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Alexander, James MorrowPhoto Credit: Unknown |
Title | Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS) |
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Official Number | (nk) |
Birth | 04/03/1892 | Death | 12/09/1915 |
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Place | Toronto | Place | (Killed in action) |
Area | ON | Area | |
Country | Canada | Country | (Killed in action) |
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Biography |
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He worked for the General Electric Co. in Toronto ON Canada before his recruiitment into the RNAS. He attended a flying school in Ithaca NY USA and later a two-week course at the Wright Brothers Flying School in Dayton OH USA. |
Military Service |
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He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 30/07/1915). He was based at RNAS Eastchurch. |
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Aircraft Flown | Service Aircraft Flown: Caudron G III |
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Anecdotes |
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On September 12, 1915 he was killed in a midair flying accident in the UK. He was Canada's first naval aviator killed in the First World War. |
References |
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Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/3057500?James%20Morrow%20Alexander (website viewed 07/03/2024); |
Last update |
2024-03-07 00:00:00 |