On 25th June 1936 this aircraft was damaged as a result of Audax K5247 taxiing into it while it was parked at Thornaby airfield.
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Hart K5816 had a long service history, having being built to contract 410420/35 by Vickers at Weybridge it was delivered to 9 FTS on 18th March 1936. Following this Cat.R/FA mishap at Thornaby on 25th June 1936 it was repaired and returned to service and continued to serve with 9 FTS until being transferred to 1 ASU on 6th January 1938 for storage. It was issued to 10 ERFTS on 23rd February 1938 and suffered a Cat.R/FA on 23rd March 1938. Following repair it was passed to 9 ERFTS on 15th September 1938 then 11 ERFTS on 6th June 1939, then 5 FTS on 3rd September 1939 moving onto 1 FTS on 22nd January 1940, 9 FTS on 5th October 1940, back to 1 FTS on 11th April 1941. It was then sent to Marshall's at Cambridge for repair on 26th April 1941 and then issued to 1 FTS again on 17th June 1941 and then back to Marshall's for repair on 29th July 1941. It was then issued again to 1 FTS on 10th January 1942 and was finally written off with Cat.W/FA damage on 18th February 1942 and was struck off charge as beyond economic repair on an unknown date thereafter.
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