"Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill
"To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today"
Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London
The prototype (K2915) flew on 12 September 1934. One year later, on 4 September 1935, the first production aircraft flew (K4636), and during 1936 the type entered squadron service by the Royal Air Force. The Hind differed from the Hart in having a tailwheel in place of the skid, a more developed exhaust system and a cutaway rear cockpit to provide a better field of view for the gunner. The Hind, converted to a trainer variant, remained in service until World War Two. The Swiss Air Force acquired one single two-seat unarmed communications aircraft.
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