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Commander Samson with other British airmen, WW1

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Commander Samson with other British airmen, WW1

Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 5 February 1931), British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal Navy and was the first person 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. Pictured with other British airmen and officers in October 1914. Date: 1914

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© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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