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Potter, Ernest Coombe
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| Title | Flight Sub-Lieutenant (RNAS) |
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| Birth | 02/01/1892 | Death | (nk) |
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| Country | UK | Country | (nk) |
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| Honours | Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France). |
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| Biography |
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| He was an accountant in Winnipeg to a piano-makering firm at the time of his recruitment. |
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| He was accepted as RNAS candidate 25/06/1915. He was trained at Curtiss Flying School. He was awarded Royal Aero Club Certificate 1723 03/09/1915. He was appointed as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant RNAS (With seniority dated 03/09/1915). He sailed on the Corinthian 19/09/1915. He served at Detling 05/1916. He served in #3 (Naval) Wing on bombing raids 1917. (He was discharged from RNAS (as medically unfit) 10/07/1917) (He was re-engaged as an Observer Sub-Lieutenant RNAS 05/09/1917). He served in RNAS Eastchurch, HMS Engadine, and RNAS Cattewater. (He was demobilized.) |
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| References |
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| Hiorth, D. (1995); Grant, Scottie & Bob Murray (nd); MacFarlane, John and Robbie Hughes (1997); http://airforce.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/gong-7o-r.html |
| Last update |
| 2011-02-15 00:00:00 |
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