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.