Supermarine S6B Weather Vane - Weymouth

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The Stainforth weather vane in Greenhill Gardens. The weather vane celebrates Lt George Stainforth's World record air speed of 406.92 mph in a Schneider Supermarine S6B seaplane in 1931.

Stainforth was killed in a plane crash in 1942 during a night sortie over the Western Desert while serving in WWII