Commander and Mrs C. R. Samson, WW1

Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO and Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 - 5 February 1931), British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal Navy and was the first person to fly an aircraft from a moving ship. He also commanded the first British armoured vehicles used in combat. Transferring to the Royal Air Force on its creation in 1918, Samson held command of several groups in the immediate post-War period and the 1920s. His wife was formerly Miss Honor Storey and worked as a nurse for the Red Cross during the war

Airman Airmen Commodore Rumney Samson

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