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Trainees at the RNAS Flight Training School, Vendome, France, 1917
Trainees at the RNAS Flight Training School, Vendome, France, 1917
Probationary Flight Officers listed as under instruction at the Royal Naval Air Service flying training school at Vendome, central France, according to 'the Navy List for August 1917, corrected to 18 July 1917'. A few went on to become Air Vice-Marshalls etc; several died during training, or soon after entering war zones; many were soon demobbed and disapppeared into ordinary life, as it was coming to the end of the War. There were many Canadians as well as British.
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Born 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy PI 39320 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39320 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston
Royal Navy PI 39320 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Manston-Dunkirk
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More about Frank Booth -
Born 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy PI 40380 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 40380 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston-No. 2 Wing
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40380 Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 2 Wing 221 Squadron
More about Harvey Tennant Williams -
Born 1892
Died 1951
British Army 01603 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps
Royal Navy PI 39206 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39206 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston (Fighting School)
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More about Neil Hugh Bowie -
Born 1899
Died 1965
Royal Navy PI 40363 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 40363 Flight Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston-Dunkirk
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40363 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Dunkirk-203 Squadron
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More about John Denis Breakey -
Born 1892
Died 1968
Royal Navy PI 40412 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 40412 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Chingford (Instruction)-Manston
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40412 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Manston-Vendome (212TDS, 84th Wing)-Hospital-etc
More about George Reginald Hake -
Born 1898
Died 1960
Royal Navy PI 39410 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot-Dundee
Royal Navy PI 39410 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39410 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Dundee
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More about John Enos Ellerbeck Fenton -
Born 1898
Died 1966
Royal Navy PI 39431 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39431 Probationary Observer Officer Royal Naval Air Service Eastchurch
Royal Navy PI 39431 Observer Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Eastchurch-Dunkirk
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More about Walter Henry Scott -
Born 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy PI 40378 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 40378 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Vendome (Assistant Instructor)
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40378 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Vendome (205 TDS-212 TDS) Training Depot Stations
More about Mervyn Alfred Sams -
Born 1897
Died 1971
Royal Navy PI 39396 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39396 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39396 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Killingholme-SW/10 Group
More about Herbert Theodore Roper -
Born 1897
Died 1918
Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy PI 39268 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39268 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston (Fighting School)-Ark Royal, No. 2 Wing
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More about Ewart Austin Bourchier Wimbush, Dfc -
Born 1897
British Army 2982 Private London Regiment 13th, 12th (Reserve) Battalion
British Army 490733 Private London Regiment 13th, 12th (Reserve) Battalion
Royal Navy PI 39274 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Roehampton-Crystal Palace-Vendome
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More about Robert James Brown -
Born 1899
Died 1971
Royal Navy PI 39200 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39200 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Yarmouth
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force East Fortune
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More about Bruce Bernard Caswell -
Born 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy PI 39325 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell (Flying Instruction)
Royal Navy PI 39325 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-E Fortune (Special Flying with Fleet), HMS Pegasus
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39325 Lieutenant Royal Air Force
More about Bryan Barrington Palmer -
Born 1895
Died 1947
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39157 Lieutenant Royal Air Force (Dental branch) SE Area,33 TDS, 21 Wing, RAF Witney-SW Area, Flower Down
Royal Navy PI 39157 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Barrow (Watch keeping)
More about Henry Herbert Chapman -
Born 1899
Died 1970
Royal Navy PI 39438 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome
Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Valentine Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
More about Frank Bennett Cunningham -
Born 1895
Died 1917
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
British Army Chauffeur British Red Cross Society
Royal Navy PI 40371 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
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More about Thomas Malcomson Greeves -
Born 1897
Died 1971
Royal Navy F 850 P O Mech. Royal Navy Seamen Pembroke III-President II
Royal Navy F 850 Air Mechanic 1 Royal Navy Seamen President II (Eastchurch)
Royal Navy PI 39162 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
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More about Phillip Roy Crowe -
Born 1896
Died 1918
Royal Navy PI 39116 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39116 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Manston-Dunkirk
More about Howard Willis -
Born 1899
Died 1918
Royal Navy PI 39202 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39202 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent (Seaplane School)-Yarmouth
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39202 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Yarmouth
More about George Frederick Hodson -
Born 1893
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service
Royal Navy PI 39342 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace
More about Raymond Earl Bray