SCHNEIDER TROPHY RACER

Vintage Schneider Trophy press photograph from The Times
Signed by RAF High Speed Flight Pilot

Air Cdre David D’Arcy Greig DFC AFC ~ Supermarine S5

Air Commodore David D’Arcy Greig DFC AFC (1900-1986) flew with 83 squadron in WWI. In September 1918 he was shot down behind enemy lines but managed to evade capture and walked home, through the lines, a distance of 13 miles.

Whilst an Instructor at the Central Flying School, he carried out aerobatic displays with John Boothman, where they did a mirrored falling leaf, with Boothman being inverted.  During one of these displays, Greig’s aircraft fell apart in the air but fortunately he walked away from the wreckage uninjured.  He also led the CFS aerobatic team of five Genet Moths in 1927.

Selected as a member of the High Speed Flight, in 1928 he raised the World Air Speed Record to 319.57 mph in the Supermarine S5.  He finished 3rd in the 1929 race behind the Supermarine S6 which won it for Britain.

A scarce WW1 and Schneider Trophy signature

The photo is in Fine condition, measuring approx. 8 x 6 inches

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