F. P. Raynham
| Frederick Phillips Raynham | |
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Raynham in 1911
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| Born | 15 July 1893 Manor House Farm, Honington, Suffolk, England |
| Died | 30 April 1954 (aged 60) Colorado Springs, Colorado, US |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Resting place |
Evergreen Cemetery Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Aviator |
Frederick Phillips Raynham (1893–1954) was a British pilot from the early days of aviation, gaining his aviator's certificate in 1911. He test-flew Avro, Martinsyde, Sopwith and Hawker aircraft before and after World War I. He later formed the Aircraft Survey Co. and the Indian Air Survey and Transport Co., flying in India and Burma.
"Freddie" Raynham was the second child of James and Minnie Raynham, née Phillips, farmers in Suffolk. He was born on 15 July 1893. His father died in 1895 and the family moved first to Ipswich, then to Ramsgate and finally, in about 1899, to Banbury. Raynham went to school there, apart from a short time away at Leamington Spa and he was at Ark House School, Banbury until at least 1906. Early in 1909 he was an office worker at the Harper Adams Agricultural College, Newport, Shropshire but in October got his first job in aviation, with J.V. Neale at Brooklands. After Neale's departure in February 1911, Raynham joined Alliott Verdon Roe, also at Brooklands.
Raynham began flying young; he was only 17 when he gained his Aviator's Certificate (no.85) in 1911 on a Roe biplane at Brooklands. Even before that he had experimented with the Neale VI monoplane. As well as piloting for A.V. Roe and Martinsyde amongst others, he flew alongside early British flyers like Tommy Sopwith, Harry Hawker, Gordon Bell and Ronald Kemp.
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