Royal Airforce Pilots

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Lettice Curtis H1932 (1915-2014) – English Aviator, Flight Test Engineer, Air Racing Pilot and Sportswoman

Lettice Curtis H1932 (1915-2014) – English Aviator, Flight …

Lettice Curtis was enrolled at Benenden because her parents “wanted the girls in the family to be educated so they could earn their own livings” and joined Hemsted House in 1927. She was an avid spor…

Capitaine Jean Maridor (1920-1944) – Heroic Pilot Whose Sacrifice Saved the School Buildings

Capitaine Jean Maridor (1920-1944) – Heroic Pilot Whose Sac…

On 3 August 1944 at 12.30pm Capitaine Jean Maridor, a pilot with 91 Squadron RAF, died while successfully preventing a flying bomb from hitting its target: the buildings of Benenden School which at t…

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