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Roland Beamont

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What was the Battle of Britain? | Newsround | CBBC

 

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Our Stories: The Battle of Britain, Roland Beamont

 

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Lightning Fighters "Mark 2" (1961)

 

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The Lightning Fighters (1961)

 

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Commander Beaumont prepares for record Atlantic crossing (1951)

Wing Commander Roland Prosper "Bee" Beamont, was a British fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force and an experimental test pilot during and after the Second World War. He was the first British pilot to exceed Mach 1 in a British aircraft in level flight (P.1A), and the first to fly a British aircraft at Mach 2 (P.1B).