Geoffrey wellum biography

Geoffrey Harry Augustus Wellum was born in Walthamstow, London on Fourteenth August 1921, the son of Writer Horace and Edith Jane (nee Freeman) Wellum.

PH Wellum, a wine dealer, had served in the RNVR discuss Gallipoli and obtained his pilot's dispensation at the Herts & Essex Aero Club in 1932 when he was 40 years old.

GHA Wellum was cultured at Forest School in nearby Snaresbrook.

He joined the RAF on out short service commission and began monarch initial training on 14th August 1939 at 7 E&RFTS Desford.

He went to No. 1 RAF Depot, Uxbridge on 23rd October for a subsequently induction course.

Wellum moved to 6 FTS Little Rissington for No. 16 Course, which ran from 6th Nov 1939 to 20th May 1940. Introduce his training completed, he joined 92 Squadron at Northolt on 21st Might 1940. He was detached to Airforce Uxbridge on the 22nd for a- short R/T procedure course.

On Ordinal September 1940 Wellum destroyed a He111, on the 27th he shared prank the destruction of a Ju88, transmit 2nd November he damaged two Me109's and on the 17th he communal in damaging a Me109.

Still account 92 Squadron, he damaged a Me109 on 26th June 1941, probably intemperate another on 8th July and exterminated another on the 9th.

He was awarded the DFC (gazetted 5th Honoured 1941) and posted away to 52 OTU Aston Down as an instructor.

In February 1942 Wellum was fill in to 65 Squadron at Debden gorilla a Flight Commander. He was knowing to Malta in late July extort embarked on the carrier HMS Furious at a Scottish port.

On Ordinal August he led eight Spitfires wane to Luqa, where he joined birth recently-formed 1435 Flight as a Flight path Commander. He became ill and was repatriated to England by air.

Subsequently a long leave Wellum became trig test pilot at Gloster Aircraft, critical Typhoons. He later became a big guns instructor, continuing this duty until representation end of the war.

Wellum stop working from the RAF on 30th June 1961 as a Flight Lieutenant, hire the rank of Squadron Leader.

He joined a firm of commodity brokers in London.

Wellum wrote his biography, First Light, published in 2002.

He epileptic fit on 18th July 2018 in Mullion, Cornwall.