WWII RAF Battle Of Britain Hurricane Fighter Ace Roland Beaumont DSO DFC Signed
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:15911727 | Modified Item: No |
| Sub-Type: RAF WWII FIGHTER PILOT | Type: Military |
| Object: SIGNED BOOKPLATE |
You are looking at a small bookplate with the original autograph of the following late great Battle of Britain RAF fighter ace:
Wing Commander Roland Beaumont CBE DSO* DFC* :
One of WWIIs great characters, Bee flew Hurricanes with 87 Squadron, later leading a Tempest Wing. He ended WWII with 8 air to air victories plus a further 32 VIs destroyed in the air. After the war he became a highly respected Chief Test Pilot.
Wing Commander Roland Beamont accepted a short service com...mission with the RAF in 1938. He commenced flying in 1939 at the the No. 13 Reserve Flying School at White Waltham. His initial duty was with the Group Fighter Pool at St. Athan where he learned to fly the Hurricane. He was soon posted with 87 Squadron which was part of the Advanced Air Striking Force in France. Seeing action in both France and Belgium prior to the Allied withdrawal, He rejoined 87 Squadron back in the UK during the Battle of Britain. In the spring of 1941 he was awarded the DFC after shooting down five enemy aircraft. As C/O of 609 Squadron, he pioneered both day and night ground attack missions using the Hawker Typhoon. He was credited with destroying 25 trains in a three month period. He was then made responsible for organizing and commanding the first Tempest Wing at Newchurch. Three days after D-Day he shot down a Me109, marking the first aerial combat victory for the Hawker Tempest. In the summer of 1944 he shot down 32 Doodlebug flying bombs prior to leading his wing to a Dutch Airfield at Volkel on the Continent.
In October 1944 he was shot down during a ground attack mission over Germany, and he remained a PoW until the end of the war. Following repatriation he became an experimental test pilot with the Gloster Aircraft Company, which had developed the RAF's first jet aircraft. Turning down a permanent commission with the RAF, he then joined English Electric Company in Wharton as the Chief Test Pilot for the B3/45 (Canberra) jet bomber program. He managed all prototype testing on the Canberra, and in the process set two Atlantic speed records. Later he was involved with the supersonic P1/Lightning program, and became the first British pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound.
From 1965 until 1970 he was a founding member of Britain's highly successful Saudi Arabian export program. For several years prior to his retirement in 1979, He was Director of Operations for British Aerospace and Panavia where he was in charge of flight testing for the Tornado.
He passed away November 2001.
This bookplate / piece would look great mounted in any RAF Battle of Britain book especially Roland Beaumonts book 'My Part of the Sky' or a nice Hurricane or Typhoon print.
International bidders please note any item(s) purchased for over £20 must pay for and be posted by international signed for postage only.
Wing Commander Roland Beaumont CBE DSO* DFC* :
One of WWIIs great characters, Bee flew Hurricanes with 87 Squadron, later leading a Tempest Wing. He ended WWII with 8 air to air victories plus a further 32 VIs destroyed in the air. After the war he became a highly respected Chief Test Pilot.
Wing Commander Roland Beamont accepted a short service com...mission with the RAF in 1938. He commenced flying in 1939 at the the No. 13 Reserve Flying School at White Waltham. His initial duty was with the Group Fighter Pool at St. Athan where he learned to fly the Hurricane. He was soon posted with 87 Squadron which was part of the Advanced Air Striking Force in France. Seeing action in both France and Belgium prior to the Allied withdrawal, He rejoined 87 Squadron back in the UK during the Battle of Britain. In the spring of 1941 he was awarded the DFC after shooting down five enemy aircraft. As C/O of 609 Squadron, he pioneered both day and night ground attack missions using the Hawker Typhoon. He was credited with destroying 25 trains in a three month period. He was then made responsible for organizing and commanding the first Tempest Wing at Newchurch. Three days after D-Day he shot down a Me109, marking the first aerial combat victory for the Hawker Tempest. In the summer of 1944 he shot down 32 Doodlebug flying bombs prior to leading his wing to a Dutch Airfield at Volkel on the Continent.
In October 1944 he was shot down during a ground attack mission over Germany, and he remained a PoW until the end of the war. Following repatriation he became an experimental test pilot with the Gloster Aircraft Company, which had developed the RAF's first jet aircraft. Turning down a permanent commission with the RAF, he then joined English Electric Company in Wharton as the Chief Test Pilot for the B3/45 (Canberra) jet bomber program. He managed all prototype testing on the Canberra, and in the process set two Atlantic speed records. Later he was involved with the supersonic P1/Lightning program, and became the first British pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound.
From 1965 until 1970 he was a founding member of Britain's highly successful Saudi Arabian export program. For several years prior to his retirement in 1979, He was Director of Operations for British Aerospace and Panavia where he was in charge of flight testing for the Tornado.
He passed away November 2001.
This bookplate / piece would look great mounted in any RAF Battle of Britain book especially Roland Beaumonts book 'My Part of the Sky' or a nice Hurricane or Typhoon print.
International bidders please note any item(s) purchased for over £20 must pay for and be posted by international signed for postage only.
