F/O Leslie Hamilton | ||
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A stunt pilot known as the 'Flying Gypsy'; RAF in WWI (6 victories in Greece) who was Princess Anne Lowenstein-Wortheim's pilot after the war. He and his friends piled into his Vickers Viking flying-boat G-EBED in 1927 (the same year it was written off, btw) to fly from the Swiss Winter Sports' Season to spend a holiday on the French Riviera." - see the video here: By Air To Anywhere - British Pathé (britishpathe.com) They, together with Fred Minchin (left), were killed when trying to cross the Atlantic from East to West in 1927. For a video of them and the aeroplane, see the middle bit here: Old Flying Stories - British Pathé (britishpathe.com) [The rest of it shows Walter Hinchliffe's preparations for a planned similar flight with Charles Levine (qv)]. |