Father: Harvey Leonard Wren (a bank clerk, d. 1931), Mother: Lilian Eva Cecilia [Fuller] (d. 1953) of Springfield Lodge, Bexley Heath, Kent Flt-Lieut., RAF (103 Sqn, 104 Sqn, 109 Sqn, Apr 1918 - Jan 1919, PoW) RAeC Certificate 11646 dated 7 Jan 1934, taken at Kent Flying Club Address in 1934: Old Coastguards Cottage / Tea Rooms, Seasalter, nr. Whitstable, Kent
"AIRMAN’S NARROW ESCAPE
"Mr. Leonard Harvey Wren, of Seasalter, Whitstable, had a remarkable escape yesterday when a Gipsy Moth he was piloting crashed on the beach at Seasalter. He apparently got into an air pocket, which caused the plane to cartwheel and strike an electric pole. It then fell on the beach in front of his house. Wren escaped unhurt." - Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - 3 Feb 1934
[Robert Christian Ramsay
was one of the founders of Kent Flying Club, and was the father of ATA pilot Diana Ramsay - see https://www.ata-ferry-pilots.org/index.php/category-blog-1941/682-ramsay-diana-patricia G-AEEU crashed again in September 1934; pilot Norman Ian Ramsay [owner's son, aged 19] and passenger John Wilfred James (aged 33) were killed" ]
prev. Garage Proprietor m. 1925 in Faversham, Kent, Annie May [Smith] (poss d. 1941) Resident in Canada, 1925-27 Postings:
d. 4 May 1950 - Kent "A garage proprietor at Seasalter for the past 25 years, be had recently retired from business. A pilot in 104 Bombing Squadron during World War 1, Mr. Wren was shot down over the Vosges Mountains and was taken a prisoner of war. In the early part of World War II he served with the ATA., being discharged eventually owing to ill-health." - Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald - 13 May 1950
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1934
G-AEEU, owned by Robert C Ramsay
