High Speed Heart photo galleryBy gstain / August 21, 2023 Stainforth – Glover family tree David and Georgie Stainforth 1905 Wotton Rectory 1905. Mary Stainforth with Archie and Georgie Rev. Richard Glover 1900 Georgie’s uncle, Rev A E Glover Georgie – first day at school, Autumn 1907 Letter from Georgie to his mother, Feb 1908 ‘How to Fly’ front cover George with Mother, Archie and Moxon at Mundesley TB home George’s schoolboy sketch of the Sopwith Tabloid Mary and Ethel Stainforth in Avro 504, 1919 George’s wife Gladys, 1922 George – caricature by Milner, 1923 George in Egypt, 1925 George giving a flying lesson in Egypt, 1925 One of many ‘Exceptional’ ratings in George’s logbook, 1927 George and his brother Archie, with their aunt Ethel, crippled father, and mother Mary, 1927 King’s Cup Air Race route 1928 Another ‘Exceptional’ rating, 1928 Gloster Grebe used by Atcherley and George in the 1929 King’s Cup Air Race The 1929 King’s Cup Air Race route Batchy and George after winning the King’s Cup Air Race 1929 George, centre, with the rest of the 1929 ‘High Speed Flight’ Cartoon of 1929 Schneider Trophy characters High Speed Flight 1929: Waghorn, Moon, Greig, Orlebar, Stainforth and Atcherley Seaplanes lined up for the 1929 Schneider Contest Orly, Grieg, George and Mitchell in the motor launch, 1929 1929 Schneider Trophy Contest course ‘Where’s George?’ notice at Calshot, 1931 G carried ashore from Supermarine S5, 1931 Relatives and friends watch the Schneider Trophy Contest 1931 from Calshot Pier. George at the 1931 contest Boothman, Orlebar, George (and his dog, Gin) in front of the cameras at Schneider Trophy 1931 contest George in the Supermarine S6B before the speed record attempt George with the High Speed Flight and sponsor Lady Houston after we’d won the Schneider Trophy Contest outright in 1931 George breaking the World Speed Record over the Solent, Sept 29, 1931 (painting) George’s World Speed Record Certificate, Sept 1931. 407.5 mph. Boothman and George walking down Mall on way to Buckingham Palace on their way to collect their AFCs George at Buckingham Palace (1) George at Buckingham Palace (2) George being ‘chaired’ at his old school, Weymouth College, in November 1931 George crashes 1932 George after the 1932 crash George before making the first flight of the Airspeed Courier, 1933 George dive bombs civilian bus near Stonehenge in his Fury biplane, June 1935 Stella Stella on Agami Beach, Alexandria, Egypt. Photos taken by George George and Stella with her father in Alexandria on New Year’s Eve, 1936 The crazy welcome George’s 30 Squadron gave to a newcomer to RAF Dhibban in 1937 Group photo of same ‘I love you’ written in red ink by George with his erect dick, 1938 ‘I do NOT give up the fight, as long as I’m alive’ – George, July 1938 Stella’s Christmas Card to George, 1939 George at West Stowell Farm near RAF Upavon, with Goblin (his Sealyham) and pet fox, spring 1940 George with ‘Bull’ Halahan in Cheltenham, June 1940 George Christmas card to Stella when he was back in Egypt again in December 1941 George with the 89 Squadron ‘scoreboard’, Spring 1942 George’s drawing of ‘his Beau’ X7704 George with Churchill at RAF Abu Sueir, August 1942 George with his dog ‘Boxer’ at RAF Abu Sueir, August 1942 George, photo taken by Stella at Abu Sueir, August 1942 Last picture taken of George (by Ronald Scott), late August 1942 ‘Killed in action’ – the last page of George’s logbook George’s first gravestone, British Cemetery, Ismailia, Egypt, October 1942 Letter from King George VI to Gladys Stainforth, October 1942 George’s final gravestone at the British Cemetery in Ismailia George’s ‘Golden Years’ of flying, 1923-35 George’s ‘Stella years’, 1935-42. The incredible saga that spread to the Middle East, Egypt and darkest Africa. George’s years in Egypt, 1935-38 and 1942 The Stainforth Trophy, commissioned by Stella in the late 1970s, crafted by Robin Beresford. Awarded each year to the winning RAF Bomber Command squadron
