Harold Beamish
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Harold Francis Beamish was a flying ace of World War I from New Zealand. He had 11 victories, many in a Sopwith Camel
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He served in the R.N.A.S. and the R.A.F., becoming a Captain, and later returned to New Zealand, where he was a sheep farmer.
He was born and died in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School
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Sopwith Camel
The Sopwith Camel was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter introduced on the Western Front in 1917. Manufactured by Sopwith Aviation Company, it had a short-coupled fuselage, heavy, powerful rotary engine, and concentrated fire from twin synchronized machine guns. Though difficult...
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He served in the R.N.A.S. and the R.A.F., becoming a Captain, and later returned to New Zealand, where he was a sheep farmer.
He was born and died in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, and attended Wanganui Collegiate School
Wanganui Collegiate School
Wanganui Collegiate School is an independent, coeducational, day and boarding secondary school in Wanganui, New Zealand. The school is affiliated to the Anglican church.-About:...
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