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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War One Veteran Signatures  Bert Evenden |
Wing Commander Bert Evenden
Wing Commander Evenden was a member of the crew of His Majesty's Airship R34 which docked at Mineola Field, Long Island, USA on 6th July 1919, after the first east-west crossing of the Atlantic by air. This trip took 4 and a half days going into a headwind at an average speed of 45mph. Bert was a Petty Officer engineer in the starboard aft car.
Bert joined the Royal Naval Air Service in November 1914 as an air mechanic first class and his first posting was to the Farnborough Airship sheds. When this establishment was handed over to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1915, he moved on to Walney Island. He was promoted to leading mechanic and on 15th January 1917 was posted to Inchinnan near Glasgow. As a Petty Officer he completed his Aero Engines course at Rolls-Royce, and later asked to make up the crew for test flights on the R34. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on 1st April 1918 as a Sergeant.
On 3rd June 1939 Warrant Officer 1st Class Evenden was commissioned and promoted to Flying Officer. He served overseas in India, Egypt and South Africa before retiring as a Wing Commander in 1949 being mentioned twice in despatches.
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the historic crossing of the Atlantic by R34, 86 year old Bert travelled in a British Airways Concorde from London to New York in 1979, carrying the signed paper which is the source of our signature.
| Wing Commander Bert Evenden - Signed Aviation Art |
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Clipped Signature - Bert Evenden. Flew as an engineer in the airship R34 as it made the first east to west crossing of the Atlantic by air in July 1919. At the age of 86 he made the crossing again, this time as a passenger in Concorde, to commemorate the 60 years since the flight. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures. |
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