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1892-1947
Obituary
With the death after an operation on May 20th of Mr. H. J. Thomas, assistant managing director of the Bristol Aeroplane Co, British aviation has lost one of its pioneer workers. Herbert John Thomas, who was born in 1892, spent his whole life in aviation. He was one of the original team who formed the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, under Sir George White, Bart., in 1910, and remained with the firm up to the time of his death.
Thomas was one of the earliest British pilots, his Royal Aero Club certificate being No. 51, and at the time he was the youngest pilot to hold a licence. He was works manager of Bristols for 25 years, including the period of the first World War, when the famous Bristol Fighter was built in large numbers. Of public offices he had held several, and had been chairman and member of the council of the S.B.A.C. In September last year he was appointed Sheriff of Bristol. The late Mr. Thomas leaves a widow and two sons, to whom we extend our sympathy.[1]
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- ↑ Flight Magazine of 29th May 1947.