Terence Charles Beddowes

I have been lucky enough to correspond with two of Terences’ daughters. One of them,

Laurie, told me that when Terence first opened his eyes after crash landing, he thought

he was in heaven, as there was a billowing cloud above him. In reality he was covered

by his parachute, and it was flapping in the breeze. Years later, he made Laurie a tent

out of that parachute. He had no major or long-term physical injuries, but had severe

post traumatic stress, and stayed in hospital for quite some time. He didn’t fly again

during the war, and was assigned to air traffic control for the remainder of the war.

Terence and his first wife, Betty, named one of their children after Linton Jones.

Unfortunately, Linton Beddowes, like Linton Jones, died young. He got meningitis at 18

months, and lived to be just sixteen years old.

After the war, Terence chose to work in aviation. He worked a while for the Ministry of

Civil Aviation in the Midlands, then joined Meadows Air Freight in Birmingham, where he

remained for 17 years. Later, he was managing director of Skyways Cargo Airline,

based at Lydd Airport in Kent, and operating scheduled and chartered services to

Belgium and France.

He remarried later in life, and had more children. He passed away on April 22, 2010.

Above: Terence and Betty on their wedding day, Birmingham, 07.11.1942.

They were married just eleven days before the crash.

Above: Terence Beddowes

Above: Portraits of Terence Charles Beddowes.

Above: Terry Beddowes with one of his aircraft, a Douglas DC3 Dakota.

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