Talk:Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman

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Sir Ronald had 2 children, Adrianne and John, John went on to fly in the RAF seeing active service in Aden during the 1960's as part of the British contribution to the Aden government. Adrianne was an English teacher.

John (my father) wrote a biography on Sir Ronald called - High Endeavour : The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman Jack Ivelaw Chapman, Jack Ivelaw-Chapman Hardcover / Published 1997 by Pen & Sword books.

In this book Dad describes my Grandfathers great adventure and "daring-do" to rescue the British Legation in Kabul- Afghanistan after a minor falling out with the British in the 1920's. The significance of the rescue, was that this was the first airbourne Air Force rescue to take place en mass, and made more redoubtable, by the route that Sir Ronald took to Kabul, namely over Mt Everest and the Himalayan peaks ... not bad for an open top Vickers Victoria.

My Grandfather wrote a book in 1971 with Anne Baker, called "Wings over Kabul" which puts the reader in the flight seat of a most extraordinary rescue for its time.

Jonathan Ivelaw-Chapman - 10th April 2008 - Jonchapman1@gmail.com