Beanlands, Bernard Paul Gascoigne

2nd Lieutenant Beanlands received RAC Aviator's Certificate 2473 at military school, Shoreham on 1916-02-20 and transferred to the RFC later that year. Posted to 70 Sqn, he scored his first victory flying a Strutter on 1916-09-06. In the summer of 1917, he was reassigned to 24 Sqn as a flight commander. After scoring seven victories flying the D.H.5, his squadron was re-equipped with the S.E.5a. With this aircraft, Beanlands scored his final victory on 1918-03-18. Three days later, he was wounded in action and did not return to combat duty. He was killed in a flying accident at RAF Northolt on 1919-05-08.