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| 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: | |
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| | 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. |
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