Flying Officer Lewis Ellis
Title
Flying Officer Lewis Ellis
Description
Article stating that Flying Officer Lewis Ellis was now presumed dead. Includes b/w photograph.
Date
1945-11-28
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One newspaper cutting
Publisher
Rights
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Identifier
NEllisEL211116-01, NEllisEL211116-03
Transcription
THE STAR, Wednesday, November 28, 1945 5
[photograph]
[italics] Mr. and Mrs. H. Ellis, of 54, Wulfric Road, Manor. Sheffield, have received official news that their son, Flying Officer Lewis Ellis, must now be presumed dead. He was posted missing in February this year on his 22nd operation over Germany. [/italics]
[unrelated article]
CITY’S PART IN AIR BID
A SHEFFIELD firm produced a number of features of the Meteor jet-planes which recently broke all air speed records at Herne Bay.
One outstanding feature was an oil tank of a special new design which the firm is now manufacturing in quantity.
Mr. L. Bramah, managing director of the firm, told “The Star” to-day: “The oil tank is a very specialised type of tank for supplying the bearings of the turbines with lubricant.
WIND RESISTER
“The tank is arranged to function in the inverted flying position without starving the bearings for more than five seconds. It has been designed in conjunction with the Rolls Royce company and has been brought to its present perfection after a number of years.”
The firm also produced the mudguard for the tricycle under-carriage. They were also responsible for the deflector panel immediately under the windscreen for resisting wind pressure at great speeds.
Other features designed by the firm include the air intakes for the jet engines, the pressure rising manifolds, the fire extinguisher pipes, and the stainless steel cooling air manifold on the engine.
[unrelated article]
[page break]
[advertisements]
[smaller version of previous cutting]
[photograph]
[italics] Mr. and Mrs. H. Ellis, of 54, Wulfric Road, Manor. Sheffield, have received official news that their son, Flying Officer Lewis Ellis, must now be presumed dead. He was posted missing in February this year on his 22nd operation over Germany. [/italics]
[unrelated article]
CITY’S PART IN AIR BID
A SHEFFIELD firm produced a number of features of the Meteor jet-planes which recently broke all air speed records at Herne Bay.
One outstanding feature was an oil tank of a special new design which the firm is now manufacturing in quantity.
Mr. L. Bramah, managing director of the firm, told “The Star” to-day: “The oil tank is a very specialised type of tank for supplying the bearings of the turbines with lubricant.
WIND RESISTER
“The tank is arranged to function in the inverted flying position without starving the bearings for more than five seconds. It has been designed in conjunction with the Rolls Royce company and has been brought to its present perfection after a number of years.”
The firm also produced the mudguard for the tricycle under-carriage. They were also responsible for the deflector panel immediately under the windscreen for resisting wind pressure at great speeds.
Other features designed by the firm include the air intakes for the jet engines, the pressure rising manifolds, the fire extinguisher pipes, and the stainless steel cooling air manifold on the engine.
[unrelated article]
[page break]
[advertisements]
[smaller version of previous cutting]
Collection
Citation
“Flying Officer Lewis Ellis,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed November 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42178.