Search Results

Sign In Modify your search

Narrow Your Choices

Format

Type

Articles containing

Sex

Life event

Date

Occupations

Availability

 1-5 of 5 Results  for:

  • air force combatants x
  • Armed forces and intelligence services x
  • Business and finance x
Clear all

Image

Cover Bishop, William Avery (1894–1956)

Bishop, William Avery (1894–1956)  

Maker: William Rider-Rider

In 

Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004
William Avery Bishop (1894–1956) by William Rider-Rider, 1917 National Archives of Canada / PA-001654

Article

Bishop, William Avery [Billy] (1894–1956), air force officer and businessman in Canada  

Marc Milner

Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Bishop, William Avery [Billy] (1894–1956), air force officer and businessman in Canada, was born at Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada, on 8 February 1894, the third of four children of William Avery Bishop, lawyer, and his wife, Margaret Louise Green (b. c.1855)...

Image

Cover Forbes, Dame (Katherine) Jane Trefusis (1899–1971)

Forbes, Dame (Katherine) Jane Trefusis (1899–1971)  

Maker: Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

In 

Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004
Dame (Katherine) Jane Trefusis Forbes (1899–1971) by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale, 1941 © reserved; photograph courtesy of the Trustees of the Royal Air Force Museum

Article

Forbes, Dame (Katherine) Jane Trefusis [married name Dame (Katherine) Jane Watson-Watt] (1899–1971), businesswoman and director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force  

Tessa Stone

Publication History:

Published in print:
23 September 2004
Published online:
23 September 2004

Forbes, Dame (Katherine) Jane Trefusis [married name Dame (Katherine) Jane Watson-Watt] (1899–1971), businesswoman and director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, was born on 21 March 1899 in the Chilean desert, the youngest of three children, and the second daughter, of Edmund Batten Forbes (1847–1924)...

Article

Johnson, James Edgar [Johnnie] (1915–2001), air force officer and businessman  

Michael Fopp and Grant Newman

Publication History:

Published in print:
05 March 2009
Published online:
06 January 2005

Johnson, James Edgar [Johnnie] (1915–2001), air force officer and businessman, was born on 9 March 1915 in Warner Street, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, the son of Alfred Edward Johnson, policeman, and his wife, Beatrice May, née Rossell. He was educated at Loughborough School...