Nicholas Goodhart
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Nicholas Goodhart, taken 7 September 2008, at Lasham Airfield
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| Nickname(s) | Nick |
| Born | 28 September 1919 Inkpen, Berkshire |
| Died | 9 April 2011 |
| Service/branch | Fleet Air Arm (FAA) |
| Years of service | 1933-1973 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
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Rear Admiral Hilary Charles Nicholas 'Nick' Goodhart CB FRAeS (28 September 1919 – 9 April 2011) was an engineer and aviator who invented the mirror-sight deck landing system for aircraft carriers. He was also a world champion and record breaker in gliding.
He was born at Inkpen, Berkshire, the son of a patent engineer. He was educated at Miss White's Kintbury, and Connaught House Weymouth.
Goodhart entered the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in the Hawke Term in 1933. He then attended the Royal Naval Engineering College at Keyham, Devonport. He served as an engineering lieutenant, and saw action in the evacuation of Crete in 1941 on HMS Formidable which was hit by two 1,000 lb bombs. He then served on HMS Dido and saw more action escorting convoys to Malta and the assaults on Italy over the next two years.
He undertook pilot training in Canada in 1944 and joined the Fleet Air Arm. While flying in a Grumman Hellcat with 896 Naval Air Squadron from the carrier HMS Ameer off the coast of the Nicobar Islands, he ditched because of engine failure on 11 July 1945 and was picked up by the destroyer, HMS Vigilant.
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