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Cecil Lewis [England]

Name:Cecil Arthur Lewis
Country:England
Rank:Captain
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Squadrons:3, 44, 56, 61, 152
Victories:8
Born:29 March 1898
Place of Birth:
Died:27 January 1997
Place of Death:
Military Cross (MC)Cecil Lewis

Notes
Author of the aviation classic, "Sagittarious Rising," Lewis joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915. In 1916, he flew the Morane Parasol in combat and won the Military Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Somme. Flying the S.E.5a with 56 Squadron, he was credited with eight victories during May and June of 1917. At the 1938 Academy Awards ceremony, Lewis, George Bernard Shaw, Ian Dalrymple and W.P. Lipscomb received Oscars for their screen adaptation of "Pygmalion." One of the founders of BBC Radio, he served with the Royal Air Force during World War II.

Books by this Ace
All My Yesterdays : An Autobiography
Cecil Lewis / Hardcover / Element 1993
Farewell to Wings [ also available here ]
Cecil Lewis / Hardcover / Ayer Co Pub 1979
Sagittarius Rising
Cecil Lewis / Paperback / MacMillan Pub Co 1970
Sagittarius Surviving
Cecil Lewis / Hardcover / Leo Cooper 1991

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