Ranney, Kenneth Alexander
Killed in Action 1918-07-31
Birth Date: unkown date
Born:
Louise & the late Finlow Alexander Ranney
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RAF
Unit
53 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Second-Lieutenant
Position
Second-Lieutenant
Service Numbers
240452
Home
Toronto, Ontario
First Burial
Thiennes British Cemetery, Thiennes, Nord, France
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.comRoyal Aircraft Factory R.E.8
Royal Aircraft Factory (Reconnaissance Experimental) R.E.8 (Serial No. C2281), "Punjab 22 Simla Hills", built by Daimler Company Ltd. Coventry, ca 1918
The Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 was a British two-seat biplane reconnaissance and bomber aircraft of the First World War designed and produced at the Royal Aircraft Factory. It was also built under contract by Austin Motors, Daimler, Standard Motors, Siddeley-Deasy and the Coventry Ordnance Works.
Intended as a replacement for the vulnerable B.E.2, the R.E.8 was widely regarded as more difficult to fly and gained a reputation in the Royal Flying Corps for being "unsafe" that was never entirely dispelled. Although eventually it gave reasonably satisfactory service, it was never an outstanding combat aircraft. Nonetheless, it remained the standard British reconnaissance and artillery observation aircraft from mid-1917 to the end of the war, serving alongside the rather more popular Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8.
More than 4,000 R.E.8s were eventually produced; these aircraft saw service in a range of different theatres, including Italy, Russia, Palestine and Mesopotamia, as well as the Western Front. The R.E.8 was rapidly withdrawn from service after the end of the conflict, by which time it was regarded as totally obsolete.Wikipedia
Wikipedia Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 
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