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Cain, Richard Claude Distinguished Flying Cross (Captain)
Killed in Flying Accident 1919-July-18
Birth Date: unkown date (age 28)
Born: Castletown, I.o.M.
Richard Cain & Harriet Georgina Kissack
unmarried
Home: Sulby, Isle-of-Mann (parents)
Decorations: Distinguished Flying Cross
Service
RAF
RAF
Unit
(RAF)
(RAF)
Base
2nd Aircraft Acceptance Park, Hendon Aerodrome
2nd Aircraft Acceptance Park, Hendon Aerodrome
Rank
Captain
| Marshal | |
| Air Chief Marshal | A/C/M |
| Air Marshal | A/M |
| Air Vice Marshal | A/V/M |
| Air Commodore | A/C |
| Group Captain | G/C |
| Wing Commander | W/C |
| Squadron Leader | S/L |
| Flight Lieutenant | F/L |
| Flying Officer | F/O |
| Pilot Officer | P/O |
| Warrant Officer 1st Class | WO1 |
| Warrant Officer 2nd Class | WO2 |
| Flight Sergeant | FS |
| Sergeant | SGT |
| Corporal | CPL |
| Senior Aircraftman | SAC |
| Leading Aircraftman | LAC |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | AC1 |
| Aircraftman 2nd Class | AC2 |
Position
pilot
pilot
Service Numbers
6026, RFA, CEF
6026, RFA, CEF
1919-07-18: Cain died in DH.10, E-5557, which crashed and caught fire on a test flight. All aboard, if not killed by the crash, were killed by the fire. Cpl H.T Griffiths (no forenames in the record) (British), Cpl John Alexander Gammie (British).
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