Obituary of Wenty/Wendy Beaumont (cf above)
"The 3rd Viscount Allendale had an action-packed youth, reminiscent of a
Boys Own Paper adventure story. He was barely 20 when, as a Second World War officer in the RAF Volunteer Reserve, and having flown 71 missions in Spitfires, in 1942 he was shot down while attacking a flak ship off Valchesen, Holland. He crash-landed and, with a badly wounded knee, was captured and spent the next three years in Stalag Luft 3."
JF - try
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/com...icle807474.ece