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Robert Henry Laws
1828-1891
My paternal great-grandfather
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'One Man's War.'
One Mans War - A bit about the RAF – Part 2
It was only a few weeks before I was posted to the EFTS at Peterborough to get my feet off the ground. It was an intensive course of lectures and flying and we had half a day a week of free time. Flying was exhilarating but learning was not easy and it took a few hours in the air to get over the problem of airsickness. There was no time to spare as unless one went solo in seven or eight hours one was out of flying training.
Fortunately, the Tiger Moths which were the standard trainer of the day was a very safe aircraft and stood up to much abuse.
Even so, I saw one pilot foolish enough to pull the wings off one, and have to join the Caterpillar Club.
(The Caterpillar Club is an informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. After authentication by the parachute maker, applicants receive a membership certificate and a distinctive lapel pin. The nationality of the person saving his life by parachute and ownership of the aircraft are not factors in determining qualification for membership; anybody who has saved his life by using a parachute after bailing out of a disabled aircraft is eligible).
(The Caterpillar Club is an informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft. After authentication by the parachute maker, applicants receive a membership certificate and a distinctive lapel pin. The nationality of the person saving his life by parachute and ownership of the aircraft are not factors in determining qualification for membership; anybody who has saved his life by using a parachute after bailing out of a disabled aircraft is eligible).
I think the second solo flight was the most difficult, perhaps the lessons have been forgotten or perhaps they had never been really learnt. In all, we did about fifty hours at the EFTS. The system was overloaded of course. There weren’t even enough flying log books to go round and loose sheets had to be used. My elementary training lasted from 4th August 1941 till 12 September 1941. How lucky it was summer.
Ten days later I was at the little airfield at Scone near Perth in Scotland doing my first flight on a course to become a flying instructor. One’s feet had hardly had time to touch the ground so to speak. Now we flew Magisters as well as Tiger Moths These were a more modern low wing monoplane but still quite well behaved though perhaps just a little less forgiving. We learnt the beginnings of aerobatics, though it was distinctly not encouraged to come into land from an inverted approach as one instructor I flew with did. The Tiger had a gravity feed fuel system so the engine cut out if you stayed inverted.
One of the more amusing exercises was restarting the engine in flight. Having stopped the prop by cutting off the fuel and going nose up to a stall one had to put the fuel on again and go into a vertical dive till the slipstream made the prop spin again and started the engine. Methods of instruction had been wholly standardised and one learned the standard ‘patter’ and suited actions to words.
One of the more amusing exercises was restarting the engine in flight. Having stopped the prop by cutting off the fuel and going nose up to a stall one had to put the fuel on again and go into a vertical dive till the slipstream made the prop spin again and started the engine. Methods of instruction had been wholly standardised and one learned the standard ‘patter’ and suited actions to words.
Scone was pleasant airfield for this course. It was not too close to the mountains and there were plenty of easily recognisable natural features to help you find your way. Although it was approaching winter, it was not too cold and the main hazard was fog which could slide in quickly and cover the field. It was sometimes quite shallow with the trees sticking up through it would give you the shape of the field so that you knew where to go down through it to land.
There was, of course, no radio in those aircraft and only a limited instrument panel, not the standard blind flying panel. We didn’t do any instrument flying on this course, We had however done half a dozen hours on the Link trainer on the ab initio course and did a further eight hours at Scone. The link was elementary flight simulator for instrument flying training, we did not do any night flying but we did the standard aerobatics of loops and rolls and became reasonably competent on the elementary aircraft with just another hundred hours of flying time done to finish the course just before Christmas 1941.
There was, of course, no radio in those aircraft and only a limited instrument panel, not the standard blind flying panel. We didn’t do any instrument flying on this course, We had however done half a dozen hours on the Link trainer on the ab initio course and did a further eight hours at Scone. The link was elementary flight simulator for instrument flying training, we did not do any night flying but we did the standard aerobatics of loops and rolls and became reasonably competent on the elementary aircraft with just another hundred hours of flying time done to finish the course just before Christmas 1941.
