Samson, Charles Rumney, 1883-1931
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Name (Hebrew)
סמסון, צ'ארלס ראמני, 1883-1931
Name (Latin)
Samson, Charles Rumney, 1883-1931
Other forms of name
Samson, Charles Rumney, 1883-
Date of birth
1883-07-08
Date of death
1931-02-05
Occupation
naval pilot
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Fights and flights, 1990:title page (Air-Commodore Charles Rumney Samson, C.M.G, D.S.O., A.F.C,. R.A.F.)
- Wikipedia, via WWW, July 11, 2011(Charles Rumney Samson; a British naval aviation pioneer who also operated the first British armoured vehicles in combat; transferring to the Royal Air Force on its creation in 1918, Samson held command of several groups in the immediate post-War period and the 1920s; born July 8, 1883 in Crumpsall, Manchester; son of Charles Leopold Samson and Margaret Alice Rumney; selected as one of the first four Royal Navy officers to receive pilot training, obtaining his Royal Aero Club certificate on April 25, 1911; appointed Officer Commanding of Naval Air Station Eastchurch in October 1911; was the first British pilot to take off from a ship, on January 10, 1912, from a foredeck ramp mounted on the battleship HMS Africa; was also the first pilot to take off from a moving ship, the battleship HMS Hibernia in Weymouth Bay, on May 2, 1912; while in command of the Royal Naval Air Station at Eastchurch, he supported Allied ground forces along the French and Belgian frontiers during World War I; served in the Royal Navy, 1896-1918 and in the Royal Air Force, 1918-1929; died February 5, 1931 in Salisbury, Wiltshire)
- The Author's Fights and flights, 1990.
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LPdF N°19 1585753 (Samson)
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Wikipedia description:
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson, (8 July 1883 – 5 February 1931) was a British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal Navy and was the first British pilot to fly an aircraft from a moving ship. He also commanded the first British armoured vehicles used in combat. Transferring to the Royal Air Force on its creation in 1918, Samson held command of several groups in the immediate post-war period and the 1920s.
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