James Flint
James Flint may refer to:
James Flint (RAF officer)
Wing Commander James Flint DFC, GM, DFM, AE (24 May 1913 – 16 December 2013) was a British businessman and decorated Royal Air Force officer. During active service in World War II, he gained the unique distinction of receiving two gallantry awards for separate actions during the same operation.
Early life
Flint was born on 24 May 1913 in Nottingham, England. He was one of four children of William and Edith Flint. He was educated at Trent Bridge Central School. He left school at 14 and began work. However, the company soon went bust and he was offered a job by the company that undertook the liquidation. He then trained as an accountant with the firm, R. A. Page.
Military service
In August 1938, he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve and was accepted for pilot training. When World War II broke out in September 1939, he was called up for full-time service and continued his pilot training at RAF Tollerton and RAF Brize Norton. In January 1941, he completed pilot training and received his wings. He was posted to No. 49 Squadron RAF, based at RAF Scampton, as a sergeant pilot in February 1941. His first mission was not as a pilot but as a navigator. He had volunteered to fill in for the original navigator who had fallen ill. As a pilot, he flew missions that were attacks against targets in Nazi Germany.
James Flint (architect)
James Flint was a British and Australian architect. A number of his works are heritage-listed.
Early life
Flint was born in 1862 in Eppleworth, Hull, Yorkshire, England, the son of James Flint .
Architectural career
Flint was articled to the Manchester firm of architects and building surveyors, Sherwood and Peverley. He had then moved to London and practiced there for a period of about eighteen months. Following this period of work, Flint emigrated, arriving in Victoria in December 1883, and entered into partnership with Mr Horsley in Melbourne.
In 1887 he moved to Rockhampton to practice as an architect and surveyor. He took up offices in Central Chambers in East Street. At this time he and John William Wilson were the main architects active in Rockhampton. In the booming economy of Rockhampton and Mount Morgan Flint designed several notable buildings.
Politics
Flint was also a member of the Rockhampton Municipal Council, as well as the Central Separation League, the lobby group pushing for separation of Central Queensland as an independent state.
'James Flint' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
The Crossroads of New York (1922)
Actors: Billy Bevan (actor), Robert Cain (actor), Al Cooke (actor), Jack Cooper (actor), Ben Deeley (actor), James Finlayson (actor), Eddie Gribbon (actor), Raymond Griffith (actor), Floy Guinn (actor), Patrick Kelly (actor), Charles Murray (actor), Garry O'Dell (actor), George O'Hara (actor), Herbert Standing (actor), Noah Beery (actor),
Plot: A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter of introduction from his wealthy uncle, the best job he can find is that of a street cleaner. He catches the eye of his landlady, who somehow manages to get the man to propose to her, but he then falls in love with a pretty young socialite, and when his rich uncle dies finds himself being sued by a gold-digging vamp who wants to her her hands on his inheritance.
Keywords: melodramaGenres: Comedy,
Flint, James Filmography
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2013, role: actor , character name: Matthew Nelson
Flint, James Filmography
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2012, role: director
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: director
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2007, role: producer
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2005, role: producer
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2005, role: director
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2004, role: director
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2004, role: director
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2004, role: director
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2004, role: producer
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2003, role: producer
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2003, role: director
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2003, role: producer
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2003, role: director
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2003, role: director
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2002, role: producer
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2002, role: producer
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2002, role: producer
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2002, role: director
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2002, role: director
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2002, role: director
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2001, role: producer
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2000, role: miscellaneous crew
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1999, role: miscellaneous crew
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1997, role: miscellaneous crew
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1997, role: director
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1997, role: producer
