Ronald Adam (actor)
| Ronald Adam | |
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in Green for Danger (1946)
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| Born |
Ronald George Hinings Adams 31 December 1896 Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, UK |
| Died | 28 March 1979 (aged 82) London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1914–1978 |
| Spouse(s) | Tanzi Cutava Barozzi Allyne Dorothy Franks |
Ronald Adam OBE (31 December 1896 – 28 March 1979), born Ronald George Hinings Adams, was a British officer of the RFC and RAF, an actor on stage and screen and a successful theatre manager.
Ronald George Hinings Adams was born in Bromyard, Herefordshire on 31 December 1896, the son of Blake Adams and his wife Mona Robin. His parents and grandparents were all in the theatrical profession. He was educated at University College School.
When still only 17 years old Adams volunteered to join the British Army on the outbreak of the First World War. On 2 December 1914 he was commissioned as a temporary Second Lieutenant in the 15th (Reserve) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. Adams soon transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and served as an observer with No. 18 Squadron in France, before returning home to re-train as a pilot. Once qualified as a pilot, Adams remained in Britain and flew Sopwith Camels with No. 44 Squadron on Home Defence duties. The squadron was based at Hainault Farm aerodrome in Essex and was pioneering the use of night-fighters against Zeppelin raids on London. He was then posted back to France, still on Sopwith Camels, to No. 73 Squadron, at Champien. On 1 April 1918, the Royal Flying Corps amalgamated with the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) to become the Royal Air Force (RAF), but Adams had barely had time to get used to the new title before he was shot down, on 7 April 1918, near Villers-Bretonneux in Northern France, either by Hans Kirschstein, or possibly Manfred von Richthofen and captured. Adams was badly wounded in the engagement and on the evening of his capture he was visited by a German orderly who passed on the compliments of von Richthofen. Ronald Adams spent eight months in hospitals and prison camps before he was repatriated on 17 December 1918.
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