Cecil Arthur Lewis was a British fighter pilot who flew in World War I. Author of the aviation classic "Sagittarius Rising" (inspiration for the movie "Aces High"), Lewis joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915, after lying about his age. In 1916, he flew the Morane Parasol in combat with Number 3 Squadron and won the Military Cross for his actions during the Battle of the Somme. Wikipedia
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That autumn, Prince Nikolai Kudashev, the Russian ambassador and another Horvath cousin, invited a young British airman, Cecil Lewis, to visit and participate in singing parties with Camilla Horvath and her daughters. findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050804/ai_n148...
SAGITTARIUS RISING—Cecil Lewis— Harcourt, Brace ($2.50). When Cecil Lewis joined the British Royal Flying Corps in the spring of 1915 he was 17 years old. The mechanically-minded son of a... www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756815-1,00.html
