Goodchild, Herbert (Flight Serjeant)

Prisoner of War unkown date

Male Head

Birth Date: 1881

Born: ??, Kent, Engl;and

Parents:

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1914-December

Service

RFC

Unit

Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Rank

Flight Serjeant

Position

Serjeant Pilot

Service Numbers

25 RFC

Goodchild enlisted in the British Army in 1899. When he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1914 he received a new service number (25). On 1914-09-12 his aircraft suffered engine trouble and he and his observer AM J. Chilton forced-landed behind the German lines. He was a PoW for the rest of the war. Prevailing winds blowing from the west on the western front prevented them from gliding back across the lines.