Original slide carries date 'About 1934'. First registered 11 March 1932 to Westland Aircraft, then on -5 April 1932 to Portsmouth, Southsea & Isle of Wight Aviation and depicted here operating their service from Portsmouth to Ryde, Isle of Wight, which it had inaugurated on 27 June 1932 and became widely known as 'The Spithead Ferry'. On -8 June 1936, it stalled on approach to Ryde and went through the boundary fence, which removed the undercarriage. It was DBR in the ensuing ground slide but of the six occupants, only the pilot sustained minor injuries. Cancelled August 1936.

Converted from Westland IV and registered April 1929. Exhibited at the International Aero Exhibition at Olympia July 1929, after which it went to Imperial Airways at Croydon for use by their private hire department. (The photographer described it as a 'four-seater air taxi'). Sold to Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble 24th November 1937. Withdrawn from use at Watchfield 16th August 1940. Cancelled in the census of 1st November 1945.