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Description:Chapters: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, John Sherwood-Kelly, William Frederick Faulds, Clement Robertson, Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward, William Henry Hewitt, Oswald Austin Reid. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Captain Andrew (Anthony) Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor, VC, DSO, MC and bar, DFC (4 September 1894 21 June 1921) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was South Africa's leading ace for World War I; he was credited with 54 aerial victories. Beauchamp-Proctor was born 4 September 1894 in Mossel Bay, Cape Province, the second son of a school teacher. He was attending the University of Cape Town studying engineering when the European war broke out. He took leave from his studies to join the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles. He served as a signalman in the German South-West Africa campaign. In August 1915 he was demobilised with an honorable discharge. He promptly went to work with the South African Field Telegraph and re-enrolled in university. He managed to complete his third year of college before re-enlisting, this time into the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), in March 1917. He was accepted as an Air Mechanic Third Class. From there he passed on to pilot training at the School of Military Aeronautics at Oxford in England, where he was also commissioned. He managed to learn to fly despite his wiry stature of five feet two inches. His aircraft seating was altered to accommodate him; his seat was raised so he had a better view from the cockpit and so he could reach controls. Blocks of wood were also fastened on his rudder bar so he could reach it. On 10 June 1917, he soloed, when he had ju...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=117923We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with South African World War I Recipients of the Victoria Cross: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, John Sherwood-Kelly, William Frederick Faulds. To get started finding South African World War I Recipients of the Victoria Cross: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, John Sherwood-Kelly, William Frederick Faulds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Chapters: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, John Sherwood-Kelly, William Frederick Faulds, Clement Robertson, Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward, William Henry Hewitt, Oswald Austin Reid. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Captain Andrew (Anthony) Frederick Weatherby Beauchamp-Proctor, VC, DSO, MC and bar, DFC (4 September 1894 21 June 1921) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was South Africa's leading ace for World War I; he was credited with 54 aerial victories. Beauchamp-Proctor was born 4 September 1894 in Mossel Bay, Cape Province, the second son of a school teacher. He was attending the University of Cape Town studying engineering when the European war broke out. He took leave from his studies to join the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles. He served as a signalman in the German South-West Africa campaign. In August 1915 he was demobilised with an honorable discharge. He promptly went to work with the South African Field Telegraph and re-enrolled in university. He managed to complete his third year of college before re-enlisting, this time into the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), in March 1917. He was accepted as an Air Mechanic Third Class. From there he passed on to pilot training at the School of Military Aeronautics at Oxford in England, where he was also commissioned. He managed to learn to fly despite his wiry stature of five feet two inches. His aircraft seating was altered to accommodate him; his seat was raised so he had a better view from the cockpit and so he could reach controls. Blocks of wood were also fastened on his rudder bar so he could reach it. On 10 June 1917, he soloed, when he had ju...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=117923We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with South African World War I Recipients of the Victoria Cross: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, John Sherwood-Kelly, William Frederick Faulds. To get started finding South African World War I Recipients of the Victoria Cross: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, John Sherwood-Kelly, William Frederick Faulds, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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South African World War I Recipients of the Victoria Cross: Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, John Sherwood-Kelly, William Frederick Faulds

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