Wing Commander Roland Beamont

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wing_Commander_Roland_Beamont
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:aircraftFlown gptkb:Gloster_Meteor
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Hawker_Typhoon
gptkb:Hawker_Hurricane
gptkb:English_Electric_Canberra
gptkb:English_Electric_Lightning
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkbp:birthDate 1920-08-10
gptkbp:children gptkb:Richard_Beamont
Vivien Beamont
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:deathDate 2001-11-19
gptkbp:education gptkb:Rugby_School
gptkbp:fullName Roland Prosper Beamont
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wing Commander Roland Beamont
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:Wing_Commander
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor leading the development of the Panavia Tornado
leading the development of the English Electric Canberra
first British pilot to fly the English Electric Lightning
gptkbp:notableWork test pilot for English Electric Lightning
test pilot for English Electric Canberra
test pilot for Tornado
gptkbp:numberOfAerialVictories 6
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:pilot
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Chichester,_West_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:West_Sussex,_England
gptkbp:POW gptkb:Stalag_Luft_III
gptkbp:POWStatus Yes
gptkbp:prisonerOfWar gptkb:Stalag_Luft_III
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Tempest_over_Europe
Testing Years
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:shotDown 1944
gptkbp:spouse Janet Beamont
gptkbp:testPiloted gptkb:British_Aircraft_Corporation
gptkb:English_Electric
gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:No._142_Wing_RAF
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7