EoN Olympia 2B BGA.995 glider at Sutton Bank.
On Monday, 20th July 1970 this glider stalled and crashed at Sutton Bank sadly killing the pilot.
Pilot - Mr Victor Reginald Wright. Aged 34. Of Chesterfield. Burial location unknown.
This glider was given it's certificate of airworthiness in April 1961, following this mishap it appears to have been repaired but nothing further is currently known.
Victor Wright was born on 4th December 1925 in Bradford, Yorkshire. He had been gliding for many years and at the time of his death he was a gliding instructor at Camphill for the Derbyshire and Lancashire Gliding Club. He was married and left a daughter.