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Banbury, Frederick Everst If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Flight-Commander (RNAS) |
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Official Number | (nk) |
Birth | 27/10/1893 | Death | 01/04/1918 |
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Place | Wolsely | Place | (Killed in action) |
Area | SK | Area | |
Country | Canada | Country | (Killed in action) |
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Honours | DSC. |
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Biography |
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His home was in Regina SK. He was a law student at the University of Toronto before his enlistment. He received ACA Certificate 507 at the Curtiss Flying School, Newport News, Virginia, 21/06/1916. |
Military Service |
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He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 28/06/1916). He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS 01/03/1917). He sailed for the UK, 22 /07/1916. He arrived in France, March 1917. He served in #9 (Naval) Squadron on the Dunkirk-Zeebruges front. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He was appointed as a Flight Commander (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 01/07/1917). He served in #9 (Naval) Squadron. He served in #209 (RAF) Squadron. He was granted home leave, December 1917, returning to duty with #9 Squadron in March 1918. |
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Aircraft Flown | He had 11 victories in World War One. |
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Anecdotes |
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He was killed in a crash a few minutes after take-off on the Western Front. He died of a heart attack while flying, 1 April 1918. |
References |
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Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); Blatherwick, John (1992); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); |
Last update |
2011-02-15 00:00:00 |