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the enthusiasm displayed by the various squadrons for low-flying raids being most marked. On 30th
October he accompanied one of these raids against an aerodrome; watching the work of his machines, he waited until they had finished and then dropped his bombs from one hundred feet altitude on hangars that were undamaged; he then attacked troops and transport in the vicinity of the aerodrome. While thus engaged he saw eight Fokkers flying above him ; at once he climbed and attacked them single-handed; having driven one down out of control he was fiercely engaged by the other seven, but he maintained the combat until rescued by a patrol of our scouts.
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England. In the last remaining aircraft, which was repaired under his supervision, he returned to Hendon, in spite of being repeatedly attacked by Messerschmitts until well out to sea. He had no guns in action and had never flown this type of aircraft previously, but his brilliant piloting enabled him to return with this much needed aircraft.
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had been cannibalised, leaving one in flying condition. With no pilot available, Strange took off in an aircraft type he had never flown before, unarmed, and with most of the instruments missing. Anti-aircraft fire forced
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I kept on kicking upwards behind me until at last I got one foot and then the other hooked inside the cockpit. Somehow I got the stick between my legs again, and jammed on full aileron and elevator; I do not know exactly what happened then, but the trick was done. The machine came over the right way
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Meeting 17-mile (27 km) race, beating his old instructor into second place. In the latter part of 1913 and early 1914, Strange flew many hours from Hendon, instructing trainee pilots. On 4 April
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to "stand up and fire all round over top of plane and behind". He also designed and fitted a machine gun mounting to the 504, consisting of a crossbar between the central struts over which was slung a rope, allowing the Lewis to be pulled up into a position from which the observer, seating in the
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Aerodrome Control Officer. The airfield had been evacuated by the RAF fighter squadron stationed there and No. 24 Squadron were tasked with saving what aircraft and equipment they could. Two fighters were patched up and flown back to England. All remaining
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scout with a Lewis gun mounted on the top wing above the cockpit, on 10 May 1915 Strange sought out the enemy to try out the new arrangement and attacked a German
Aviatik two-seater. In order to change the empty drum on the Lewis, Strange had to stand up in the cockpit. Immediately the machine
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sponsored South Coast Race on 16 September 1950, coming in 54th out of 61 entrants; and the 1950 Daily
Express Challenge Air Trophy, at the age of 59, being the oldest of the 76 competitors. He continued to fly regularly and died peacefully in his sleep in 1966, aged 75.
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greeted him. To reach Strange's hand, the man stood on a bracing wire to the landing gear, damaging it. On take-off to return south, the wire snapped, smashing the Bleriot's propeller and the machine was damaged, putting him out of the race.
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crossings in April 1941. The Catapult Aircraft Merchantmen (CAM) and their so-called "Hurricats" soon proved their worth: Seven Condors were destroyed through 1941–43, while the deterrent effect was even more important.
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downwards. Strange, hanging onto the ammunition drum of the Lewis gun, managed to swing back into the cockpit and kick the stick over to right the aircraft only 500 feet above the ground. Strange later related:
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and flew it in several competitions, including the Wiltshire Flying Club's Thruxton Cup Race on 26 August 1950, averaging 103 miles per hour (166 km/h) over the 75 miles (121 km) route; the
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front cockpit, could fire backwards over Strange's head. On 22 November 1914 it was with this arrangement that Strange claimed his first victory; with Lieutenant F. Small as gunner, he attacked an
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railway station, from a height of no more than 150 feet (46 m), causing 75 casualties and closing the station for three days. Subsequently, on 27 March, he was awarded the
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to carry four 20 lb (9.1 kg) bombs on wing racks which could be released by pulling a cable fitted in the cockpit. He dropped these bombs on
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for the catapult-launching of Hurricanes for convoy defence. A catapult for training volunteer pilots was erected at the airfield. With insufficient
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1956:"No. 38 Group – A Striking Force with No Equal: How the British Airborne Armies Came into Being"
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in Kent, with the acting-rank of lieutenant-colonel, and formed No. 2 School of Air Gunnery at
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His posting to the sixth course of instruction at the RFC's
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Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
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Scholefield, R.A. (2004). "Manchester's Early Airfields".
