Richard Laurence Cotter Barwick Rank: Second-Lieutenant Status: Killed in Flying Accident 1918-07-05

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Barwick, Richard Laurence Cotter (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-July-05

Birth Date: unkown date (age 19)

Born: Barrie, Ontario

Richard Lee & Margaret L. Barwick

unmarried

Home: Barrie, Ontario.

Service
RAF

Unit
93 (F) TS- Training Squadron (RFC)

Base
RAF Tangmere

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

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

Service Numbers

Newspaper reports him as Flight-Lieutenant.Stalled and crashed after take-off from Tangmere. *SL* 1918-07-05: Barwick tried a low climbing turn, but stalled because his flying speed was too low, and spun to the ground near Tangmere. He died in the crash.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Home

Barrie, Ontario.

Burial
Google Map

Portfield Cemetery
121 I

Dolphin E4428

Second-Lieutenant Barwick, Richard Laurence Cotter (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
1918-July-05
Portfield Cemetery, Chichester, Sussex, UK

Sopwith Dolphin

Source Kestrel Publications

The Sopwith 5F.1 Dolphin was a British fighter aircraft manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company. It was used by the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force, during the First World War. The Dolphin entered service on the Western Front in early 1918 and proved to be a formidable fighter. The aircraft was not retained in the postwar inventory and was retired shortly after the war.

No. 1 (Fighter) Squadron, which operated Dolphins along with S.E.5as, Sopwith Snipes, and captured Fokker D.VIIs, was disbanded on 28 January 1920. Although retired from Canadian Air Force service, a small number of Dolphins were sent back to Canada. Wikipedia

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General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

Kestrek Publications CAF Sopwith Dolphin Serials - Kestrel Publications

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Lancaster FM213

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Barwick, Richard Laurence Cotter (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-July-05

Dolphin E4428

Sopwith Dolphin

Dolphin E4428

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