The Pilot Who Survived Two Wars — And Chose Danger Again
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The Pilot Who Survived Two Wars — And Chose Danger Again
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A wounded British pilot lies in a German field hospital in April 1918 as an orderly arrives at his bedside to deliver the personal compliments of Manfred von Richthofen. He survives, spends eight months in hospitals and prison camps, and comes home. Two decades later, at forty-two, with no one asking him to, he puts on a uniform again — but what role could a man who had already been shot down possibly choose to play the second time around?
In this episode, we follow Ronald Adam Hinings Adams from his birth on 31 December 1896 through his service in both world wars and his interwar theatrical career, asking what drove him to keep choosing danger and performance over safety and stability.
Person: Ronald Adam Hinings Adams
Location: Hornchurch aerodrome, England
Date: 7 April 1918
Case: shot down near villers-bretonneux and later returned to raf service as a fighter controller during the battle of britain
Status: survived both world wars; died 28 march 1979, aged 82
- Volunteered for service at seventeen and was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant, 15th Reserve Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, on 2 December 1914.
- Flew as an observer with No. 18 Squadron before qualifying as a pilot and flying Sopwith Camels with No. 44 and No. 73 Squadrons.
- Shot down on 7 April 1918 near Villers-Bretonneux, wounded and captured; the shooter is recorded as either Hans Kirschstein or possibly Manfred von Richthofen.
- Repatriated to Britain on 17 December 1918 after eight months in hospitals and prison camps.
- Managed more than 150 theatre productions at the Embassy Theatre between 1932 and 1939, with thirty transferring to the West End.
- Rejoined the RAF in 1939, rose to wing commander, and served as Fighter Controller for the Hornchurch sector during the Battle of Britain, praised by Spitfire test pilot Jeffrey Quill for his "calm, and unhesitating certainty."
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