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The first Royal Navy officer to gain a Royal Aero Club Aviator's Licence. He made his first flight on 19 June 1910, flying Frank McClean's Short S.27 (Shorts' works no. S.26) for 11 miles in 20 minutes; the following day he passed the tests for the Pilot's Certificate, which was awarded at the Royal Aero Club's committee meeting on 21 June 1910 ...
Served in the Royal Garrison Artillery, the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force. Died in Cheltenham. 170 Lt. Amyas Eden Borton, Black Watch: 9 January 1912 [1] (1886–1969) Used a Bristol Biplane at Salisbury Plain. Served in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force. Retired as an Air Vice-Marshal, in 1933. 171 Benjamin Graham Wood
The Royal Aero Club's Accident Investigation Committee's Report N. 19 stated that "the condition of the pilot's health, as disclosed by the medical evidence, coupled with the fact of the gradual turning over of the aircraft in its descent to the ground, point to the pilot having lost consciousness just before or at the commencement of the dive ...
An officer in the Burma Rifles served with the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. 146 Lionel Seymour Metford 17 October 1911 [90] 1888–1950 Served with the Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force, died in Canada. 147 William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse [6] 17 October 1911 [90] Rhodes-Moorhouse was the first airman to be awarded the VC.
Royal Aero Club certificates awarded in 1914 (nos. 720–1032) ; No. Name Date Comment 720 Captain Robert John Lillywhite RFC: 1 January 1914 [1]: Died 26 November 1916 (killed in "an aeroplane accident at the Front", aged 23), [2] nephew of the famous cricketer James Lillywhite.
Wingfield was a member of the Royal Aero Club, the Belsize Boxing Club, the Inns of Court Fencing Club, and the "Done our Bit" Ex-Servicemen's Club. [1] Wingfield married opera singer Ella Frank in 1928. [1] He died in 1989 in St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey. [5]
Grace was one of this early group of pioneering aviators, and in April 1910 he was awarded only the fourth Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate. [2] [3] Prior to his death, Grace had arranged to give free flying lessons to prospective pilots nominated by the Royal Navy. The lessons were subsequently given by another aviator, George Cockburn. [4]
He attended Avon Old Farms school in USA. They continue to pay homage to Sanders and the sacrifice he made. Sadly he died age 29, on 24 March 1943 when he crashed his plane. His birth date is shown as 27 December 1913 on the Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate, which he received from the Airwork School of Flying on 16 June 1936 in Great Britain.