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EXTRACTS FROM OUR DATABASE FOR TODAY 8th January
Family Events
1843 - Baptism: Rosina LAWS-6547, Hellington Norfolk England
1854 - Baptism: Sarah Ann LAWS-46023, Clifton Gloucestershire England
1856 - Baptism: Lucy LAWS-6549, Cawston Norfolk England
1860 - Birth: Arthur James LAWS-13440, (Engineer) Wimblington Cambridgeshire England
1860 - Birth: Benjamin Taylor LAWS-6676, Mississippi United States
1865 - Birth: Uriah Edwin John LAWES-449, (Coach Painter) Crampmoor Hampshire England
1867 - Birth: Christopher Columbus LAWS-17188, Yancy County North Carolina United States
1882 - Birth: Albert LAWS-5649, Railway Signalman)
1888 - Birth: Osmond LAWES-34958, (Foreman House Painter & Decorator) Andover Hampshire England
1893 - Birth: Henry Charles LAWS-33841, (Laundryman) Acton Middlesex England
1895 - Birth: John Clifford LAWS-19443, (Ag Lab) Whitby North Yorkshire England
1902 - Birth: Keith W LAWS-42310, (Dental Surgeon)
1902 - Birth: Vera Nellie Irene LAWS-35027, Ipswich Suffolk England
1907 - Birth: Frederick W LAWES-49036, (Motor Driver)
1909 - Birth: George H LAWES-49186, (Watch & Clock Repairer)
1910 - Birth: John Reginald LAWS-12925, (Grocer) Eaglehawk Victoria Australia
1919 - Birth: Leonard Owen Maxwell LAWS-14624, Blayney New South Wales Australia
1920 - Birth: Jane Ann LAWS-37561,
1854 - Baptism: Sarah Ann LAWS-46023, Clifton Gloucestershire England
1856 - Baptism: Lucy LAWS-6549, Cawston Norfolk England
1860 - Birth: Arthur James LAWS-13440, (Engineer) Wimblington Cambridgeshire England
1860 - Birth: Benjamin Taylor LAWS-6676, Mississippi United States
1865 - Birth: Uriah Edwin John LAWES-449, (Coach Painter) Crampmoor Hampshire England
1867 - Birth: Christopher Columbus LAWS-17188, Yancy County North Carolina United States
1882 - Birth: Albert LAWS-5649, Railway Signalman)
1888 - Birth: Osmond LAWES-34958, (Foreman House Painter & Decorator) Andover Hampshire England
1893 - Birth: Henry Charles LAWS-33841, (Laundryman) Acton Middlesex England
1895 - Birth: John Clifford LAWS-19443, (Ag Lab) Whitby North Yorkshire England
1902 - Birth: Keith W LAWS-42310, (Dental Surgeon)
1902 - Birth: Vera Nellie Irene LAWS-35027, Ipswich Suffolk England
1907 - Birth: Frederick W LAWES-49036, (Motor Driver)
1909 - Birth: George H LAWES-49186, (Watch & Clock Repairer)
1910 - Birth: John Reginald LAWS-12925, (Grocer) Eaglehawk Victoria Australia
1919 - Birth: Leonard Owen Maxwell LAWS-14624, Blayney New South Wales Australia
1920 - Birth: Jane Ann LAWS-37561,
MARRIAGES
1875 - Marriage: George LAWS-6145 and Frances LANZADOWN-6157, Issaquena Mississippi United States
1927 - Marriage: Walter Gordon LAWES-12983 (Australian Army) and Vivia Paternoster WHITE-29477,
1840 - Burial: Henry LAWS-31688, Fincham Norfolk England
1870 - Burial: Sophia LAWS-31566, (Infant) Acton Middlesex England
1888 - Death: Louisa Ann LAWS-23926, Folkestone Kent England
1888 - Death: Louisa Ann LAWS-23926, Folkestone Kent England
1919 - Death: Edward LAWS-5144, (Assistant Overseer) Head Durham England
1921 - Death: Nora Annie LAWS-32155, (Spinster) Woodhall, Morpeth Northumberland England
1943 - Death: Rebecca LAWS-39016, Ilford Essex England
1955 - Death: James Frederick LAWS-25340, Townsville Queensland Australia
1960 - Death: Edmund William LAWS-14750, Ettalong New South Wales Australia
1962 - Death: Peter Syme LAWS-47281, Ventura County, California United States
1975 - Death: Mable Wilhelmina LAWES-14539, Auburn New South Wales Australia
1981 - Death: James Ritchie LAWS-38962, (Company Secretary) Weymouth Dorset England
1996 - Death: Faye Effie LAWS-42197,
2016 - Cremation: Ingrid M LAWS-42215, Ipswich Suffolk England
1876 - Occupation: J C LAWS-27184, (Chief Electrician on a Ship)
1915 - Discharged: Lionel John Mingage BRIGGS-45706, (Professional Actor) Manchester Lancashire England
1915 - Enlistment: Harold John LAWS-28808, (ARMY 68170) Woolwich Kent England
1923 - Residence: Frederick William Derwin LAWS-32419, (Retired Engineer) Lincoln, Lincolnshire England
1932 - Arrival: Geoffrey LAWS-10956, (Lt Colonel) London England
OTHER BIRTHS
1780 - Baptism: Phillip GREEDUS-49558, Shoreditch Middlesex England
(My 3rd Great Grand Uncle)
(My 3rd Great Grand Uncle)
1857 - Christen: Mary Anne ARNOLD-103, Seale, Surrey, England
1873 - Birth: William John MULHERN-25423, Springsure Queensland Australia
1879 - Birth: Rose Alberta MARLEY-13960, Wilkes County North Carolina United States
1873 - Birth: William John MULHERN-25423, Springsure Queensland Australia
1879 - Birth: Rose Alberta MARLEY-13960, Wilkes County North Carolina United States
1891 - Birth: Emily R SCRIVEN-39142,
1894 - Birth: James Newton GIBSON-37793, Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland England
(Saint Andrews)
(Saint Andrews)
OTHER MARRIAGES
OTHER DEATHS and BURIALS
1954 - Death: Bessie Caroline ULPH-18050,
1978 - Death: Lydia KELLAR-35490,
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Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of time.
That I might find the roots that made this family tree of mine.
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads, on which our fathers trod.
Which led them through so many lands, to find our present sod.
that missing link between some name that ends the same as mine
Lord help me find an ancient book or dusty manuscript,
that's safely hidden now away, in some forgotten crypt.
Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts my soul when I can't find,
that missing link between some name, that ends the same as mine.
Sharon Nicola LAWS
2008 Olympics Cyclist
Environmental adviser for Rio Tinto Zinc
1974-2017
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