Arthur Wint
Flight Lieutenant - based in Yorkshire
[Source: CG, AD]
605497 - A.S. Wint - Jamaica - attested 28.10.42 - P/O Pilot UK 25.3.44
55645 - F/O - commissioned 28.1.44
[Source: NA AIR 2/6876]
605497 - A.S. Wint - Jamaica - P/O - commissioned 28.1.44 - Pilot G.D. Branch
[Source: NA AIR 2/6876 - Nominal Roll of Coloured Candidates, October 1944]
Arthur Wint, Jamaican Olympic runner who served in the RAF from 1941 to 1945
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More: Arthur Wint, a Jamaican hero
F/Lt Authur Stanley Wint (May 25, 1920 – October 19, 1992) was the first Jamaican Olympic gold medalist, winning the 400 m at 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1942 he joined the Royal Air Force and set the Canadian 400 m record while training there. He was sent to Britain for active combat during the World War II as a pilot. He left the Royal Air Force in 1947 to attend St Bartholomew’s Hospital as a medical student.Wint, known as the Gentle Giant, was born in Plowden, Manchester, Jamaica. In 1937 he was the Jamaica Boy Athlete of the year, the following year he won a gold medal in the 800 m at the Central American Games in Panama. In Helsinki 1952 he was part of the historic team setting the world record while capturing the gold in 4 x 400 m relay. He also won silver in 800 m, again coming second to Mal Whitfield.He ran his final race in 1953 at Wembley Stadium, finished his internship, graduated as a doctor and the following year he was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1955 Wint returned to Jamaica eventually settling in Hanover as the only resident doctor in the parish. In 1973 he was awarded the Jamaica honour of the Order of Distinction. He served as Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Britain from 1974 to 1978. He was inducted in the Black Athlete’s Hall of Fame in the US (1977), the Jamaica Sports Hall of Fame (1989) and the Central American & Caribbean Athletic Confederation Hall of Fame (2003).
[Source: Wikipedia]
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Arthur Wint was a legendary Jamaican athelete who joined the RAF from Kingston in 1941. He trained at Monkton in Canada and was then stationed in the UK as Aircrew in Bomber Command. He flew operationally from 1944 to 1945 (requires validation).
December 10th, 2008 at 8:21 pmHe is one of my ansesters. He died 4 years before i was born. Ive always wondered where my Speed came from in Sprinting. Oviously it came from him
May 30th, 2009 at 12:46 amThis is my father, Arthur Wint. I’m curious as to the source of this page, giving the copyright as “Wint Estate, 2003.”
September 6th, 2009 at 10:22 pm