Henry Haberfield Thomas
Henry Haberfield Thomas | |
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Born | Bristol, England | 11 May 1886
Died | 17 October 1918 | (aged 32)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Aircraft designer |
Known for | Saunders T.1 |
Henry Haberfield Thomas (11 May 1886 – 17 October 1918) was an English aircraft designer and chief designer at Limited. Only one of his designs flew before he was killed by the 1918 flu pandemic.
Early life[]
Thomas was born in Bristol on 11 May 1886.[1]
Aircraft designer[]
In 1909 he joined the British & Colonial Aeroplane Company moving in 1914 to Vickers in London. At the start of the first world war he moved to the Royal Aircraft Factory.[1] In July 1916 he was appointed the chief designer at Limited on the Isle of Wight.[1] Thomas first design to fly was the Saunders T.1 a two-seat biplane, it first flew in 1917 but only one was built.[1] His next project was a large flying boat bomber named Great Britain designed to carry a 1,000 lbs of bombs to Berlin.[1] The design was not built possibly due to Thomas contracting influenza from which he died on 17 October 1918.[1]
Family life[]
Thomas married in May 1917 to Martha Jessie Paterson and they had a daughter in May 1918.[1]
References[]
- 1886 births
- 1918 deaths
- English aerospace engineers
- Deaths from Spanish flu