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Aviation Art Prints  Pilot Signatures Modern Era Signatures UK T  Topp, Roger |
[UP] - Taylor, Chris - Taylor, Grant - Teakle, Paddy - Tholen, Pete - Thomas, David - Thomson, Greig - Thomson, Ian - Thomson, Sir John - Thurley, A - Tidball, I - Todd, Richard - Topp, Roger - Toriati, Dom - Torpy, Glen - Tremelling, P - Turner, Jim - Tuxford, Bob |
Air Commodore Roger Topp AFC 2 bars | Air Commodore Roger Topp AFC 2 bars Commanded Royal Air Force Coltishall. Commandant of the Aircraft & Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscome Down. Commanding Officer and acrobatic team leader of No. 111 Squadron joined the R.A.F. in 1943 and learned to fly in Canada. When he returned, to England in 1944 there was a surplus of powered aircraft pilots so he transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment. On March 2, 1945, he flew a Horsa glider carrying jeep, guns and troops in the airborne crossing of the Rhine. In 1947 he joined No.98 Squadron, flying Mosquitos in Germany, becoming a flight commander and instrument flying examiner for his Wing. He was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1950. In that year he took the course at the Empire Test Pilots School, and remained at Farnborough on the staff of the Royal Aircraft Establishment. He undertook flying tests of various experimental armament installations, including guided weapons and the new 30 mm. Aden gun, four of which formed the Hunters armament. He was a leading acrobatic demonstration pilot on the Canberra twin-jet bomber, flying before the Emperor of Ethiopia and the Shah of Persia during their visits to Britain. In 1954, with another pilot, Squadron Leader Topp shared the 100 hours intensive flight testing of the Comet jet air liner undertaken from Farnborough. He was awarded a Bar to the A.F.C. in 1955 and a second Bar in January 1958 for work with the acrobatic team. |
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