18-Comet Jet

 18-Comet Jet

18-Comet Jet  -  embroidered by Peter Walters

DH 108 'Swallow' was an experimental aircraft for the Comet jet airliner.  Geoffrey de Havilland lost his life in it at supersonic speed over the Thames Estuary.  Geoffrey was billeted in Tewin during the war and is buried in the churchyard with his mother Lady Louie de Havilland.