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Bicknell, Frank Russell
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| Title | Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS) |
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| Birth | 02/07/1898 | Death | (nk) |
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| Place | Dunnville | Place | (nk) |
| Area | ON | Area | (nk) |
| Country | Canada | Country | (nk) |
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| Honours | DFC. M.I.D. |
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| Biography |
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| His home was in Dunnville, Ontario where he was a student at the time of his recruitment. After his naval service he was qualified as a dentist at the University of Toronto. |
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| He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS (With seniority dated 19/04/1917) in Ottawa ON. He served in RNAS Cranwell 18/09/1917. He served in RNAS Eastchurch as an Observer under instruction 18/12/1917. He served in RNAS Yarmouth. He served in Bulgaria 02/1918. He undertook sea patrols in Mudros-Dardenelles and Aegean. He served in south Russia where he was injured 28/06/1918 flying from Talikna and the Gulf of Xeros. He served in the Caspian region 28/06/1919. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross "For bombing raid on on Russian flotilla at Alexandrovsk on 21 May 1919." |
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| http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/gong-1a-b.html |
| Last update |
| 2010-12-14 00:00:00 |
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