On 22nd February 1936 this aircraft had just risen into the air after taking off from Thornaby airfield when it stalled
and crashed back onto the ground at the airfield. The aircraft ran into soft ground and overturned and was badly damaged.
Wapiti K1154 was built to contract 933774/29 by Westland at Yeovil and delivered to HAD on 27th May 1930 where it remained
in storage until transferred to 608 Squadron on 6th June 1931. Cat.W/FA damage was recorded following the incident above and it was finally struck off charge on 11th August 1936 with a total of 444.45 flying hours.
Pilot - F/O Keith Pyman RAF AAF (90299). Of Yarm.
Keith Pyman was also a civilian pilot in the late 1920's and early 1930's; on 23rd October 1930 DH60 Gipsy Moth G-ABFT was registered to him and
the certificate of airworthiness issued a week later. The aircraft was used at Dunsley aerodrome near Whitby, North Yorkshire. He kept the aircraft
until 31st July 1939 when it was registered to the Hartlepool and Teesside Flying Club at West Hartlepool.
Keith Pyman received his commission to the rank of P/O on an unknown date but before 1932. He received promotions to F/O on 27th September 1932
and F/Lt on 1st December 1936. He was the pilot of Demon K3771 that crashed at Yarm on 5th February 1938 while low flying in the region of the pilot's home. As F/Lt he relinquished his commission on 2nd March 1940 due to being medically unfit for service. The assumption
that this was the result of being injured in a flying accident, possibly the Yarm incident two years previously.