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Eyre, Cecil Askew If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Flight Commander (RNAS) |
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Birth | 25/04/1896 | Death | 07/07/1917 |
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Place | (nk) | Place | (Killed in action) |
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Country | UK | Country | France (Killed in action) |
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Biography |
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He was living in Toronto ON Canada when he enlisted in the RNAS 1915. |
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He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant (Temp.) RNAS (With seniority dated 1915). He was appointed as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS (With seniority dated 01/101/1915). He served in A Squadron RNAS 1916. He was appointed as a Flight Lieutenant RNAS. He was appointed as a Flight Commander RNAS. He served in #1 (Naval) Squadron 1916. He was shot down and killed-in-action on 07/07/1917. |
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Aircraft Flown | (He had 6 victories in World War One including 1 captured and 1 destroyed.) He was killed when his plane was shot down. Service Aircraft Flown: Sopwith Triplane |
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References |
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Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); |
Last update |
2011-02-15 00:00:00 |