble |
Maj Charles EM Pickthorn |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAWR |
51 |
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Mr Richard Ince |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAKI |
52 |
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Flt-Lt J B Allen |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-ABBA |
53 |
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Mr Philip A Wills |
D.H.60 Moth |
G-EBOI |
54 |
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Miss Winifred S Brown |
Avro 594 Avian III |
G-EBVZ |
55 |
Winner |
F/O Haliburton H Leech |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AALK |
56 |
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Capt the Hon Frederick E Guest |
Hawker Tomtit |
G-ABAX |
57 |
12th |
Mr John D Irving |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AADA |
58 |
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Flt-Lt T B Bruce |
Avro 594 Avian |
G-EBQN |
59 |
8th |
Flt-Lt D V Carnegie |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAEL |
60 |
retired at Newcastle |
F/O Phillip EG Sayer |
Desoutter 1 |
G-AAPY |
61 |
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Capt Edgar W Percival |
Hendy 302A |
G-AAVT |
63 |
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Miss Winifred E Spooner |
Southern Martlet |
G-AAYZ |
65 |
14th |
Lieut L G Richardson, RN |
D.H.60 Moth |
G-EBPQ |
66 |
17th |
Capt Robert G Cazalet |
Westland Widgeon IIIa |
G-EBRM |
67 |
19th |
Capt Charles B Wilson |
Desoutter II |
G-AAZI |
68 |
retired at Newcastle - sustained damage of some sort |
Capt T Neville Stack |
Avro Avian 625 Monoplane |
G-AAYW |
69 |
retired at Newcastle |
Capt James LN Bennett-Baggs |
Avro 621 Tutor |
G-AAKT |
70 |
forced landing in Buckinghamshire |
Flt-Lt Sydney LG Pope |
Avro 619 V |
G-AASO |
71 |
retired Manchester - one engine failed to start |
Sqn-Ldr Harold A Whistler |
D.H.60M Moth |
G-AAYG |
73 |
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Flt-Lt Edward H Fielden |
D.H.75a Hawk Moth |
G-AAUZ |
74 |
7th |
Mr Geoffrey R de Havilland |
D.H.60M Moth |
G-AASL |
75 |
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Mr Alan S Butler |
D.H.60M Moth |
G-AAXG |
76 |
2nd |
Mrs Lois Butler |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-AAXL |
77 |
4th |
Capt R Douglas |
D.H.60M Moth |
G-ABAI |
78 |
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Capt Geoffrey de Havilland |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-AAXO |
79 |
retired at Manchester |
Lieut-Comm Glen Kidston, RN |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-AAXZ |
80 |
11th |
Mr Geoffrey Goodwin |
Avro 616 Avian IVM |
G-AACV |
82 |
retired at Manchester - plug trouble |
Mr D S Green |
Avro 616 Avian IVM |
G-AABS |
83 |
5th |
Flt-Lt F B Tomkins |
Avro 625 Avian Monoplane |
G-AAYV |
84 |
retired at Manchester |
Mr J C Cantrill |
Avro 616 Sports Avian |
G-AAYU |
85 |
forced landing in Gloucestershire (turned over) |
Miss Diana C Guest |
D.H.80a Puss Moth |
G-AAZP |
86 |
retired at Manchester |
Capt Ian C Maxwell |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAJS |
87 |
retired at Woodford |
Mr G P Fairbairn |
D H.60G Moth |
G-AAJO |
88 |
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Sqn-Ldr Augustus H Orlebar |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AAUU |
89 |
20th |
Flt-Lt John Oliver |
Avro 616 Sports Avian |
G-AAWI |
91 |
forced landing in Gloucestershire |
Mr Alfred CM Jackaman |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AADX |
92 |
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Sqn-Ldr John W Woodhouse |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AAVF |
93 |
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Mr Henry NS Norman |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AAHI |
94 |
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Mr A L Mortimer |
ABC Robin |
G-AAID |
95 |
forced landing Old Sarum |
Mr H A Presto |
Patnall Elf |
G-AAFH |
97 |
15th |
Mr Frederick G Miles |
Southern Martlet |
G-AAVD |
98 |
retired before Newcastle |
Mr Michael DL Scott |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-EBXG |
100 |
retired after Hull |
Capt G A Pennington |
D.H.60G Moth |
G-AASG |
101 |
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Starters: 88 (out of 101 entrants). Finishers: 61
Did not start:
Capt G Fane |
Comper Swift |
G-AAZF |
4 |
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Mr W Lawrence Hope |
Puss Moth |
G-AAYD |
11 |
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Mr Loel Guiness |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AAUV |
31 |
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Mr R WR Trafford |
Moth |
G-ABAM |
34 |
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Mr L S Snaith |
Comper Swift |
G-AARX |
36 |
This, the prototype Swift, first flew at Hooton Park in January 1930.
"en route to Hanworth his engine started losing oil, so Leonard decided to put down in a farmer’s field. Nick was contacted and so important was this event to promote his aircraft that armed with tools and a mechanic they set off to locate the stricken Swift. Unfortunately the problem was too difficult to solve and The Comper Swift was scratched from the race."
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Mr F AI Muntz |
Moth |
G-EBQH |
38 |
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Flt-Lt J S Chick |
Arrow Active |
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62 |
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Mr H J Andrews |
Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AATS |
64 |
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Mr R S Rattray |
Moth |
G-EBZZ |
72 |
crashed his Moth the other week |
Mr A A Nathan |
Moth |
G-AALJ |
81 |
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Mr C L Pashley/Flt-Lt F J Fogarty
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Blackburn Bluebird IV |
G-AASV |
90 |
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Lord MA Douglas-Hamilton |
Blackburn Bluebird |
G-AAOB |
96 |
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Miss F M Wood |
Moth |
G-AAGI |
99 |
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