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Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps
Flying Fury: Five Years in the Royal Flying Corps
‘Flying Fury’ was the title of the memoirs of Major James McCudden VC. He joined the RFC in April 1913 and is credited with shooting down 57 enemy planes until he died in an aircraft accident. This community attempts to bring together those individuals he mentions in the book.
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Born 1858
Died 1930
British Army General Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British Army General Commander Second Army Second Battle of Ypres 1915
More about Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien -
British Army Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment/ Royal Flying Corps
More about Philip Lee William Herbert -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 1831 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps
British Army 1831 Serjeant Royal Flying Corps
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
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More about Wilfred Watts -
Born 1890
Died 1940
British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army Temporary Captain Surrey (Queen Mary’s) Regiment
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Wing Commander Royal Air Force
More about Richard Graham Blomfield -
Born 1898
Died 1918
British Army Flight Conductor Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Captain
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
More about Leonard Monteagle Barlow -
Born 1886
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers attached Royal Flying Corps
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers attached Royal Flying Corps
More about Donald Swain Lewis -
Born 1891
Died 1918
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Acting Squadron Commander Royal Flying Corps No 33 (Home Defence) Squadron
British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Royal Flying Corps
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More about William Claud Kennedy Birch -
Born 1880
Died 1914
British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Theodore Crean -
Born 1893
Died 1914
British Army 725 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps 3 Squadron
More about Herbert Edward Parfitt -
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Lancers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
British Army Captain Royal Air Force
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More about Richard Aveline Maybery -
Born 1886
Died 1973
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Irish Rifles/ Royal Flying Corps
More about Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt -
British Army Captain Attached Royal Flying Corps
British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Flying Corps
More about George William Patrick Dawes -
Born 1894
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force Gunner Australian Field Artillery
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
More about Wilfred Graham Salmon -
Born 1887
Died 1924
British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Yeomanry
British Army Major Royal Flying Corps
British Army Major 21st Lancers
More about Eric Lewis Conran -
Born 1881
Died 1953
British Army Corporal Grenadier Guards
British Army Serjeant Grenadier Guards
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron Leader Royal Air Force
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More about David Samuel Jillings -
Born 1879
Died 1959
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Flying Corps
More about Harold Blackburn -
Born 1862
Died 1921
British Army Lieutenant General Royal Flying Corps
British Army Lieutenant General General Staff: Military Aeronaturics
British Army Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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More about David Henderson, K. -
Born 1893
Died 1962
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
More about Rupert Henry Steinbach Mealing -
Born 1888
Died 1930
Air Force (RAF/RFC)
More about George Lockhart Piercy Henderson -
Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant/Temporary Captain Gordon Highlanders/Royal Flying Corps 3rd
British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain 70 Squadron
More about Guy Lindsay Cruikshank