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Strange then established No. 1 School of Air Gunnery at
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1755:"A Flight to New Zealand in a Cirrus-Spartan Planned"
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283:(27 July 1891 – 15 November 1966) was an English
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327:. His family farmed 600 acres (2.4 km) at
2197:Flying Rebel : the story of Louis Strange
1689:(Supplement). 28 September 1920. p. 9589.
1520:(Supplement). 28 December 1915. p. 13007.
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1334:(Supplement). 23 February 1915. p. 1965.
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929:Lieut.-Col. Louis Arbon Strange, M.C., D.F.C.
726:in a 45-mile (72 km) handicap race from
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748:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
479:Aerial combat and bombing pioneer
2356:Recipients of the Military Cross
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2010:"Fighter Station's Veteran CO"
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2250:Strange, Louis A. (1989) .
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1923:. 7 May 1940. p. 2726.
1617:. London, UK: Grub Street.
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1400:"Flying Officers Decorated"
924:Distinguished Service Order
738:RAF service in World War II
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617:Distinguished Service Order
415:, being first to arrive at
202:Distinguished Service Order
132:Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
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2252:Recollections of an Airman
2231:Scholefield, R.A. (1998).
2106:"South Coast Race Entries"
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970:Distinguished Flying Cross
799:(MSFU) was established at
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770:Distinguished Flying Cross
613:Distinguished Flying Cross
303:Louis Strange was born in
214:Distinguished Flying Cross
168:Merchant Ship Fighter Unit
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1857:"The King's Cup Air Race"
1459:"Strange Captain Strange"
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1059:"Aviators' Certificates"
858:Forward Headquarters in
852:1st Allied Airborne Army
702:Spartan Aircraft Company
673:, was killed in action.
538:battle of Neuve Chapelle
1429:Archer, Jeremy (2016).
1350:"No. 6 Squadron R.A.F."
1277:Levine, Joshua (2008).
660:Australian Flying Corps
417:Trafford Park Aerodrome
346:in July and gained his
2076:"Race Day at Thruxton"
1887:"The Reading Air Fete"
1639:"Gilbert John Strange"
1279:On a Wing and a Prayer
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243:Businessman and farmer
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1304:Chronicle of Aviation
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108:Years of service
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1438:, Dorchester, Dorset
919:Awards and citations
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437:Dorsetshire Regiment
362:1914 he appeared in
340:Dorsetshire Yeomanry
136:Dorsetshire Regiment
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250:Louis Arbon Strange
158:No. 23 Squadron RFC
148:No. 24 Squadron RAF
25:Louis Arbon Strange
2366:People from Dorset
2341:British air racers
2233:Manchester Airport
2062:The London Gazette
2044:The London Gazette
1997:Scholefield (1998)
1985:Scholefield (1998)
1942:The London Gazette
1921:The London Gazette
1741:The London Gazette
1723:The London Gazette
1705:The London Gazette
1687:The London Gazette
1669:The London Gazette
1596:The London Gazette
1575:The London Gazette
1554:The London Gazette
1536:The London Gazette
1518:The London Gazette
1386:The London Gazette
1332:The London Gazette
1261:The London Gazette
1243:The London Gazette
1196:Scholefield (2004)
1137:"Flying at Hendon"
1093:The London Gazette
883:Taylorcraft Auster
848:Operation Overlord
441:No. 5 Squadron RFC
352:Royal Flying Corps
313:St Edward's School
144:No. 6 Squadron RFC
140:No. 5 Squadron RFC
2136:"Coastal Contest"
1624:978-0-948817-19-9
1499:978-0-297841-60-9
1288:978-0-007271-05-4
987:, 2 November 1918
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871:Bronze Star Medal
854:. He was also at
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775:On 21 June 1940,
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305:Tarrant Keyneston
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