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High Speed Heart photo gallery

By gstain on April 27, 2021

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

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