Claim: In 1931, Spartan Aircraft's operations were allied to the Saunders-Roe company in which Whitehall Securities had taken a majority shareholding; then in April 1935, Whitehall Securities and Jersey Airways (formed by Walter Thurgood on August 9, 1933) formed United Airways as a sister airline to Spartan Air Lines.
Evidence: In 1931 Spartan Aircraft's operations were allied to the Saunders-Roe company in which Whitehall Securities had taken a majority shareholding. In April 1935, Whitehall Securities and Jersey Airways formed United Airways as a sister airline to Spartan Air Lines. Jersey Airways Limited was formed by Walter Thurgood on 9 December 1933.