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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 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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Born 1892
Royal Navy PI 39243 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39243 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee on Solent (Seaplane School)-Dundee
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39243 Lieutenant Royal Air Force No 2 Wing-Talikna [Aegean], 63 Wing, 10 Sqn-Composite Park-Hospital etc
More about Stanley Alexander Grant -
Born 1899
Died 1975
Royal Navy PI 40377 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 40377 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot-Cattewater
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40377 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Cattewater-Felixstowe (Large America)-72 Wg-21 Wg-140TDS
More about Stephen Gossage Robinson -
Born 1899
Died 1987
Royal Navy PI 40362 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 40362 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Dundee-Slough (Compass Course)-Felixstowe
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
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More about Harold Stanley Boulding -
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 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 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 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 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 1898
Died 1961
British Army 6840 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps
Royal Navy PI 39181 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39181 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Dover
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More about Alan Rodman Mcafee, Dfc -
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 1898
Died 1918
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
British Army 1555 London Regiment-Territorial 4th Battalion
Royal Navy PI 39324 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
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More about Victor John Budd -
Born 1899
Died 1979
Royal Navy PI 40372 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 40372 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40372 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Calshot-Seaplane Squadron, Alexandria-64 Wing
More about John King Hardy -
Born 1898
Died 1937
Royal Navy Z/4999 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division
Royal Navy PI 39183 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome
British Army 11973 Honourable Artillery Company
More about Eric Moy-Thomas -
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 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 1898
Died 1956
Royal Navy Z/2537 Ordinary Seaman RNVR Mersey Division
Royal Navy PI 39399 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39399 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell, Daedalus-Manston Fighting School-Dunkirk
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More about John Horace Hardman -
Born 1893
Died 1980
Royal Navy PI 39223 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39223 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot (Instruction)
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39223 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Calshot-SL-18 (Operations)-RAF Canada-84 CTS (42 Wing) etc.
More about Francis Edwin Dixon -
Born 1894
Died 1967
Royal Navy PI 39435 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell
Royal Navy PI 39435 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme-Calshot-Dundee
Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39435 Lieutenant Royal Air Force RAF Seaplane Stn, Dundee-Compass course, Slough-HMS Furious-201 TS, East Fortune
More about John Gould Or Gauld Fullerton -
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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