PL - Robert Reginald Skene KIFA

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Skene, Robert Reginald (2nd Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1914-August-12

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Birth Date: unkown date (age 23)

Born: Fulham, London, England

Felix James Henry Skene & Jane Elizabeth Huddleston Hossack

unmarried

Home: Fulham, London, England

Enlistment: to be 2nd Lieutenant, on Probation

Enlistment Date: 1913-11-15

Service
RFC

Unit
3 Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Rank
2nd Lieutenant

Position
pilot

Service Numbers
11518

'Robin' Skene was killed on 1914-08-12 in a flying accident when he crashed his Bleriot XI-2 (No. 260) near Dover. His Air Mechanic Robert Keith Barlow died in the same crash, near Netheravon, Wiltshire. Skene is buried in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Surrey, England. He was one of the first members of the RFC in 1914 and on August 12 was en route to Dover and France at the start of the First World War. He and his mechanic were the first members of the Royal Flying Corps to die on active duty and among the first British casualties of the war.

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Fulham, London, England

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St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, UK
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