George Stewart - Ansons     Scan via Robert Peel         Updated:  19 OCT 2014

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George Stewart

George Stewart - Ansons

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Den 15 AUG 2014 skrev George Stewart:

"Billedet af mig der sidder og kigger bagud til højre, mens jeg flyver en Avro
Anson, blev taget i Centralia
(RCAF Station Centralia) i vinteren 1943, mens
jeg var under uddannelse til pilot, hvor jeg fik afgangsbevis og pilotvinger den
11. marts 1943.

Flyvragene omkring mig er to Avro Anson-maskiner, som kolliderede i luften
den 19. februar 1943. Fotografiet øverst viser en på maven vendt mod venstre.
Den fløj jeg, da jeg ramte den anden i 300 fods højde i tåge, mens jeg lavede en øvelses-nødlanding. Han var under indflyvning til en øvelses-sikkerhedslanding,
da vi mødtes.

Den anden pilot blev såret med snitsår i hovedet, og hans elev endte fanget i styregrejet med hovedet ned og et brækket ben. Jeg fik en mindre hudafskrab-
ning i panden. Alle vragdele landede i området, der var sat af til nødlandinger.

Sagen blev lukket uden videre diskussion, fordi de to fly fra forskellige hangarer uheldigvis fik lov til at lande i det område på samme tid i nedsat sigtbarhed."


On 15 AUG 2014 George Stewart wrote:

"The picture of me looking back at you to my right, flying an Avro Anson, was taken
at Centralia (RCAF Station Centralia) in the winter of 1943, during my training to
qualify for my pilot’s wings where I graduated on 11th March 1943.

The wrecked aeroplanes around me are two Avro Ansons which collided in mid air,
(19th Feb 1943) The photo above shows one on its belly facing left, which I was
flying when I hit the other one at 300 feet, in the fog while doing a practice forced landing. He was on his approach for a practice precautionary landing, when we met.

The other pilot was injured, having cuts to his head, and his student was caught
up in the controls upside down, with a broken leg. I had a minor scrape on my forehead. All of our wreckage landed in the authorized forced landing field.

The matter became closed, with no further discussion, because these two aircraft,
from different hangars, unfortunately, were authorized to fly into that field at the
same time, in restricted visibility."