English aviator, Royal Air Force officer and Conservative politician
For the English rower, see Frank Willan (rower).
Frank Willan
Born
(1915-12-21)21 December 1915
Died
12 November 1981(1981-11-12) (aged 65) Teffont, Wiltshire
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Air Force
Years of service
1937–60
Rank
Group Captain
Commands held
RAF Feltwell (1958–60) Oxford University Air Squadron (1951–53)
Battles/wars
Second World War
Awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Flying Cross
Relations
Robert Hugh Willan (father) Frank Willan (grandfather)
Other work
Chairman of Wiltshire County Council (1973–79)
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University crew is expected to be." Conversely, according to Oxford's FrankWillan, the Dark Blues "made great progress during the last week" and "came...
having won the previous year's race. In a race umpired by former rower FrankWillan, Oxford won by a length and a quarter in a time of 18 minutes 45 seconds...
including their boat club president J. C. Tinné for his third appearance and FrankWillan in his fourth Boat Race. According to The Field, "the weather was not...
practice runs, Oxford demonstrated they could outpace Cambridge, but with FrankWillan suffering from a boil, Oxford's stroke was instructed to keep the rating...
participants, half had previous Boat Race experience. Umpired by former rower FrankWillan, Oxford won the race by 3+1⁄2 lengths in a time of 21 minutes 39 seconds...
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Cambridge along the River Thames. In a race umpired by former rower FrankWillan, Oxford won by two-fifths of a length in a time of 20 minutes 1 second...
Leader H. R. A. Edwards 1948–1951: Christopher Foxley-Norris 1951–1953: FrankWillan 1953–1956: Wing Commander Nelson Edwards 1956–1958: Wing Commander Constable...
non-rowing boat club president in 1879). The umpire for the race was FrankWillan who won the event four consecutive times, rowing for Oxford in the 1866...
Oxford and Cambridge. The 1895 race was umpired by former Oxford rower FrankWillan with one of the Oxford coaches, R. C. Lehmann being a former Cambridge...
(including mixed naked bathing in the goldfish pond). Group Captain FrankWillan (1915–1981), distinguished RAF officer, later chairman of Wiltshire County...
the race. Oxford were coached by E. G. Banks of Worcester College and FrankWillan who had rowed for the Dark Blues four times between the 1866 and 1869...
to A History of the Oxfordsbire Regiment of Militia, by Lieut-Colonel FrankWillan, for much of the information in this article; also to Captain Philip...
year's race by twenty lengths. This year's race, umpired by former rower FrankWillan, was won by Oxford by two-fifths of a length in a time of 22 minutes...
had previous Boat Race experience. In a race umpired by former rower FrankWillan, Oxford won by 2+1⁄4 lengths in a time of 19 minutes 10 seconds. It was...
Cambridge along the River Thames. The race, umpired by former Oxford rower FrankWillan) was won by Oxford. They passed the finishing post one length ahead of...