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EARLY AVIATORS, A FILM STAR PILOT, AND WELSH INCIDENTS

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Robert Loraine (pictured above) as John Tanner in George Bernard Shaw's  Man and Superman , produced at the Criterion Theatre, London, on 28 September, 1911 EARLY AVIATORS:  FILM STAR ROBERT LORAINE, MABEL LOVE,  AND SOME WELSH MEMORIES Exclusive report by Don Hale.   During the early days of World War One, and as a raw recruit to the British Army, the world-famous actor Robert Lorraine volunteered to join the newly-formed Royal Flying Corps, where his experience in early aviation often proved invaluable.   He also helped form the early ENSA troop of actors, entertaining the troops in battlefields in France and Belgium. He encouraged fellow members of the RFC and RNAS forces to join in the fun, and eventually helped utilise and launch the careers of many famous performers who also went onto to further fame and fortune. Included within this group at one time or another, were said to be: Ivor Novello, Jack Warner, Billy Cotton, Mervyn Johns, Basil Rathbone, Vernon Castle, Lewis Carso