Biographical Data
Bibby, John Richard If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at admin@nauticapedia.ca

 

Title	Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS)
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Birth	06/04/1891	Death	11/06/1917
Place	Troutbeck (nr Winderemere)	Place	(Killed in action)
Area		Area
Country	(UK)	Country	Malta (Killed in action)

 

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Biography
He was living in Niagara Falls ON Canada at the time of his recruitment. He held US Aviator's Certificate No. 403.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 1915). On 03/05/1916, he served in the first planned flying course at RNAS Windermere. He was appointed as Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS. He served in RNAS Gibraltar. He was attached to the Royal Navy Torpedo School in Malta. (He was killed on June 11, 1917 in a flying accident in Malta.)

 

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Aircraft Flown	Service Aircraft Flown: Short 320
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References
Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); Email (Ian Gee - Nauticapedia 18/02/2022);
Last update
2011-02-12 00:00:00

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