WILLIAM CATTON, Pilot of Spartan crashed approx 1937 in Essex

i'M TRYING TO FIND INFO ON MY GREAT UNCLE WILLIAM CATTON, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF HERTS & ESSEX AERO CLUB. HE WAS A PART OWNER OF A SPARTON 3 SEATER WHICH HE CRASHED AT BELCHAMP ST PAUL IN APPROX 1937. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS. WE ONLY KNOW THAT HE COLLECTED THE WRECKAGE & TOOK IT BACK TO THE AIRFIELD ON A LORRY.

WILL (AKA BEAK) WAS FROM BISHOPS STORTFORD.

THE AIRCARFT DETAILS ARE Spartan Three-seater [Hermes II] G-ABYG regd [CofR 3841] 7.32 to Spartan Aircraft Ltd, Somerton.
CofA 3547 issued 27.7.32. Dd 13.8.32 and regd [CofR 4001] 10.32 to Scarborough Aero Club Co Ltd, Ganton

[presented to club by Major JED Shaw].
Regd [CofR 4111] 23.12.32 to Major John E Durrant Shaw, Ganton.
Regd [CofR 4545] 6.33 to unknown.
Regd [CofR 4573] 28.6.33 to Henlys Ltd, Heston. CofA lapsed 2.7.34.
Regd [CofR 5698] 14.3.35 to Rollason Aircraft Services Ltd, Croydon; CofA renewed 14.3.35.
Regd [CofR 5777] 8.4.35 to Joan LA Hughes & Neville M Browning, Abridge.
Regd [CofR 7931] 10.6.37 to William Catton, Abridge [later Broxbourne?]. CofA lapsed 26.8.38.
Regn cld at census 1.12.46.

ANY INFO, HOWEVER SMALL, WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
JANET

I have two volumes by Leslie A Kimm on the history of Broxbourne airfield called "Wings Over Nazeing" published 2004 . William Catton learned to fly at Broxbourne from January 1936 attaining his pilots licence in March 1936 being the 147th to be trained at Broxbourne. There is a picture of him in Volume Two. He rejoined the club in 1950,the club moving to Stapleford Tawney in 1953 when Broxbourne closed.
Spartan Three Seater G-ABYG arrived Broxbourne May 1935 until 29 August 1939. It was also used by farmer Neville Browning who had a farm at Stanford Rivers. He was an aerobatic pilot and was sadly killed at Seething ,Norfolk in 1971 flying a Zlin Trener aircraft G-ASIM.

G-ABYG was also used during this time by the CAG Civil Air Guard flying from Grimsby (Waltham) airfield.

Not sure if family related but Joyce Catton worked as a clerk in the General Office and Irene "Rene" Catton her sister worked also as a typist in the General Office. Both lived in Nazeing.

The books are hard to find try Abebooks or inter library loan . Possibly copies are held in Nazeing/Broxbourne libraries.

Here is the CAA entry for G-ABYG with an address for your uncle .