On 16th December 1936 this aircraft stalled on landing at Thornaby airfield, the lower wing hit the ground and the
aircraft tipped up onto it's nose.
Pilot - Acting P/O G E Thompson RAF. Probably George Evelyn Thompson RAF (39215)
G E Thompson received his short service commission on 19th October 1936 to the rank of Acting P/O on probation and was posted to
9 FTS at Thornaby on 31st October 1936. After this date the assumption is made that he rose to F/O before WW2 and an officer of the same
initials rose to F/Lt on 3rd September 1940, it is likely that they were one and the same men. George Thompson was promoted to S/Ldr (temp)
on 1st December 1941.
If indeed the two men were one and the same then he died on 12th March 1944 and is buried in Botley Cemetery, Oxford. S/Ldr Thompson was twenty nine years old.
Hart K6455 was built to contract 410420/35 by Vickers Ltd at Weybridge and delivered to 9 FTS on 1st May 1936. It sustained Cat.R/FA damage in this incident in December 1936 and was then repaired and returned to 9 FTS. It suffered a further Cat.R/FA accident on 31st August 1937 ad was repaired and then transferred to 1 FTS on 17th May 1941 but then sent to Air Dispatch for repair on 25th May 1941 probably after a further accident. It was later transferred to Odiham for dismantling and packing on 18th November 1941 and transferred to the South African Air Force for 2 FTS on 5th December 1941. It was finally struck off RAF Charge on 3rd May 1944.